In May 2014 Japan hosted the Pepsi ICC East Asia-Pacific Women’s Trophy which, alongside the hosts would include Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Vanuatu.

 

Some friendly matches were also played during the tournament against the ‘Cricket Without Borders’ development side. All matches were Twenty20.

 

Japan, coached by Dhugal Bedingfield with Katrina Keenan as his assistant, excelled in the group stages, winning every game, only to fall short in a close final.

 

A full list of players selected can be seen by clicking here and the tournament homepage can be found by clicking here.

 

The summary of the results is below:

 

ICC EAP Trophy: 7^th – 11^th May 2014

7^th May:

Samoa: 106/8 (20 Overs)

Japan: 108/5 (20 Overs)

Japan win by 5 wickets

8^th May:

Japan: 148/6 (20 Overs)

Cook Islands: 80/6 (20 Overs)

Japan win by 68 runs

8^th May:

Japan: 142/1 (20 Overs)

Vanuatu: 120/4 (20 Overs)

Japan win by 22 runs

10^th May:

Japan: 108/7 (20 Overs)

Papua New Guinea: 105/6 (20 Overs)

Japan win by 3 runs

11^th May (Final):

Papua New Guinea: 113/3 (20 Overs)

Japan: 102/10 (18.3 Overs)

Papua New Guinea win by 11 runs

Friendlies vs Cricket Without Borders

5^th May:

Japan: 135/5 (20 Overs)

Cricket Without Borders: 90/7 (20 Overs)

Japan win by 45 runs

7^th May:

Japan: 105/5 (20 Overs)

Cricket Without Borders: 81/6

Japan win by 24 runs

10^th May:

Cricket Without Borders: 81/7 (20 Overs)

Japan: 83/2 (15.5 Overs)

Japan win by 8 wickets