2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier

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 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[1][2][3] The first stage of the qualification pathway in the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) region consisted of two sub-regional qualifiers: Qualifier A in Vanuatu in September 2022,[4] and Qualifier B in Japan in October 2022.[5]

The Cook Islands and Fiji both played their first official men's T20I matches during Qualifier A.[6] Vanuatu finished top of Qualifier A with five wins out of six matches, and advanced to the regional final.[7] 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.[8] Japan progressed from Qualifier B after finishing above Indonesia on net run rate.[9] Japan's Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake was named the player of the tournament.[10]

The winner of each of the sub-regional qualifiers progressed to the EAP regional final, played in 2023, where they were joined by Philippines and Papua New Guinea.[11] The winner of the Regional Final, Papua New Guinea, qualified for the 2024 T20 World Cup jointly held in the West Indies and the United States.[12][13]

Teams

[edit]
Qualifier A Qualifier B Regional Final
  1. ^ a b Advanced from sub-regional qualifier
  2. ^ a b Received a bye after competing in the 2022 global qualifiers

Qualifier A

[edit]
2022 ICC T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier A
Dates9 – 15 September 2022
Administrator(s)ICC East Asia-Pacific
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin
Host(s) Vanuatu
Champions Vanuatu
Runners-up Fiji
Participants4
Matches12
Player of the seriesCook Islands Ma'ara Ave
Most runsCook Islands Ma'ara Ave (290)
Most wicketsFiji Seru Tupou (10)

Squads

[edit]
 Cook Islands[14]  Fiji[15]  Samoa[16]  Vanuatu[17]
  • Ma'ara Ave (c)
  • Liam Denny
  • Cory Dickson
  • Hayden Dickson
  • Mamanu Emile
  • William Kokaua
  • Glenn Miller (wk)
  • Aue Parima (wk)
  • Thomas Parima
  • Gabe Raymond
  • Tomakanute Ritawa
  • Dan Simpson
  • Davis Teinaki
  • Ben Vakatini
  • Tomasi Vanuarua
  • Jone Wesele (c)
  • Noa Acawei (vc)
  • Josaia Baleicikobia
  • Metuisela Beitaki (wk)
  • Petero Cabebula
  • Sosiceni Delai
  • Samuela Draunivudi
  • Delaimatuku Maraiwai
  • Sekove Ravoka
  • Siteri Tabuisulu
  • Seru Tupou
  • Peni Vuniwaqa
  • Tevita Waqavakatoga
  • Sosiceni Weleilakeba
  • James Baker (c)
  • Sean Cotter
  • Douglas Finau
  • Caleb Jasmat
  • Uala Kaisala (wk)
  • Benjamin Mailata
  • Andrew Michael
  • Dom Michael
  • Darren Roache
  • Bismarck Schuster
  • Uili Sofi
  • Samson Sola
  • Sean Solia
  • Fereti Suluoto
  • Saumani Tiai

Sean Solia was originally announced as captain of the Samoan squad, but was later named in the New Zealand A squad for their tour of India.[18] The Cook Islands squad consisted of seven players based in the islands and seven players based in Auckland.[19] The squad convened in Auckland to play three practice matches against an Auckland Māori side in preparation for the qualifier.[20][21] Before the start of the tournament, Samoa's Benjamin Mailata also withdrew from the squad.[22]

Points table

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Vanuatu 6 5 1 0 10 1.228 Advanced to the regional final
2  Fiji 6 3 3 0 6 −0.240
3  Cook Islands 6 3 3 0 6 −0.929
4  Samoa 6 1 5 0 2 −0.114

Fixtures

[edit]
9 September 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
173/5 (20 overs)
v
 Fiji
117/9 (20 overs)
Andrew Mansale 57* (37)
Tevita Waqavakatoga 2/19 (3 overs)
Josaia Baleicikobia 28 (25)
Patrick Matautaava 3/13 (3 overs)
Vanuatu won by 56 runs
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila
Umpires: Bri Olewale (PNG) and Pankaj Patki (Phi)
Player of the match: Andrew Mansale (Van)
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Jarryd Allan, Junior Kaltapau, Rival Samson, Womejo Wotu (Van), Noa Acawei, Josaia Baleicikobia, Metuisela Beitaki, Petero Cabebula, Samuela Draunivudi, Delaimatuku Maraiwai, Sekove Ravoka, Seru Tupou, Peni Vuniwaqa, Tevita Waqavakatoga and Jone Wesele (Fij) all made their T20I debuts.

