Cricket W/C qualifiers: Nigeria beats Botswana to claim second win

The Junior Yellow-Greens of Nigeria continued to show dominance at the ongoing ICC U-19 World Cup Africa division two qualifiers in Abuja on Sunday, over-running Botswana by 20 wickets.

The Daniel Gim-tutored Nigerian team earlier defeated Rwanda in the opening game on Friday also by ten wickets, with both victories now moving the host country closer to another World Cup dream after first qualifying for the 2019 edition.

The game at the Cricket Pitch B of the MKO Abiola National Stadium saw Nigeria win the toss and elect to bowl.

Elochukwu Ndububem and captain Ridwan Kareem did the most damage against the Botswana side, jointly taking out 6 wickets in 11 overs.

Botswana needed to rely on Karabo Makwatse and Leungo Mosalaesi to put up 36 runs in 25 balls collectively to see them score 56 runs all out in 24.2 overs.

But a very disciplined Nigerian side came on to chase the target, relying only on the partnership of Pam Paul and Selim Salam to finish the game with 58 runs, no loss of wickets in 10.5 overs.

Nigeria will meet Sierra Leone on Tuesday in their last final group B game.

Six nations are featuring in the qualifiers with the top three teams progressing to the next stage of the World Cup qualifiers.