Cricket Papua New Guinea (CPNG) will be hosting the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) regional qualifiers (Finals) event towards qualification for 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in West Indies and USA. The qualifier (Finals) will take place from July 21st – 29th, 2023 at Amini Park stadium in Port Moresby. Men’s National teams from the host’s, Vanuatu, Philippines and Japan will be competing in the tournament in a double round-robin group stage format, for the lone qualification spot from the region into the T20 World Cup next year.
Host’s Papua New Guinea and Philippines were the direct entrants to the Finals on virtue on bring part of the previous Global qualifiers in 2022 (both, however, did not qualify for the T20 World Cup from the qualifiers), Japan and Vanuatu qualified for the Finals from the sub-regional qualifiers both hosted back in September and October 2022. All the participating teams except Japan Men have played competitive T20 International matches this year, with Philippines Men taking part in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games (SEA) in Cambodia in May, while Vanuatu team played with the “A” squad of Papua New Guinea during the Pacific Islands Cricket Challenge tournament held in Fiji.
2024 Men’s T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifiers (Finals) Schedule
22nd/23rd July 2023: Japan vs Philippines (Scorecard) ; Papua New Guinea vs Vanuatu (Scorecard) ; Vanuatu vs Japan (Scorecard) ; Philippines vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard)
25th/26th July 2023: Vanuatu vs Philippines (Scorecard) ; Papua New Guinea vs Japan (Scorecard) ; Vanuatu vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard) ; Japan vs Philippines (Scorecard)
28th/29th July 2023: Japan vs Vanuatu (Scorecard) ; Philippines vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard) ; Vanuatu vs Philippines (Scorecard) ; Papua New Guinea vs Japan (Scorecard)
Squads
Japan Men: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming, Ryan Drake, Kohei Kubota, Piyush Kumbhare, Wataru Miyauchi, Supun Nawarathna, Sabaorish Ravichandran, Reo Sakurano, Alexander Shirai-Patmore, Declan Suzuki-McComb, Mian Muneeb Siddique, Tsuyoshi Takada, Ibrahim Takahashi, Makoto Taniyama and Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake
Philippines Men: Hernie Ma Isorena, Surinder Singh, Amanpreet Singh Sirah, Gurbhupinder Singh, Arashdeep Singh, Kapil Kumar, Huzaifa Mohammed Akram, Grant Russ, Josef Erwin Abayata Doctora, Kepler Lukies, Francis Norman Walsh, Jordan Ethan Henry Alegre, Daniel Smith, Liam Myott and Jean-Miguel Podosky
Papua New Guinea Men: Charles Amini, Sese Bau, Kipling Doriga, Jack Gardner, Riley Hekure, Hiri Hiri, Sema Kamea, John Kariko, Alei Nao, Lega Siaka, Tony Ura, Kabua Vagi-Morea, Asodollah Vala, Norman Vanua and Hila Vare
Vanuatu Men: Patrick Matautaava, Junior Kaltapau, Ronald Tari, Andrew Mansale, Simpson Obed, Darren Wotu, Apolinaire Stephen, Williamsing Nalisa, Joshua Rasu, Nalin Nipiko, Womejo Wotu, Jarryd Allan, Clement Tommy and Jamal Molidurumahava Vira
