{"id":32895,"date":"2025-11-22T18:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T09:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=32895"},"modified":"2025-11-27T13:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T04:39:34","slug":"%e3%83%ac%e3%83%9d%e3%83%bc%e3%83%88%ef%bd%9cacc%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90u19%e3%83%97%e3%83%ac%e3%83%9f%e3%82%a2%e3%82%ab%e3%83%83%e3%83%97%e3%80%80%e5%88%9d%e6%88%a6%e3%80%81%e3%83%a2%e3%83%ab%e3%83%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/%e3%83%ac%e3%83%9d%e3%83%bc%e3%83%88%ef%bd%9cacc%e7%94%b7%e5%ad%90u19%e3%83%97%e3%83%ac%e3%83%9f%e3%82%a2%e3%82%ab%e3%83%83%e3%83%97%e3%80%80%e5%88%9d%e6%88%a6%e3%80%81%e3%83%a2%e3%83%ab%e3%83%87\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Breaking Japan Defeat Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"The Men’s Japan Under 19 team made a dream start to their ACC Premier Cup campaign in UAE with a near perfect performance against the Maldives which set multiple records.<\/p>\n

Japan welcomed three players on debut, but it was their all time leading run-scorer, Nihar Parmar, who dominated proceedings and improved his already impressive record.<\/p>\n

An opening partnership of 46 with debutant Taylor Waugh (11) showed positive signs, but it was the 141-run combination with Hugo Tani-Kelly (62 from 52 balls) which put Japan well on top.<\/p>\n

Parmar batted through to the 39th over, eventually dismissed for a chanceless 156 from 132 balls – the second highest score by a Japan player following his own 160<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Monty Hara-Hinze, also on debut, kept momentum going with 67 from 50 balls while captain Kazuma Kato-Stafford hammered 59 from 33 balls to lift his team to 422 for seven – the highest score ever by a Japan team.<\/p>\n

The result looked a foregone conclusion, and so it proved as the Japanese bowlers shared wickets around to quickly dismiss the Maldives for 56 to secure a win by 366 runs<\/a>, another record in terms of winning margin.\u00a0 The third debutant, Alex Watanabe-Dawson, collecting two wickets along with Tani-Kelly,<\/p>\n

The team are next in action on Monday against Oman, who defeated Qatar in the other Group C match on Friday, with the winner taking a significant step towards the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Match Schedule<\/h2>\n