{"id":40967,"date":"2022-08-29T09:18:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T09:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=40967"},"modified":"2022-08-29T09:21:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T09:21:29","slug":"cricket-world-cup-team-nigeria-optimistic-of-grabbing-u-19-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/29\/cricket-world-cup-team-nigeria-optimistic-of-grabbing-u-19-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket World Cup:\u00a0Team Nigeria optimistic of grabbing U-19 ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\" aria-label=\"Content\">Onome Oghenekevwe, coach of the under-19 women\u2019s national cricket team, says the team is optimistic of picking the World Cup ticket at the qualifiers in Botswana.<\/header>\n<header aria-label=\"Content\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A total of nine countries will participate in the 10-day Africa qualifiers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Only the winners of the qualification tournament will get the sole ticket to the maiden Under-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/15\/nigeria-to-host-icc-u-19-cricket-world-cup-qualifiers\/\"><strong>Women\u2019s Cricket World Cup<\/strong><\/a> in South\u00a0Africa in January.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Oghenekevwe, whose team has been in closed camping in Edo, told NAN on Sunday the team would leave Benin for Lagos later in the day before departing for Botswana on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The coach said the team hope to replicate the feat of their male counterparts who qualified Nigeria to its first-ever World Cup appearance in 2019.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe want to be at the World Cup. The girls are inspired by what the boys did in 2019. They are working tirelessly to replicate what they did.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAnd we intend to take it one game at a time. Although we expect stiff competition from countries like Rwanda and Tanzania, but we are ready for the challenge.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis competition boils down to game awareness, mental strength and fitness. We are doing our part as coaches and hope for the best when the tournament begins,\u201d Oghenekevwe added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nigeria is expected to begin its campaign against Rwanda in the opening game of the tournament on Saturday, before facing Mozambique, Malawi and Tanzania in Group A fixtures.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Group B will see hosts Botswana clash with Sierra Leone, Uganda and Namibia in the nine-nation tournament.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The tournament which begins on Saturday is expected to end on Sept. 12.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Onome Oghenekevwe, coach of the under-19 women\u2019s national cricket team, says the team is optimistic of picking the World Cup ticket at the qualifiers in Botswana. A total of nine countries will participate in the 10-day Africa qualifiers. 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