Japan women's national cricket team

The Japan women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Japan in international women's cricket matches.

For the men's team, see Japan national cricket team.
Japan
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AssociationJapan Cricket Association
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2005)
Affiliate member (1989)
ICC regionEast Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 52nd 26th (7 October 2019)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODIv  Pakistan at Sportpark Drieburg, Amsterdam; 21 July 2003
Last WODIv  West Indies at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 26 July 2003
WODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 5 0/5
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances2 (first in 2003)
Best result6th (2003)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  Indonesia at Independence Park, Port Vila; 6 May 2019
Last WT20Iv  Vanuatu at Vanuatu Cricket Ground (Oval 2), Port Vila; 8 September 2023
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 25 8/16
(1 tie, 0 no results)
This year[4] 12 4/8
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances1 (first in 2013)
Best result7th (2013)
As of 8 September 2023

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 since 1 July 2018 have been 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]

In January 2023 it was announced that Japan and Indonesia would be included in Asian Cricket Council (ACC) pathway events, while remaining in the ICC East Asia-Pacific development region.[9]

Tournament history

Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Asian Games

Women East Asia Cup[10][11]

Honours

Others

Records

International Match Summary – Japan women[14][15]

Last updated 8 September 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
One Day Internationals5050021 July 2003
Twenty20 Internationals25816106 May 2019

Women's One-Day International

ODI record versus other nations[14]

Records complete to WODI #450. Last updated 26 July 2003.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 Ireland1010022 July 2003
 Pakistan1010021 July 2003
 West Indies1010026 July 2003
ICC Associate members
 Netherlands1010023 July 2003
 Scotland1010025 July 2003

Women's Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[15] Records complete to WT20I #1641. Last updated 8 September 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Associate members
 China3120021 September 201926 May 2023
 Cook Islands110001 September 20231 September 2023
 Fiji220009 May 20199 May 2019
 Hong Kong7151020 September 201920 September 2019
 Indonesia202006 May 2019
 Papua New Guinea202009 May 2019
 Samoa211007 May 20192 September 2023
 South Korea2200019 September 201919 September 2019
 Vanuatu4040010 May 2019

Current squad

See also

References
  1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "WT20I matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  6. "Japan vs Pakistan". cricket archive. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  7. "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  8. "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  9. "Decision on Asia Cup venue postponed to March 2023". 4 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  10. "East Asia Cup Tournament organised between China, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea". Japan Cricket Association. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  11. "History of the Games". Cricket Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  12. "Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2017 - Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  13. "Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2019 - Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  14. "Records / Japan women / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  15. "Records / Japan women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  16. "Records / Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  17. "Records / Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  18. "Records / Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  19. "Records / Japan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  20. "Records / Japan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  21. "Records / Japan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  22. "Records / Japan Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  23. "Records / Japan Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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