{"id":23428,"date":"2023-06-23T20:27:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T11:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=23428"},"modified":"2024-02-14T12:26:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T03:26:41","slug":"2023%e5%b9%b4%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e5%bc%b7%e5%8c%96%e9%81%b8%e6%89%8b%e5%9b%a3%e5%8f%8a%e3%81%b3%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%aca%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e5%bc%b7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/2023%e5%b9%b4%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e5%bc%b7%e5%8c%96%e9%81%b8%e6%89%8b%e5%9b%a3%e5%8f%8a%e3%81%b3%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%aca%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e5%bc%b7-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Japan National Squad and Men\u2019s Japan A Squad 2023 Finalised"},"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;\">The National Selection Committee for the Men\u2019s Japan National Squads, chaired by Dhugal Bedingfield, have confirmed the final selections for the 2023 season following the Japan Premier League and early rounds of the domestic season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One new player joins the full squad as Ashley Thurgate moved up from the Japan National Academy to provide an extra spin-bowling option, joining his brother Marcus in the 20-player squad, while Tsuyoshi Takada returns after a one year absence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Men\u2019s Japan National Squad:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ryan Drake (Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shogo Kimura (Wyverns Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kouhei Kubota (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 (Tigers Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wataru Miyauchi (Wyverns Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supun Navarathna (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 (Footscray Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabaorish Ravichandran (Tigers Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reo Sakurano-Thomas (Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dinesh Sandaruwan (MAX Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexander Shirai-Patmore (Tokyo Wombats Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Declan Suzuki-McComb (Cheltenham Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muneeb Siddique Mian (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tsuyoshi Takada (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibrahim Takahashi (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Makoto Taniyama (MAX Cricket Club \/ Osaka Raiders Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ashley Thurgate (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marcus Thurgate (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (Willetton Dragons Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the first ever official <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men\u2019s Japan A Squad has also been finalised with a mix of players who have represented Japan at senior and under 19 level all included as well as some new faces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luke Anai-Bates (Sidcup Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alester Kadowaki-Fleming\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kazumasa Hiratsuka (Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vinay Iyer (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raheel Kano (Wyverns Cricket Club \/ Gunma Stars)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Masato Morita (MAX Cricket Club \/ Akishima Aviators)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manav Natarajan (Men in Blue Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shu Noguchi (Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tomonoshin Oki (Wyverns Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdul Samad (Wombats Cricket Club \/ Kobe Hawks Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Souta Wada (Sano Cricket Club \/ Osaka Raiders Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jun Yamashita (Osaka Raiders Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zubair Khan (Sano Cricket Club \/ Saitama United)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to all those selected and good luck for the year ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[About the Men\u2019s Japan National Squad]<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Men\u2019s Japan National Squad is an annual training squad consisting of the top performing players. The aim of the squad is to build an inspirational Men\u2019s National Team. Men\u2019s Japan National Teams that play International Cricket are selected from this squad.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[About the Men\u2019s Japan A Squad]<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Men\u2019s Japan A Squad, previously the Men\u2019s U23 category of the National Academy, is an annual training squad consisting of promising players with the potential of representing Japan. This squad aims to help such players maximise their potential.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Selection Committee for the Men\u2019s Japan National Squads, chaired by Dhugal Bedingfield, have confirmed the final selections for the 2023 season following the Japan Premier League and early&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":23429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-articles","category-mens-national-team","region-east-kanto-rca","region-hokkaido-rca","region-hokushinetsu-rca","region-kyushu-rca","region-north-kanto-rca","region-south-kanto-rca","region-tohoku-rca","region-tokai-rca","region-west-kanto-rca","region-454","region-kansai-rca"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23428"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23907,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23428\/revisions\/23907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}