{"id":27641,"date":"2024-04-17T11:50:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T02:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=27641"},"modified":"2025-02-27T17:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:37:55","slug":"%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8-vs-%e3%83%a2%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b4%e3%83%ab%e3%81%ae%e9%96%8b%e5%82%ac%e6%b1%ba%e5%ae%9a%e3%83%bb%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e3%83%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8-vs-%e3%83%a2%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b4%e3%83%ab%e3%81%ae%e9%96%8b%e5%82%ac%e6%b1%ba%e5%ae%9a%e3%83%bb%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e3%83%81\/","title":{"rendered":"Sano to Host Men\u2019s International Series with Mongolia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\"\"<\/a>The Japan Cricket Association is delighted to formally announce that we will host the Men\u2019s Mongolia National Team for a seven-match T20 International Series in Sano this May.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The series will begin on Tuesday 7th May and continue through to Sunday 12th May, with Friday 10th scheduled as a rest \/ reserve day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mongolia are the newest members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) having been <\/span>granted membership<\/span><\/a> in July 2021, but have struggled for matches in that time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both their men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams appeared at the <\/span>Asian Games<\/span><\/a> in Hangzhou in 2023, but the two matches played in that event remain their only fixtures to date.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of the series the JCA Head of Cricket Operations Alan Curr said: \u201cWe are really pleased to be able to confirm this series and it has taken a lot of work behind the scenes.\u201cWe know how hard it can be to get fixtures when you\u2019re first starting out so we hope that this opportunity can be a great experience for both sets of players.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He went on to say: \u201cMongolian culture has a strong presence in Japan already through their outstanding success in Sumo over <\/span>the last 30 years<\/span><\/a>, so I think our fans will be keen to see how they perform in cricket.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Head Coach Dhugal Bedingfield has named the following team for the series:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n