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Actually, the Under 19 Women's World Cup. Which I'm delighted about: viva women's sport in general. Under 19 players from most cricketing countries are competing, and yesterday South Africa played Nigeria. One does not usually associate Nigeria with cricket, and their team were sadly outclassed; however, their given names are winners. In no particular order they are

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Peculiar
Piety (the sources are divided: she might be Piety Lucky or Lucky Piety)
Lilian
Christabel
Victory
Anointed
Deborah
Omosigho
Kehinde
Shola
Peace

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I find the mixture of traditional names, word names and dated English names fascinating. On a sad note, poor Victory was out without scoring.

This message was edited 1/23/2025, 1:20 AM