{"id":25624,"date":"2023-11-18T17:42:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T08:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=25624"},"modified":"2023-11-20T09:51:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T00:51:45","slug":"%e3%83%ac%e3%83%9d%e3%83%bc%e3%83%88%ef%bd%9c%e3%83%8d%e3%83%91%e3%83%bc%e3%83%ab-%e5%af%be-%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%ef%bc%88%e9%a6%99%e6%b8%af%e5%a5%b3%e5%ad%90t20i%e3%82%b7%e3%83%aa%e3%83%bc%e3%82%ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/%e3%83%ac%e3%83%9d%e3%83%bc%e3%83%88%ef%bd%9c%e3%83%8d%e3%83%91%e3%83%bc%e3%83%ab-%e5%af%be-%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%ef%bc%88%e9%a6%99%e6%b8%af%e5%a5%b3%e5%ad%90t20i%e3%82%b7%e3%83%aa%e3%83%bc%e3%82%ba\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Report\uff5cNepal vs Japan (Hong Kong Women’s T20I Series)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Japan started well after winning the toss and electing to bowl. Opening quicks; Ahilya Chandel, Elena Kusuda-Nairn, and Meg Ogawa controlled the power play bowling very economically. Japan had Nepal in trouble for most of the innings, having them at 59 for two at the 15-over mark. This is when the Nepalese girls; Indu Barma (27) and Rubina Chhetry (38) hit back for the final five overs and shared a 70-run partnership to score a total of 113 for four after 20.<\/span><\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s powerplay batting let them down again today losing six wickets in the first eight overs. Off-spinner Sangita Rai was the main disruptor taking incredible figures of five wickets off only six runs. A late consolation cameo innings from Ogawa (17) helped lift the total, nevertheless, Nepal bowled out Japan on the last ball of the innings for 46 losing by<\/span> 67 runs<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Japan will face Nepal again tomorrow morning starting from 10:30 am Japan time. After a disappointing tournament, Japan will look to finish on a positive playing for 3rd place.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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