{"id":4235,"date":"2017-02-23T20:10:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T11:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=4235"},"modified":"2017-02-25T23:56:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T14:56:45","slug":"%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e3%80%80%e7%ac%ac4%e6%88%a6%e3%81%a7%e3%83%90%e3%83%8c%e3%82%a2%e3%83%84%e3%81%ab%e5%a4%a7%e6%95%97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e3%80%80%e7%ac%ac4%e6%88%a6%e3%81%a7%e3%83%90%e3%83%8c%e3%82%a2%e3%83%84%e3%81%ab%e5%a4%a7%e6%95%97\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanuatu Too Strong For Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tournament favourites Vanuatu showed Japan the level to aim for if aspirations to be the best team in the region are ever to be realised.<\/p>\n

On a day made for batting, even if the pitch did look likely to crumble later on, Masaomi Kobayashi won the toss and chose to bat.<\/p>\n

\"\"With Wataru Miyauchi rested, Japan sent in T20 opening batsman Makoto Taniyama to reprise his role and he approached the innings in as if it might be his last.<\/p>\n

Several blows on the leg-side and a couple of drives enabled him to race to 21 from 16 deliveries before he hit one straight up in the air.<\/p>\n

The run rate fell after his departure and two disastrous run outs prompted a collapse of nine wickets for just 33 runs.<\/p>\n

A total of 79 was always going to be tough to defend, but the Japan players made a terrific fight of it to show that cricket can be unpredictable.<\/p>\n

Rui Matsumura collected his first international wicket with a caught behind by Marcus Thurgate and Tsuyoshi Takada further enhanced his claim to be the best off-spinner in the tournament with 2\/17 from 8 overs.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Vanuatu reached the target for the loss of four wickets, Makoto Taniyama with the other, to complete a relatively comfortable win.<\/p>\n

All teams will have a rest day tomorrow before Japan face off against Philippines on Saturday in their final match.<\/p>\n

Be sure to check our Facebook<\/a> page and Twitter<\/a> accounts for regular updates and looks behind the scenes with the Japan squad.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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