Women’s Japan National Team for EAP Qualifier Confirmed
- 2023-08-08
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- National Team (Women)
The selection committee for the Women’s Japan National Squad have announced the 14 players who will participate in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier in Port Vila, Vanuatu in August / September.
The team includes one player in line to make her debut, Erika Toguchi-Quinn who impressed in the recently completed Women’s Japan Premier League.
The team will depart on 25th August and will play two T20 Internationals prior to the tournament starting against the Vanuatu Women’s team.
The full squad is as follows:
- Ahilya Chandel (Penrith Cricket Club)
- Ayumi Fujikawa (Doshisha University Cricket Club)
- Hinase Goto (Setsunan University / Doshisha University Cricket Club)
- Haruna Iwasaki (Sendai University Cricket Club)
- Akari Nishimura (Sendai University Cricket Club)
- Shimako Kato (Gunnersbury Women’s Cricket Club)
- Elena Kusuda-Nairn (Gold Coast District Cricket Club)
- Erika Oda (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club)
- Kurumi Ota (Kawasaki Knight Riders)
- Seika Sumi (Sendai University Cricket Club)
- Erika Toguchi-Quinn (Melbourne Cricket Club)*
- Mai Yanagida (Wyverns Cricket Club)
- Nonoha Yasumoto (Uenomiya Junior and Senior High School Cricket Club)
- Minami Yoshioka (University of Tsukuba)
*marks player selected for the first time
Match Schedule (Japan Time):
T20Is vs Vanuatu
- Monday 28 August – Vanuatu vs Japan, Time 11:30
- Wednesday 30 August – Vanuatu vs Japan, Time 11:30
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier
All matches of the Qualifier will be available to watch on ICC.TV
- Friday 1 September – Cook Islands vs Japan, 07:30
- Saturday 2 September – Japan vs Samoa, 11:30
- Monday 4 September – Fiji vs Japan, 11:30
- Tuesday 5 September – Papua New Guinea vs Japan, 07:30
- Thursday 7 September – Indonesia vs Japan, 07:30
- Friday 8 September – Vanuatu vs Japan, 11:30
We wish the team the best of luck in their efforts to qualify for the World Cup.
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