{"id":6132,"date":"2017-09-21T18:55:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T09:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=6132"},"modified":"2017-09-26T19:06:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T10:06:35","slug":"%e6%9d%b1%e3%82%a2%e3%82%b8%e3%82%a2%e3%82%ab%e3%83%83%e3%83%97%ef%bc%9a%e5%a5%b3%e5%ad%90%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e3%81%8c%e9%9f%93%e5%9b%bd%e3%81%ab%e5%8b%9d%e5%88%a9%ef%bc%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/%e6%9d%b1%e3%82%a2%e3%82%b8%e3%82%a2%e3%82%ab%e3%83%83%e3%83%97%ef%bc%9a%e5%a5%b3%e5%ad%90%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e3%81%8c%e9%9f%93%e5%9b%bd%e3%81%ab%e5%8b%9d%e5%88%a9%ef%bc%81\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Defeat Korea in Opening Match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Etsuko Kobayashi inspired Japan to victory in the first match of the East Asia Cup at the Hong Kong Cricket Club today, after just two hours sleep!<\/p>\n

Due to work commitments Kobayashi only landed in Hong Kong at 4am and with the game starting at 9:30am there was little time for rest.<\/p>\n

\"\"Batting first an excellent opening partnership of 49 between Mai Yanagida (21)and Miho Kanno (22) laid a great platform before wickets began to fall. Kobayashi helped keep things together with 18 and a score of 110\/8 felt competitive at halfway.<\/p>\n

Japan started well with the ball too, taking four wickets for just 14 runs in the first 5.3 overs, two each for Shizuka Miyaji and Kobayashi. A 50 run partnership between Park (27) and Kim (21) gave Korea hope before Kobayashi returned to dismiss both of them and finish with figures of 4\/24.<\/p>\n

15 runs were needed off the last over but the experience of Miyaji helped Japan to a nine-run win<\/a> by bowling with great control and also completing a run out.<\/p>\n

Japan will play China tomorrow morning and the best way to follow the matches are through our Twitter page (https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricketJapan)<\/a> which will be updated every five overs. This is also the only match that will be live streamed, the link will be on our Twitter feed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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