Japan v Papua New Guinea
Japan won by 26 runs
ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier, Match 2118 May 2026Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano
JAP
Japanbatted first
121/720 ov
PNG
Papua New Guineatarget 122 in 20 overs
95/820 ov
Japan won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match K Kadowaki-Fleming
JAPJapan innings
121/720 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K Kadowaki-Fleming | lbw b S Bau | 45 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 136.4 |
| Abhishek Anand | c Gaba Frank b S Bau | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 93.8 |
| Esam Rahman | c Gaba Frank b A Vala | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 88.9 |
| S Ravichandran | st HGV Vare b L Siaka | 19 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 95.0 |
| I Takahashi | run out (S Bau, HGV Vare) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| R Sakurano-Thomas | c Gaba Frank b S Bau | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| W Miyauchi | run out (Patrick Nou, HGV Vare) | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 |
| A Patmore | not out | 9* | 12 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| C Hinze | not out | 7* | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | lb 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 7 wickets, 20 overs, run rate 6.05 | 121 | ||||
Did not batAbdul Samad, S Sugaya-Slater
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 130
1-39 Abhishek Anand2-51 Esam Rahman3-78 K Kadowaki-Fleming4-80 I Takahashi5-95 R Sakurano-Thomas6-99 S Ravichandran7-109 W Miyauchi
PNGPapua New Guinea innings chasing 122
95/820 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Bau | c A Patmore b R Sakurano-Thomas | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| TP Ura | b C Hinze | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 166.7 |
| L Siaka | c A Patmore b Abdul Samad | 22 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 61.1 |
| Patrick Nou | c I Takahashi b S Sugaya-Slater | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 |
| A Vala | run out (W Miyauchi) | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 89.5 |
| Boio Ray | c D Suzuki (sub) b I Takahashi | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Gaba Frank | c S Sugaya-Slater b I Takahashi | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| A Nao | not out | 5* | 15 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| HGV Vare | b C Hinze | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 120.0 |
| J Kariko | not out | 7* | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140.0 |
| Extras | b 2, w 2, nb 1 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 20 overs, run rate 4.75 | 95 | ||||
Did not batAue Oru
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 130
1-3 S Bau2-19 TP Ura3-25 Patrick Nou4-62 L Siaka5-63 A Vala6-68 Gaba Frank7-77 Boio Ray8-84 HGV Vare
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdul Samad | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4.50 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R Sakurano-Thomas | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4.67 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C Hinze | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 4.50 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S Sugaya-Slater | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| I Takahashi | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4.75 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S Ravichandran | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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