9 September 2022
13:30
Scorecard
Cook Islands 
110/8 (20 overs)
v
 Samoa
112/3 (11.2 overs)
Ma'ara Ave 28 (31)
Samson Sola 3/21 (4 overs)
Fereti Suluoto 44* (19)
Tomasi Vanuarua 1/10 (1 over)
Samoa won by 7 wickets
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila
Umpires: Pankaj Patki (Phi) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: Fereti Suluoto (Sam)
  • Samoa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ma'ara Ave, Liam Denny, Cory Dickson, Hayden Dickson, William Kokaua, Glenn Miller, Aue Parima, Thomas Parima, Tomakanute Ritawa, Dan Simpson, Tomasi Vanuarua (Cok), Douglas Finau, Caleb Jasmat, Uala Kaisala, Uili Sofi and Fereti Suluoto (Sam) all made their T20I debuts.

10 September 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Cook Islands 
142 (20 overs)
v
 Fiji
143/7 (16.5 overs)
Hayden Dickson 51 (38)
Sekove Ravoka 3/23 (4 overs)
Peni Vuniwaqa 72* (39)
Ma'ara Ave 2/4 (2 overs)
Fiji won by 3 wickets
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila
Umpires: Merielle Kenni (Van) and Bri Olewale (PNG)
Player of the match: Peni Vuniwaqa (Fij)
  • Cook Islands won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Davis Teinaki and Ben Vakatini (Cok) both made their T20I debuts.

10 September 2022
13:30
Scorecard
Samoa 
122/9 (20 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
123/1 (15.3 overs)
Dom Michael 54 (46)
Rival Samson 2/14 (2 overs)
Nalin Nipiko 62* (46)
Samson Sola 1/22 (3.3 overs)
Vanuatu won by 9 wickets
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila
Umpires: Pankaj Patki (Phi) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: Nalin Nipiko (Van)
  • Samoa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Darren Wotu (Van) made his T20I debut.

11 September 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
127 (19 overs)
v
 Cook Islands
128/5 (16.2 overs)
Andrew Mansale 53 (47)
William Kokaua 3/26 (3 overs)
Ma'ara Ave 50 (48)
Joshua Rasu 2/45 (4 overs)
Cook Islands won by 5 wickets
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila
Umpires: Bri Olewale (PNG) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: Ma'ara Ave (Cok)
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Gabe Raymond (Cok) made his T20I debut.

11 September 2022
13:30
Scorecard
Samoa 
142/6 (20 overs)
v
 Fiji
145/7 (19.4 overs)
Dom Michael 63* (44)
Seru Tupou 2/24 (4 overs)
Peni Vuniwaqa 68 (46)
Saumani Tiai 2/21 (4 overs)
Fiji won by 3 wickets
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila
Umpires: Merielle Kenni (Van) and Pankaj Patki (Phi)
Player of the match: Peni Vuniwaqa (Fij)
  • Samoa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sosiceni Weleilakeba (Fij), Darren Roache and Bismarck Schuster (Sam) all made their T20I debuts.

13 September 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Samoa 
157/9 (20 overs)
v
 Cook Islands
158/6 (20 overs)
Saumani Tiai 35 (14)
Liam Denny 3/12 (4 overs)
Ma'ara Ave 76* (59)
Dom Michael 2/37 (4 overs)
Cook Islands won by 4 wickets
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila
Umpires: Merielle Kenni (Van) and Bri Olewale (PNG)
Player of the match: Ma'ara Ave (Cok)
  • Cook Islands won the toss and elected to field.

13 September 2022
13:30
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
167/7 (20 overs)
v
 Fiji
149/9 (20 overs)
Andrew Mansale 38 (34)
Jone Wesele 4/31 (4 overs)
Josaia Baleicikobia 31 (23)
Obed Yosef 2/20 (4 overs)
Vanuatu won by 18 runs
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila
Umpires: Pankaj Patki (Phi) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: Jone Wesele (Fij)
  • Fiji won the toss and elected to field.
  • Obed Yosef (Van) made his T20I debut.

