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England Defeat Nigeria in ICC U19 World Cup

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Four wickets each from George Hill and Hamidullah Qadri helped England comfortably defeat Nigeria at the ICC U19 World Cup in Kimberley, South Africa.

With neither team able to progress to the Super League stage from Group B, England made four changes to their team, bringing in Hill, Sam Young, Scott Currie and Harry Duke to replace Ben Charlesworth, Jack Haynes, Blake Cullen and Kasey Aldridge.

Electing to bat first, Nigeria were bowled out for 58 in the 28th over. Currie and George Balderson struck early before Hill and the spinners Qadri and Lewis Goldsworthy took over to tie the Nigerian batsmen down.

Hill took four for 12 from his 7.5 overs, with Qadri’s four coming for 24 and included two in three balls when he had Abdulrahman Jimoh stumped by Duke and then bowled Mohameed Taiwo.

The Young Lions will now face Japan in the first round of the Plate competition – the first of three more games to determine each country’s final position.