{"id":20450,"date":"2022-09-26T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=20450"},"modified":"2022-10-16T08:40:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T23:40:16","slug":"%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90t20%e3%83%af%e3%83%bc%e3%83%ab%e3%83%89%e3%82%ab%e3%83%83%e3%83%97%e6%9d%b1%e3%82%a2%e3%82%b8%e3%82%a2%e4%ba%88%e9%81%b8%ef%bc%9a%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90t20%e3%83%af%e3%83%bc%e3%83%ab%e3%83%89%e3%82%ab%e3%83%83%e3%83%97%e6%9d%b1%e3%82%a2%e3%82%b8%e3%82%a2%e4%ba%88%e9%81%b8%ef%bc%9a%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3\/","title":{"rendered":"National Team Announced for ICC World Cup Qualifier &#8211; East Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-474 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JapanNationalTeamLogo-254x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JapanNationalTeamLogo-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JapanNationalTeamLogo.png 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head Coach Dhugal Bedingfield has announced his squad for the ICC T20 World Cup East Asia Qualifier to be held in Japan from 15 \u2013 18 October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to the length of time since the last international cricket there are now ten players in line to represent Japan for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On naming the squad Bedingfield said: \u201cIt&#8217;s been too long since the team has played international cricket and the boys can&#8217;t wait to get back out there and represent their country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have some good young talent coming through. There will be a lot of fresh faces in the team and quite a few players will be making their international debut. It&#8217;ll be exciting to see how they perform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe certainly won&#8217;t be underestimating Indonesia or Korea but our goal is to top the group and progress to the next round of World Cup qualifying.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The full list of players is below with a * marking those named in a tournament team for the first time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (C)* &#8211; Chiba Sharks Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reo Sakurano-Thomas (VC)* &#8211; Sano Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ryan Drake* &#8211; Sydney University Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shogo Kimura &#8211; Wyverns Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kohei Kubota* &#8211; Wyverns Cricket Club \/ Keio University Knights Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Piyush Kumbhare* &#8211; Tigers Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supun Nawarathna &#8211; Max Cricket Club \/ Tuskers Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kento Ota-Dobell* &#8211; Footscray Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabaorish Ravichandran* &#8211; Tigers Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexander Shirai-Patmore &#8211; Tokyo Wombats Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Declan Suzuki-McComb* &#8211; Cheltenham Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibrahim Takahashi* &#8211; Chiba Sharks Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Makoto Taniyama &#8211; Sano Cricket Club \/ Osaka Raiders Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake* &#8211; Willetton Dragons Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Reserves:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vinay Iyer* &#8211; MAX Cricket Club \/ Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Dinesh Sandaruwan* &#8211; MAX Cricket Club<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Wataru Miyauchi &#8211; Wyverns Cricket Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the journey towards qualifying for the 2024 T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA, the winner of this tournament will move forward to play in the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Regional Qualifier Final against Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Vanuatu. The winner of that event will qualify for the T20 World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope that fans of cricket in Japan will come out in force to support the team on the first step towards T20 World Cup Qualification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Schedule of International matches vs Indonesia<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(For the series against Indonesia the starting team will be selected from all 17 players named above)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 9 (Sun) 13:30-16:30 Japan v Indonesia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 10 (Mon) 13:30-16:30 Japan v Indonesia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 11 (Tue) 09:30-12:30 Japan v Indonesia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup East Asia Qualifiers Schedule<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 15 (Sat) 09:30-12:30 Indonesia v Korea<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 15 (Sat) 13:30-16:30 Japan v Korea<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 16 (Sun) 13:30-16:30 Japan v Indonesia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 17 (Mon) 13:30-16:30 Korea v Japan\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 18 (Tue) 09:30-12:30 Indonesia v Japan<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 18 (Tue) 13:30-16:30 Korea v Indonesia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head Coach Dhugal Bedingfield has announced his squad for the ICC T20 World Cup East Asia Qualifier to be held in Japan from 15 \u2013 18 October. 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