14 September 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Samoa 
120/7 (20 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
122/4 (19.2 overs)
James Baker 40* (23)
Apolinaire Stephen 3/40 (4 overs)
Andrew Mansale 30* (27)
Douglas Finau 1/23 (3 overs)
Vanuatu won by 6 wickets
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila
Umpires: Bri Olewale (PNG) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: Apolinaire Stephen (Van)
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

14 September 2022
13:30
Scorecard
Fiji 
147 (20 overs)
v
 Cook Islands
150/2 (18.3 overs)
Peni Vuniwaqa 40 (21)
Tomakanute Ritawa 5/19 (4 overs)
Ma'ara Ave 92* (61)
Seru Tupou 1/21 (3 overs)
Cook Islands won by 8 wickets
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila
Umpires: Merielle Kenni (Van) and Pankaj Patki (Phi)
Player of the match: Ma'ara Ave (Cok)
  • Cook Islands won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sosiceni Delai (Fij) made his T20I debut.
  • Tomakanute Ritawa became the first bowler for Cook Islands to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[24]

15 September 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Fiji 
147 (19.5 overs)
v
 Samoa
117 (18.3 overs)
Seru Tupou 35 (26)
Darren Roache 3/23 (3 overs)
Sean Cotter 45 (43)
Seru Tupou 3/10 (4 overs)
Fiji won by 30 runs
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila
Umpires: Merielle Kenni (Van) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: Seru Tupou (Fij)
  • Samoa won the toss and elected to field.

15 September 2022
13:30
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
160/4 (16 overs)
v
 Cook Islands
123 (14.3 overs)
Junior Kaltapau 60 (46)
Tomakanute Ritawa 2/29 (3 overs)
Cory Dickson 28 (16)
Nalin Nipiko 4/12 (2.3 overs)
Vanuatu won by 50 runs (DLS method)
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila
Umpires: Bri Olewale (PNG) and Pankaj Patki (Phi)
Player of the match: Nalin Nipiko (Van)
  • Cook Islands won the toss and elected to field.
  • Cook Islands were set a revised target of 174 runs from 16 overs due to rain.

Qualifier B

[edit]
2022 ICC T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier B
Dates15 – 18 October 2022
Administrator(s)ICC East Asia-Pacific
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin
Host(s) Japan
Champions Japan
Runners-up Indonesia
Participants3
Matches6
Player of the seriesJapan Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake
Most runsJapan Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (179)
Most wicketsIndonesia Ketut Artawan (7)
Japan Sabaorish Ravichandran (7)
South Korea Aamir Lal (7)

Squads

[edit]
 Indonesia[25]  Japan[26]  South Korea[27]
  • Kadek Gamantika (c)
  • Muhammad Afis
  • Gede Arta
  • Ketut Artawan
  • Ferdinando Banunaek
  • Wayan Budiarta
  • Kadek Darmawan
  • Danilson Hawoe
  • Maxi Koda
  • Muhaddis
  • Ketut Pastika (wk)
  • Gede Priandana
  • Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy
  • Ahmad Ramdoni (wk)
  • Tri Rubbi
  • Padmakar Surve
  • Anjar Tadarus
  • Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c)
  • Reo Sakurano-Thomas (vc)
  • Kento Dobell
  • Ryan Drake
  • Shogo Kimura
  • Kohei Kubota
  • Piyush Kumbhare
  • Wataru Miyauchi (wk)
  • Supun Navaratne (wk)
  • Sabaorish Ravichandran
  • Alexander Shirai-Patmore (wk)
  • Declan Suzuki
  • Ibrahim Takahashi
  • Makoto Taniyama
  • Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake
  • Jun Hyunwoo (c)
  • Amir Altaf
  • Kim Daeyeon
  • Kuldeep Gurjar
  • Lee Hwanhee
  • An Hyobeom
  • Asif Iqbal
  • Lee Kangmin
  • Aamir Lal
  • Iqbal Mudassir
  • Alam Nakash
  • Nishat Nazmussakib
  • Soochan Park
  • Lee Sangwook
  • Raja Shoaib (wk)
  • Sana Ullah

Wataru Miyauchi replaced Ryan Drake in Japan's squad before the start of the tournament.[28]

Points table

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Japan 4 3 1 0 6 2.928 Advanced to the regional final
2  Indonesia 4 3 1 0 6 1.066
3  South Korea 4 0 4 0 0 −3.965

Fixtures and results

[edit]
15 October 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Indonesia 
130/7 (19 overs)
v
 South Korea
66 (14.4 overs)
Padmakar Surve 61 (45)
Lee Hwanhee 2/6 (1 over)
Jun Hyunwoo 21 (28)
Maxi Koda 3/15 (3 overs)
Indonesia won by 64 runs
Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano
Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith (Aus) and Chris Thurgate (Jpn)
Player of the match: Padmakar Surve (Idn)
  • South Korea won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
  • Kadek Darmawan (Idn), Kim Daeyeon, Kuldeep Gurjar, Lee Hwanhee, An Hyobeom, Jun Hyunwoo, Asif Iqbal, Aamir Lal, Iqbal Mudassir, Alam Nakash, Raja Shoaib and Sana Ullah (Kor) all made their T20I debuts.

