tt16786 itt3884	Japan v Papua New Guinea
	ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier 2026 (Super Six)
Venue	Sano Cricket Ground, Sano on 18th May 2026 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Japan won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Japan won by 26 runs
Points	Japan 2; Papua New Guinea 0
Umpires	DM Koch (Australia), S Subramanian (Indonesia)
Referee	KA Hannam (Australia)
Reserve Umpire	V Kalidas (Malaysia)
Player of the Match	KS Kadowaki-Fleming

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Japan innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*KS Kadowaki-Fleming	lbw b Bau	45	33		4	3	136.36
A Anand	c Frank b Bau	15	16		1	-	93.75
E Rahman	c Frank b Vala	8	9		1	-	88.89
S Ravichandran	st Vare b Siaka	19	20		-	1	95.00
I Takahashi	run out (Bau->Vare)	1	2		-	-	50.00
R Sakurano-Thomas	c Frank b Bau	9	9		1	-	100.00
W Miyauchi	run out (Nou->Vare)	7	12		-	-	58.33
+AJD Shirai-Patmore	not out	9	12		-	-	75.00
C Hara-Hinze	not out	7	7		-	-	100.00
A Samad	did not bat
S Sugaya-Slater	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Anand, 6.1 ov), 2-51 (Rahman, 8.4 ov), 3-78 (Kadowaki-Fleming, 10.3 ov), 4-80 (Takahashi, 11.3 ov), 5-95 (Sakurano-Thomas, 14.1 ov), 6-99 (Ravichandran, 15.4 ov), 7-109 (Miyauchi, 17.5 ov)

Papua New Guinea bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Bau	4	0	24	3	-	-	8.00	6.00
Oru	3	0	19	0	-	-	-	6.33
Vala	4	0	25	1	-	-	24.00	6.25
Kariko	3	0	15	0	-	-	-	5.00
Nao	2	0	10	0	-	-	-	5.00
Siaka	3	1	8	1	-	-	18.00	2.67
Frank	1	0	19	0	-	-	-	19.00

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Papua New Guinea innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
S Bau	c Shirai-Patmore b Sakurano-Thomas	1	7		-	-	14.29
TP Ura	b Hara-Hinze	15	9		1	1	166.67
L Siaka	c Shirai-Patmore b Samad	22	36		1	-	61.11
P Nou	c Takahashi b Sugaya-Slater	4	5		1	-	80.00
*A Vala	run out (Miyauchi)	17	19		1	-	89.47
B Ray	c sub (D Suzuki-McComb) b Takahashi	9	12		1	-	75.00
G Frank	c Sugaya-Slater b Takahashi	4	8		-	-	50.00
A Nao	not out	5	15		-	-	33.33
+HGV Vare	b Hara-Hinze	6	5		-	1	120.00
J Kariko	not out	7	5		1	-	140.00
A Oru	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb, 2 w)	5
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Bau, 1.3 ov), 2-19 (Ura, 4.4 ov), 3-25 (Nou, 5.3 ov), 4-62 (Siaka, 12.3 ov), 5-63 (Vala, 13.2 ov), 6-68 (Frank, 14.5 ov), 7-77 (Ray, 16.3 ov), 8-84 (Vare, 17.5 ov)

Japan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Samad	4	0	18	1	-	-	24.00	4.50
Sakurano-Thomas	3	0	14	1	-	-	18.00	4.67
Hara-Hinze	4	0	18	2	-	-	12.00	4.50
Sugaya-Slater	1	0	7	1	1	1	6.00	7.00
Takahashi	4	0	19	2	-	-	12.00	4.75
Ravichandran	4	0	17	0	-	-	-	4.25

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Notes
--> L Siaka passed 1000 runs in International Twenty20 matches when he reached 3

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