The Men’s U16 Japan National Team will tour Malaysia next week to participate in the Asia Cricket Council Under 16 East Zone Cup.
This will be the first time the Under 16 team will compete internationally and we are excited to see how the next generation of players will fare.
Japan, who will be captained by Charlie Hara-Hinze, are drawn in the same group as Bhutan, Indonesia, Nepal and Singapore. The top two teams will progress to the Semi Finals before the Final takes place on Saturday 5th July.
The team, who will be coached by Reo Sakurano-Thomas, is below along with fixture information and details of where to watch the matches.
- Charlie Hara-Hinze (Northern Suburbs Cricket Club) – Captain
- Juto Ball (Lions Cricket Club)
- Taiga Hague (Lions Cricket Club / Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)*
- Eric Harrison (Lions Cricket Club)*
- Gabriel Hara-Hinze (Northern Suburbs Cricket Club)
- Montgomery Hara-Hinze (Northern Suburbs Cricket Club)*
- Kaisei Kobayashi-Doggett (Randwick-Petersham Cricket Club)
- Ishan Lal (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)*
- Luke Mynard (Fleet Cricket Club)*
- Skyler Nakayama-Cook (Streatham Cricket Club)
- Sam Robinson (Lions Cricket Club)*
- Riku Tanaka (Sano Braves)*
- Hugo Tani-Kelly (Northern Suburbs Cricket Club)
- Kouki Yoshida (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)*
- *Representing Japan for the first time
The full match schedule is as follows:
- 22nd June (Sunday) 11:00 – Japan vs Bhutan
- 24th June (Tuesday) 11:00 – Japan vs Nepal
- 26th June (Thursday 11:00 – Japan vs Singapore
- 1st July (Tuesday) 11:00 – Japan vs Indonesia
- 3rd July (Thursday) 11:00 – Semi Finals
- 5th July (Saturday 11:00 – Finals
*Match times are JST
**Matches are 50 overs
All matches will be shown live on the Asia Cricket Council YouTube Channel
Good Luck Everyone!
