The Japan women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of

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in international

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matches. In April 2018, the

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(ICC) decided to grant full

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(WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between Japan women and other

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since 1 July 2018 have been a full WT20I.

History

They made their international debut at the

2003 IWCC Trophy The 2003 IWCC Trophy was an international women's cricket tournament held in the Netherlands between 21 and 26 July 2003. Organised by the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC), it was the inaugural edition of what is now the World Cup Qual ...

in the

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. 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

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. They were bowled out for just 28 against

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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. They are yet to play any WODI after this tournament. Their return to international level did not come until September 2006 when they faced

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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

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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

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. Japan were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.

Tournament history

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: 6th (DNQ) *

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: 9th (DNQ)

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: Bronze *

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: Quarter-finals

Women East Asia Cup

*2015: 3rd place *2017: 2nd place *

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: 3rd place

Honours

Others

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** Bronze Medal (1):

Records

International Match Summary – Japan women ''Last updated 30 October 2022''

Women's One-Day International

*Highest team total: 85 v

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on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland,

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. *Highest individual innings: 18, Ema Kuribayashi v

on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland,

. *Best innings bowling: 2/6, Yuko Sasaki v

on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland,

. ODI record versus other nations ''Records complete to WODI #450. Last updated 26 July 2003.''

Women's Twenty20 International

*Highest team total: 139/4 v

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on 29 October 2022 at Kaizuka Cricket Ground, Kaizuka. *Highest individual innings: 63, Akari Kitayama v

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on 7 May 2019 at

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. *Best innings bowling: 3/6, Nao Tokizawa v

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on 22 September 2019 at

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. Most T20I runs for Japan Women. Most T20I wickets for Japan Women. T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #1285. Last updated 30 October 2022.''

Current squad

Miho Kanno is a Japanese actress and J-Pop singer. Her nickname is ''Kanchan'' (菅ちゃん). She was born in Sakado, Saitama, Japan. Career In 1992, Kanno made her debut as a member of a group called ''Sakurakko Club'' after passing the orientation f ...

Erika Ida Erika Ida (Kanji:, born 20 October 1994) is a Japanese cricketer. She was a member of the Japanese cricket team which won the bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2014 Asian Games representing the national team. Kurum ...

* Shizuka Kubota *

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* Yuko Saito *

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* Atsuko Suda * Ayako Iwasaki *

Shizuka Miyaji Shizuka Miyaji (Japanese: 宮地静香, Hepburn: Miyaji Shizuka) is a Japanese female cricketer. She was also the part of the Japanese cricket team which secured the bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games which was held in China defeating the Chin ...

Mariko Yamamoto is a Japanese former cricketer. She was part of Japan's squad for the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier and the 2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier. Yamamoto was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal in the women's ...

* Ema Kuribayashi * Erina Kaneko * Fuyuki Kawai * Yuko Kuniki * Miho Asami

References

External links

Japan Cricket Association Official website

{{National sports teams of Japan Cricket in Japan Women's national cricket teams

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Women's national sports teams of Japan

History

Tournament history

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Women East Asia Cup

Honours

Others

Records

Women's One-Day International

Women's Twenty20 International

Current squad

See also

References

External links