Three members of the Women’s Japan National Team have been selected by the ICC East Asia Pacific (EAP) Regional office to represent the region at the 2025 Australian Country Cricket Championships (ACCC).

Ahilya Chandel, Hinase Goto and Seika Sumi will all travel to the Barossa Valley in South Australia in January next year to participate as players while Ardene Ruhode (Coach) and Manami Hoshi (Trainer) will also be on the staff. 

This is the first time since 2019 that an EAP team has entered the ACCC and Japan has a proud history in the event having had members on the winning team in 2017 and 2016. 

The event will run from the 3rd – 11th January and the players intend to arrive early in order to prepare for the series of T20 matches. 

The purpose of the ACCC is for the top teams within each state, outside of the main metropolitan areas, to compete against each other while the EAP players get a chance to gain experience playing overseas and learning from each other.

The full team and staff is as below, the Japan players and staff are marked in bold: 

Name / Country

• VICKY ARA’A (c) / Papua New Guinea
• NI PUTU AYU NANDA SAKARINI (c) / Indonesia
• NAOANI VARE (vc) / Papua New Guinea
• AHILYA CHANDEL / Japan
• SERI CHANG / Republic of Korea
• NI LUH KETUT WESIKA RATNA DEWI / Indonesia
• KEVAU FRANK / Papua New Guinea
• HINASE GOTO / Japan
• ZAMERA IKIUA / Cook Islands
• MAHUTA JAYPHERT / Papua New Guinea
• ERANI POKANA / Papua New Guinea
• SOFIA SAMUELS / Cook Islands
• ALEX BOBBI YERRO SMITH / Philippines
• SEIKA SUMI / Japan
• NI MADE PUTRI SUWANDEWI (TORI) / Indonesia

Coaches: Ardene Ruhode (Japan), Ian West (Cook Islands), Eden Eduard (Indonesia)

Physio: Manami Hoshi (Japan)

Team Manager: Vikash Yadav (Indonesia)

The JCA would like to congratulate the selected representatives and we hope it is a great experience for all involved.