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Nigeria has been drawn in the group stage against Samoa, South Africa, and New Zealand.
Nigeria's U-19 women's cricket team coach, Sarah Bhakita, has set an ambitious target for the 2025 ICC Women's U-19 World Cup in Malaysia.
The coach target to reach the semi final at the tournament schedule to take place from January 18 to February 2.
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Bhakita led the Junior Female Yellow Greens to qualification, securing Africa's sole spot by outperforming Zimbabwe in the regional qualifiers to mark Nigeria's second appearance at a cricket World Cup.
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The Kenyan confirmed that her goal is to advance to the Super 6 stage, which will determine the final four teams.
“My target is to get to the semi-finals at least,” Bhakita, told The PUNCH.
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“We have quality players with resilience, resolve and ambition. So, that is not out of our range. We have been able to study our opponents and no team is unbeatable.”
The team has undergone two phases of camping in Nigeria and is currently in India at the OMTEX Cricket Institute for final preparations.
They will play warm-up matches against Pakistan on January 13 and Scotland on January 15 before heading to Sarawak, Malaysia.
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“I can say the preparations have been going on well. We haven’t stopped since we qualified and at some point, it was a bit too much for the girls and we had some rest and started again in November.
“We are going to meet experts so I feel like what we are going to do in India is just fine-tuning because we have done most of the work in Nigeria. Just to add a few things and how to go about our weaknesses,” Bhakita explained.
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Nigeria was declared the winner for topping their group with an unbeaten record throughout the tournament.
Nigeria has been drawn in the group stage against Samoa, South Africa, and New Zealand.
Nigeria's World Cup campaign begins against fellow debutants Samoa at the Borneo Cricket Ground in Sarawak. They will then face New Zealand on January 20 and South Africa on January 22.
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