15 October 2022
13:30
Scorecard
Japan 
218/8 (20 overs)
v
 South Korea
170/6 (20 overs)
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 114 (46)
Aamir Lal 2/28 (4 overs)
Iqbal Mudassir 46 (26)
Kohei Kubota 2/28 (4 overs)
Japan won by 48 runs
Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano
Umpires: Ashwani Kumar Rana (Tha) and Suresh Subramanian (Idn)
Player of the match: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Jpn)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lee Kangmin and Nishat Nazmussakib (Kor) both made their T20I debuts.
  • Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming scored the sixth fastest men's T20I century and became the first player for Japan to score a century in men's T20Is.[30]

16 October 2022
13:30
Scorecard
Indonesia 
83 (18.5 overs)
v
 Japan
84/6 (9.5 overs)
Padmakar Surve 28 (31)
Reo Sakurano-Thomas 3/11 (2.5 overs)
Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake 31 (17)
Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy 3/17 (3.5 overs)
Japan won by 4 wickets
Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano
Umpires: Suresh Subramanian (Idn) and Chris Thurgate (Jpn)
Player of the match: Reo Sakurano-Thomas (Jpn)
  • Indonesia won the toss and elected to bat.

17 October 2022
13:30
Scorecard
South Korea 
91 (19.1 overs)
v
 Japan
95/2 (8.2 overs)
Kim Daeyeon 29 (24)
Piyush Kumbhare 2/8 (4 overs)
Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake 55 (28)
Nishat Nazmussakib 1/17 (1.2 overs)
Japan won by 8 wickets
Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano
Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith (Aus) and Suresh Subramanian (Idn)
Player of the match: Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (Jpn)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Soochan Park (Kor) made his T20I debut.

18 October 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Japan 
103 (18.4 overs)
v
 Indonesia
104/4 (17 overs)
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 31 (23)
Ketut Artawan 3/14 (4 overs)
Gede Priandana 42 (43)
Sabaorish Ravichandran 2/14 (4 overs)
Indonesia won by 6 wickets
Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano
Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith (Aus) and Ashwani Kumar Rana (Tha)
Player of the match: Ketut Artawan (Idn)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.

18 October 2022
13:30
Scorecard
South Korea 
98/6 (20 overs)
v
 Indonesia
99/7 (10.4 overs)
Alam Nakash 24 (21)
Danilson Hawoe 2/13 (4 overs)
Gede Priandana 32 (20)
Aamir Lal 4/35 (4 overs)
Indonesia won by 3 wickets
Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano
Umpires: Ashwani Kumar Rana (Tha) and Chris Thurgate (Jpn)
Player of the match: Alam Nakash (Kor)
  • South Korea won the toss and elected to bat.

Regional Final

[edit]
2023 ICC T20 World Cup EAP Regional Final
Dates22 – 29 July 2023
Administrator(s)ICC East Asia-Pacific
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin
Host(s) Papua New Guinea
Champions Papua New Guinea
Runners-up Japan
Participants4
Matches12
Player of the seriesVanuatu Nalin Nipiko
Most runsJapan Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (216)
Most wicketsVanuatu Nalin Nipiko (13)
2021

Squads

[edit]

The following squads were named ahead of the tournament.[31]

 Japan[32]  Papua New Guinea[33]  Philippines[34]  Vanuatu[35]
  • Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c)
  • Ryan Drake
  • Kohei Kubota
  • Piyush Kumbhare
  • Wataru Miyauchi (wk)
  • Supun Navaratne (wk)
  • Sabaorish Ravichandran
  • Reo Sakurano-Thomas
  • Alexander Shirai-Patmore (wk)
  • Mian Siddique
  • Declan Suzuki
  • Tsuyoshi Takada
  • Ibrahim Takahashi
  • Makoto Taniyama
  • Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake

Points table

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea 6 6 0 0 12 4.189 Qualified for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
2  Japan 6 3 3 0 6 0.105
3  Vanuatu 6 2 4 0 4 −1.170
4  Philippines 6 1 5 0 2 −2.697

Fixtures

[edit]
22 July 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Japan 
166/7 (20 overs)
v
 Philippines
113/5 (20 overs)
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 60 (37)
Amanpreet Sirah 3/32 (4 overs)
Jordan Alegre 33 (29)
Piyush Kumbhare 2/11 (4 overs)
Japan won by 53 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Alu Kapa (PNG)
Player of the match: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Jpn)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Liam Myott (Phi) made his T20I debut.

