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2016 Women’s World Cup Qualifier, East Asia-Pacific
In 2016 Japan Women competed in the Women’s World Cup Qualifier – EAP, a 50-over tournament that would take place in Samoa during July. The team was coached by Nicole Martin of Cricket Victoria and captained by Mai Yanagida. The tournament only featured three teams; Japan, Papua New Guinea and Samoa with Japan finishing third. Two players, Rio Endo and Ayana Suzuki, made their debuts during the tournament and a full ist of players selected can be found by clicking…
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WWCQ: PNG vs JPN
Highlights Match Report Japan were defeated by five wickets by Papua New Guinea in our opening match of the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in Samoa today. Winning the toss and electing to bowl first, the PNG captain Pauke Siaka was delighted to see her bowlers maintain excellent discipline and make scoring incredibly difficult for the Japan players. After the loss of three early wickets, Shizuka Miyaji and Miho Kanno staged a mini-recovery with a partnership of 38, but either…
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WWCQ: JPN vs Samoa
Highlights Match Report Japan lost a close match against hosts Samoa in the Women’s World Cup Qualifier in Apia yesterday, going down by 26 runs after being set a tall target of 208 to win the match. Japan made a couple of changes after Game One, bringing in Aki Umetani and Rio Endo to replace Miho Asama and Kaoruko Nishida, and gave a much improved performance. Samoa won the toss and batted first, scoring quickly to begin with despite an…
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WWCQ: JPN vs PNG
Highlights Match Report Papua New Guinea maintained their 100% record at the Women's World Cup Qualifier in Samoa, defeating Japan by eight wickets in their final official match of the tournament. Japan won the toss and elected to bat, but were in trouble immediately when Madoka Shiraishi was dismissed first ball. Things got quickly worse as wickets continued to tumble and runs proved hard to come by. The dismissal of captain Mai Yanagida left Japan 37/6 after…
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WWCQ: Samoa vs JPN
Match Report Japan played its last match of the tournament on the 22nd of July against tournament hosts Samoa. Batting first, Japan scored 135 runs, their highest total of the tournament, thanks to Miyaji (27), Ota (20), and Kobayashi (25). Ota battled for 109 minutes and 120 balls to provide Japan the platform it needed to have a chance in winning their first match of the tournament. Chasing 136 to win, Samoa put on 47 runs for the 3rd partnership…
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