The 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the

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. The first stage of the qualification pathway in the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) region consisted of two sub-regional qualifiers: Qualifier A in

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in September 2022, and Qualifier B in

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in October 2022. The Cook Islands and Fiji both played their first official men's T20I matches during Qualifier A. Vanuatu finished top of Qualifier A with five wins out of six matches, and advanced to the regional final. Cook Islands captain Ma'ara Ave was named the player of the tournament, after top-scoring, with 290 runs at an average of 72.50. Japan progressed from Qualifier B after finishing above Indonesia on

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. Japan's Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake was named the player of the tournament. The winner of each of the sub-regional qualifiers progressed to the EAP regional final, played in 2023, where they were joined by

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and

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. The winner of the Regional Final, Papua New Guinea, qualified for the 2024 T20 World Cup jointly held in the West Indies and the

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Teams

Qualifier A

Squads

Sean Solia Sean Mikaele Solia (born 15 December 1992) is a New Zealand-Samoan cricketer. He has played international cricket for Samoa, and since 2016 has played in New Zealand domestic cricket for Auckland. Early life He comes from Auckland and attended ...

was originally announced as captain of the Samoan squad, but was later named in the New Zealand A squad for their tour of India. The Cook Islands squad consisted of seven players based in the islands and seven players based in

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. The squad convened in Auckland to play three practice matches against an Auckland Māori side in preparation for the qualifier. Before the start of the tournament, Samoa's Benjamin Mailata also withdrew from the squad.

Points table

Fixtures

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Qualifier B

Squads

Wataru Miyauchi replaced Ryan Drake in Japan's squad before the start of the tournament.

Points table

Fixtures and results

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Regional Final

Squads

The following squads were named ahead of the tournament.

Points table

Fixtures

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References

External links

Qualifier A – Series home at ESPNcricinfo

Qualifier B – Series home at ESPNcricinfo

Regional Final – Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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