Japan Ease to Victory over Korea
- 2024-09-29
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An inspired bowling performance and calmness with the bat led Japan to a comfortable victory over Korea in the ICC Men’s T20WC East Asia Pacific – Sub-Regional ‘B’ 2024.
After Korea won the toss and chose to bat, it took until the fifth over for Japan to find their range.
The score of 22/0 became 25/5 as MVP Sabaorish Ravichandran (three for 11) Ibby Takahashi (two for 21) and then Charlie Hinze (two for nine) tore the Korean batting apart.
Ben Ito-Davis (two for 14) wrapped up the innings as Korea were dismissed for 78 off the last ball of the innings.
Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (17 off 16 balls) got Japan off to a flier with boundaries off the first two balls of the chase, setting the tone for a comfortable victory.
Ibby Takahashi took up the aggressive approach with 22 from just ten balls, while captain Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming saw the team home with an untroubled 28* from 28 balls.
A win by seven wickets with 8.5 overs to spare gives Japan a healthy net run rate boost and puts Japan top of the table with two wins from two going into the rest day.
Match Schedule (Japan Standard Time)
Tournament:
- 28th September (Saturday) 10:00 – Japan vs Philippines (Japan won by 2 wickets)
- 29th September (Sunday) 14:00 – South Korea vs Japan (Japan won by 7 wickets)
- 1st October (Tuesday) 10:00 – Indonesia vs Japan
- 2nd October (Wednesday) 10:00 – Japan vs Philippines
- 4th October (Friday) 14:00 – South Korea vs Japan
- 5th October (Saturday) 14:00 – Indonesia vs Japan
All tournament matches can be watched live on https://www.icc-cricket.com/videos
Points Table
https://cricclubs.com/InternationalScores/viewLeaguePointstable.do?league=1565&clubId=11707
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