tt16729 itt3847	Japan v Vanuatu
	ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier 2026 (Group 1)
Venue	Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin on 9th May 2026 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Japan won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Japan won by 30 runs
Points	Japan 2; Vanuatu 0
Umpires	PJ Gillespie (Australia), S Subramanian (Indonesia)
Referee	KA Hannam (Australia)
Reserve Umpire	V Kalidas (Malaysia)
Player of the Match	J Rasu

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Japan innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*KS Kadowaki-Fleming	c W Wotu b Matuataava	11	14		-	-	78.57
A Anand	c W Wotu b Rasu	14	10		2	-	140.00
E Rahman	c W Wotu b Rasu	30	36		1	1	83.33
B Ito-Davis	b D Wotu	2	4		-	-	50.00
S Ravichandran	run out (D Wotu->W Wotu)	18	19		1	-	94.74
I Takahashi	b Matuataava	10	10		-	1	100.00
D Suzuki-McComb	c Allan b Rasu	2	3		-	-	66.67
C Hara-Hinze	b Rasu	0	2		-	-	0.00
+AJD Shirai-Patmore	b Matuataava	6	8		-	-	75.00
S Sugaya-Slater	c Mansale b W Wotu	12	9		1	-	133.33
A Samad	not out	5	4		-	-	125.00
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	13
Total	(all out, 19.4 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Anand, 2.6 ov), 2-26 (Kadowaki-Fleming, 4.3 ov), 3-30 (Ito-Davis, 5.3 ov), 4-69 (Ravichandran, 12.2 ov), 5-96 (Rahman, 15.1 ov), 6-98 (Suzuki-McComb, 15.4 ov), 7-98 (Hara-Hinze, 15.6 ov), 8-100 (Takahashi, 16.3 ov), 9-114 (Sugaya-Slater, 18.2 ov), 10-123 (Shirai-Patmore, 19.4 ov)

Vanuatu bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Rasu	4	0	24	4	-	-	6.00	6.00
D Wotu	2	0	15	1	-	-	12.00	7.50
Venables	4	0	16	0	-	-	-	4.00
Matuataava	2.4	0	9	3	1	-	5.33	3.38
Nalisa	4	0	26	0	2	-	-	6.50
Nipiko	1	0	9	0	-	-	-	9.00
W Wotu	2	0	16	1	1	1	12.00	8.00

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Vanuatu innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*J Rasu	c Sugaya-Slater b Hara-Hinze	4	13		-	-	30.77
PK Matuataava	st Shirai-Patmore b Samad	2	13		-	-	15.38
A Mansale	c Ito-Davis b Samad	1	8		-	-	12.50
N Nipiko	c sub (R Sakurano-Thomas) b Ravichandran	5	16		-	-	31.25
JP Kaltapau	not out	37	38		2	1	97.37
+C Tommy	b Hara-Hinze	14	22		-	-	63.64
W Wotu	c Ravichandran b Ito-Davis	3	3		-	-	100.00
JD Allan	not out	12	9		-	-	133.33
W Nalisa	did not bat
N Venables	did not bat
D Wotu	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 7 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Rasu, 3.3 ov), 2-13 (Matuataava, 4.3 ov), 3-14 (Mansale, 6.1 ov), 4-31 (Nipiko, 10.4 ov), 5-61 (Tommy, 16.1 ov), 6-74 (W Wotu, 17.1 ov)

Japan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Samad	4	1	4	2	-	-	12.00	1.00
Sugaya-Slater	1	0	6	0	1	2	-	6.00
Hara-Hinze	4	0	21	2	1	-	12.00	5.25
Ito-Davis	4	0	17	1	-	-	24.00	4.25
Ravichandran	4	0	20	1	-	-	24.00	5.00
Takahashi	2	0	14	0	2	-	-	7.00
Suzuki-McComb	1	0	5	0	-	-	-	5.00

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Notes
--> E Rahman made his debut in Japan in International Twenty20 matches
--> E Rahman made his debut in Japan in Twenty20 matches
--> PK Matuataava achieved his best innings bowling analysis in International Twenty20 matches in the Japan innings (previous best was 3-10)
--> PK Matuataava achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Twenty20 matches in the Japan innings (previous best was 3-10)

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