22 July 2023
13:30
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
71/8 (20 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
75/1 (6.3 overs)
Ronald Tari 21 (34)
John Kariko 3/6 (4 overs)
Assad Vala 34* (17)
Patrick Matautaava 1/14 (1.3 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 9 wickets
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZ) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: John Kariko (PNG)
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
  • John Kariko (PNG) made his T20I debut.

23 July 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Japan 
131 (19.4 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
110/8 (20 overs)
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 65 (54)
Nalin Nipiko 4/17 (4 overs)
Andrew Mansale 29 (33)
Ryan Drake 3/16 (3 overs)
Japan won by 21 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Alu Kapa (PNG) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Jpn)
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

23 July 2023
13:30
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
162/7 (20 overs)
v
 Philippines
45 (17 overs)
Hiri Hiri 46 (27)
Kepler Lukies 2/17 (4 overs)
Grant Russ 18 (28)
Kabua Morea 5/9 (4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 117 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Shaun Haig (NZ)
Player of the match: Kabua Morea (PNG)

25 July 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
97 (19.3 overs)
v
 Philippines
98/4 (17.4 overs)
Jarryd Allan 36 (35)
Huzaifa Mohammed 2/8 (4 overs)
Jordan Alegre 30 (29)
Williamsing Nalisa 2/14 (4 overs)
Philippines won by 6 wickets
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Alu Kapa (PNG)
Player of the match: Daniel Smith (Phi)
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Arashdeep Samra (Phi) made his T20I debut.

25 July 2023
13:30
Scorecard
Japan 
87/8 (20 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
92/4 (15.1 overs)
Declan Suzuki 34* (38)
Semo Kamea 2/17 (4 overs)
Charles Amini 30* (28)
Reo Sakurano-Thomas 2/7 (3 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 6 wickets
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZ) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: Semo Kamea (PNG)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.

26 July 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
148/7 (20 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
109 (19.2 overs)
Assad Vala 43 (38)
Nalin Nipiko 2/20 (3 overs)
Simpson Obed 21* (11)
Norman Vanua 3/34 (4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 39 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: Norman Vanua (PNG)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.

26 July 2023
13:30
Scorecard
Japan 
127/9 (20 overs)
v
 Philippines
94/5 (20 overs)
Sabaorish Ravichandran 41 (26)
Liam Myott 2/21 (4 overs)
Grant Russ 43* (52)
Declan Suzuki 2/14 (3 overs)
Japan won by 33 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZ) and Alu Kapa (PNG)
Player of the match: Sabaorish Ravichandran (Jpn)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Wataru Miyauchi and Mian Siddique (Jpn) both made their T20I debuts.

28 July 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Japan 
136 (19.5 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
137/5 (19.3 overs)
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 44 (34)
Nalin Nipiko 4/28 (3.5 overs)
Nalin Nipiko 74* (50)
Piyush Kumbhare 1/15 (4 overs)
Vanuatu won by 5 wickets
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZ) and Alu Kapa (PNG)
Player of the match: Nalin Nipiko (Van)
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.
  • Tsuyoshi Takada (Jpn) made his T20I debut.

28 July 2023
13:30
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
229/6 (20 overs)
v
 Philippines
129/7 (20 overs)
Tony Ura 61 (31)
Liam Myott 2/42 (4 overs)
Daniel Smith 34 (20)
Kabua Morea 2/32 (4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 100 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: Tony Ura (PNG)
  • Philippines won the toss and elected to field.
  • Francis Walsh (Phi) made his T20I debut.

29 July 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Philippines 
94 (18.2 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
98/7 (16.1 overs)
Grant Russ 26 (28)
Nalin Nipiko 3/28 (3.2 overs)
Nalin Nipiko 36* (39)
Kepler Lukies 5/10 (4 overs)
Vanuatu won by 3 wickets
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Alu Kapa (PNG) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
Player of the match: Kepler Lukies (Phi)
  • Philippines won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kepler Lukies became the first bowler for Philippines to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[24] At 16 years and 145 days old, he also became the youngest player to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[38]

29 July 2023
13:30
Scorecard
Japan 
106/8 (20 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
109/4 (11.3 overs)
Reo Sakurano-Thomas 30 (36)
Norman Vanua 4/20 (4 overs)
Tony Ura 47 (19)
Kohei Kubota 3/11 (2 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 6 wickets
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Shaun Haig (NZ)
Player of the match: Norman Vanua (PNG)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.

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