{"id":28675,"date":"2024-06-15T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T03:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=28675"},"modified":"2024-06-28T11:27:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T02:27:16","slug":"2024%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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/2024%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\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Japan National Squad and Men\u2019s Japan A Squad 2024 Announced"},"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\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" 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\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"118\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mki_logo_w300h108-e1691293923269.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12609 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mki_logo_w300h108-e1691293923269.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/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 2024 season following the Japan Premier League and early rounds of the domestic season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benjamin Ito-Davis is the only new face in the squad, although Alester Kadowaki-Fleming and Abdul Samad are promoted from the 2023 Japan A squad.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h3><b>Men\u2019s Japan National Squad<\/b><\/h3>\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;\">Benjamin Gou Ito-Davis (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alester Kadowaki-Fleming (Chiba Sharks 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;\">Kohei Kubota (Wyverns 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;\">Muneeb Siddique Mian (Chiba Sharks 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 Nawarathna (MAX Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kento Ota-Dobell (Chiba Sharks 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;\">Abdul Samad (Tokyo Wombats 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 (Sano 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 (Sano 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 (Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selected for the first time<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Men\u2019s Japan A Squad has also been finalised. Abhishek Anand is the only new addition following strong domestic performances, especially in the 2024 Japan Premier League, while Jake Kusuda-Nairn returns having previously featured in the National Academy squad in 2020\/21.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Men\u2019s Japan A Squad<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abhishek Anand (Tokyo Falcons 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)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zubair Khan (Sano 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;\">Jake Kusuda-Nairn (Sano Cricket Club)*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Masato Morita (MAX Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manav Natarajan (Chiba Sharks 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;\">Tsuyoshi Takada (Chiba Sharks 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;\">Souta Wada (Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selected for the first time<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to all those selected and good luck for the year ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>About the Men\u2019s Japan National Squad<\/strong><\/h2>\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<h2><strong>About the Men\u2019s Japan A Squad<\/strong><\/h2>\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>Players in the Japan A Squad may be chosen to represent Japan in international tournaments.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><strong>Men\u2019s National Team Partner<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui &amp; Co., Ltd. (MKI) specialized in providing services and products related to ICT (information and communication technology). Partnering with various global ICT vendors and supporting more than 2,500 companies, MKI offers best-in-class solutions to customers.<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mki.co.jp\/english\/\">https:\/\/www.mki.co.jp\/english\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>J<\/b><strong>CA Official Social Media<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cricketjapan\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cricketjapan<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Instagram:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/japan_cricket\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/japan_cricket<\/a><\/li>\n<li>X:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricketJapan\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricketJapan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\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 2024 season following the Japan Premier League and early&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":28676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-articles","category-mens-national-team"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28675","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=28675"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28794,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28675\/revisions\/28794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}