Japan women's national cricket team
The Japanese women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Japan in international women's cricket matches.
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| Association | Japan Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (2005) | |||||||||
| ICC region | East Asia-Pacific | |||||||||
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| Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WODI | v  Pakistan at Sportpark Drieburg, Amsterdam; 21 July 2003 | |||||||||
| Last WODI | v  West Indies at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 26 July 2003 | |||||||||
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| Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances | 2 (first in 2003) | |||||||||
| Best result | 6th (2003) | |||||||||
| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I | v  Indonesia at Independence Park, Port Vila; 6 May 2019 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I | v  South Korea at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon; 22 September 2019 | |||||||||
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| Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1 (first in 2013) | |||||||||
| Best result | 7th (2013) | |||||||||
| As of 4 October 2020 | ||||||||||
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Japan women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[5]
History
They made their international debut at the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands. These were the first ODI matches played by any Japanese team, with the Japanese men's team yet to play at that level. They did not meet with much success though, losing all five matches and giving away an incredible 104 extras in their match against The Netherlands. They were bowled out for just 28 against Pakistan in that competition, with 20 of those runs coming in extras and just 8 from the bat, with the openers top scoring with 3 runs apiece.[6] They are yet to play any WODI after this tournament.
Their return to international level did not come until September 2006 when they faced Papua New Guinea in a three match series of one day games to decide which country would represent the East Asia/Pacific region in the World Cup Qualifier in Ireland some time in 2007. Japan showed some improvement from the IWCC Trophy, but still lost all three games. However, these matches were also not considered as WODI.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[7] Japan were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.[8]
Records
International Match Summary – Japan women[13][14]
Last updated 22 September 2019
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| One Day Internationals | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 July 2003 |
| Twenty20 Internationals | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 May 2019 |
Women's One-Day International
- Highest team total: 85 v Scotland on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague.[15]
- Highest individual innings: 18, Ema Kuribayashi v Scotland on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague. [16]
- Best innings bowling: 2/6, Yuko Sasaki v Scotland on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague.[17]
ODI record versus other nations[13]
Records complete to WODI #450. Last updated 26 July 2003.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| ICC Full members | |||||||
 Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 July 2003 | |
| Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 July 2003 | |
| West Indies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 July 2003 | |
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 Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 July 2003 | |
 Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 July 2003 | |
Women's Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 129/6 v South Korea on 22 September 2019 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon.[18]
- Highest individual innings: 63, Akari Kitayama v Samoa on 7 May 2019 at Independence Park, Port Vila.[19]
- Best innings bowling: 3/6, Nao Tokizawa v South Korea on 22 September 2019 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon.[20]
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Most T20I runs for Japan Women.[21]
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Most T20I wickets for Japan Women.[22]
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T20I record versus other nations[14]
Records complete to WT20I #768. Last updated 22 September 2019.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| ICC Associate members | |||||||
 China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 September 2019 | |
 Fiji | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 May 2019 | 9 May 2019 |
 Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 September 2019 | 20 September 2019 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 May 2019 | |
 Papua New Guinea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 May 2019 | |
 Samoa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 May 2019 | |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 September 2019 | 19 September 2019 |
 Vanuatu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 May 2019 | |
Current squad
- Miho Kanno
- Erika Ida
- Shizuka Kubota
- Ayako Nakayama
- Yuka Yoshida
- Yuko Saito
- Kurumi Ota
- Atsuko Suda
- Ayako Iwasaki
- Shizuka Miyaji
- Mariko Yamamoto
- Ema Kuribayashi
- Erina Kaneko
- Fuyuki Kawai
- Yuko Kuniki
- Miho Asami
See also
References
- "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "WT20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- "Japan vs Pakistan". cricket archive. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- "East Asia Cup Tournament organised between China, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea". Japan Cricket Association. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- "History of the Games". Cricket Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- "Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2017 - Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- "Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2019 - Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- "Records / Japan women / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- "Records / Japan women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- "Records / Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- "Records / Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- "Records / Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- "Records / Japan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- "Records / Japan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- "Records / Japan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- "Records / Japan Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- "Records / Japan Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.