Women’s Team Announced for ICC Women’s T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier
- 2025-07-31
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The Women’s Japan National Team will travel to Fiji in early September to participate in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier.
The tournament features eight (8) teams, split into two groups. Japan are drawn in Group A along with Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa and Philippines, while Group B features Vanuatu, Indonesia, Fiji and Cook Islands.
The team will also play two matches against hosts Fiji as part of their tournament preparations, before the official matches begin on 9th September.
The selection committee, led by Head Coach Vinay Iyer, has chosen an experienced team with no players in line to make their debuts.
The full team as is follows:
- Ahilya Chandel (Gordon Women’s Cricket Club)
- Ayumi Fujikawa (Doshisha University Cricket Club)
- Hinase Goto (Doshisha University Cricket Club)
- Haruna Iwasaki (Sendai University Cricket Club)
- Shimako Kato (Gunnersbury Women’s Cricket Club)
- Ayaka Kato-Stafford (Western Suburbs District Cricket Club)
- Elena Kusuda-Nairn (Sendai University Cricket Club)
- Akari Nishimura (Sendai University Cricket Club)
- Erika Oda (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club)
- Kurumi Ota (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club)
- Seika Sumi (Sendai University Cricket Club)
- Erika Toguchi-Quinn (Melbourne Cricket Club)
- Mai Yanagida (Wyverns Cricket Club)
- Nonoha Yasumoto (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club)
The full match schedule is as follows:
- 5th September (Friday) 13:30 – Fiji vs Japan
- 6th September (Saturday) 09:30 – Fiji vs Japan
- 9th September (Tuesday) 09:30 – PNG vs Japan
- 10th September (Wednesday) 09:30 – Japan vs Samoa
- 12th September (Friday) 09:30 – Philippines vs Japan
- 13th September (Saturday) 09:30 & 13:30 – Semi Finals
- 15th September (Monday) 09:30 & 13:30 – Finals
*Match times are JST
**Matches are 20 overs
All matches will be live streamed on ICC.TV
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