{"id":5239,"date":"2017-04-30T20:02:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T11:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2017-05-02T18:39:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T09:39:35","slug":"%e5%a4%a7%e4%bc%9a3%e6%97%a5%e7%9b%ae-%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e5%af%be%e3%83%91%e3%83%97%e3%82%a2%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%ae%e3%83%8b%e3%82%a2-%e3%83%9e%e3%83%83%e3%83%81%e3%83%ac%e3%83%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/%e5%a4%a7%e4%bc%9a3%e6%97%a5%e7%9b%ae-%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e5%af%be%e3%83%91%e3%83%97%e3%82%a2%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%ae%e3%83%8b%e3%82%a2-%e3%83%9e%e3%83%83%e3%83%81%e3%83%ac%e3%83%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan still waiting for first win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Papua New Guinea comfortably defeated Japan in the third match<\/a> of the ICC Women\u2019s World T20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier earlier today.<\/p>\n

Papua New Guinea\u2019s excellent batting performance saw them reach 138-3 from their 20\u00a0overs and from there it was an uphill task for the Japanese women.<\/p>\n

Japan could only make 60-7 in their innings, but showed good resolve not to be bowled out against a strong Papua New Guinea bowling attack.<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s had restricted Papua New Guinea to 24-0 from the first six overs but a player of the match winning knock of 69 from Tanya Ruma put Papua New Guinea\u00a0well in ahead.<\/p>\n

Ruma hit two big sixes in her innings before a great catch on the boundary by Etsuko Kobayashi ended the onslaught.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Kobayashi\u2019s catch gave Shizuka Miyaji (1-10) a much-deserved wicket. Miyaji\u2019s bowling was one of few positives to take from the performance.<\/p>\n

In reply, Openers Kurumi Ota (11) and Miyaji (15) built a steady partnership but were unable to kick on\u00a0as they tried to catch up with the required run rate.<\/p>\n

After Ota and Miyaji fell to some good spin bowling from Vicky Araa (3-9) and Kaia Arua (2-11) respectively, Japan quickly fell to 36-6 after a middle order collapse.<\/p>\n

Miho Kanno (5) and Eri Yamaguchi (7) put up a valiant effort to see the innings through but were never close to chasing down Papua New Guinea\u2019s score.<\/p>\n

After the match, coach Katrina Keenan said: \u201cThere are definitely positives to take out of the performance, despite the result.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started and finished well with the ball but in the middle overs we missed a number of opportunities and at this level you need to take these chances to have a chance of winning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other match today between Samoa and Vanuatu was postponed due to a wet pitch. The match has been rearranged for tomorrow morning from 9.30am.<\/p>\n

The defeat leaves Japan bottom of the pile at the half way stage in the tournament. Japan will have a rest day tomorrow before taking on table toppers Samoa on Tuesday morning.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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