ICC U-19 Women’s W’Cup: Nigeria makes history, beats New Zealand

Nigeria’s National U19 female team, the Junior Female Yellow Greens on Monday morning defeated New Zealand by two runs at the ongoing 2025 ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Malaysia.

As it happened against Samoa on Saturday, rains delayed the start of the game, but the Nigerian team’s shine wasn’t going to be denied again, as the match began over two hours after its scheduled time with reduced overs.

New Zealand elected to field first, sending the Nigerian batters into the crease.

Captain Lucky Piety, who was named player of the match, hit Nigeria’s first six at a Women’s World Cup in a steadied innings as the Junior Female Yellow Greens finished with 65 runs for the loss of six wickets in 13 overs.

Knowing they had to come to the party with their bowling as well, Sarah Bakhita’s team took the second innings slow and steady and eventually knocked off the fourth-ranked nation for 63 runs for the loss of six wickets as well.