Japan Cricket Association (JCA) have announced the core group of players, who will be part of the Men’s and Women’s squad representing the country in the 2022 International season. A total of nine (9) players have been confirmed for the Men’s core group, with the remaining picks to be finalized in May 2022 during the 3-day training camp scheduled around the Golden Week holidays, while the Women’s core group consists of twenty-four (24) players based in Japan, Australia and England.
JCA will also be announcing the line-up of International events (two minimum as told by the board) for the Men’s team in due course of time, while the Women’s East Asia Cup (originally signed for a multi-year event starting in 2021) will be on the radar to get a start this year.
Japan 2022 Men’s Squad (Core Group)
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club), Kohei Kubota (Keio University Knights Cricket Club), Wataru Miyauchi (Wyverns Cricket Club), Supun Nawarathna (MAX Cricket Club), Sabaorish Ravichandran (Tigers Cricket Club), Alexander Shirai-Patmore (Tokyo Wombats Cricket Club), Ibrahim Takahashi (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club), Makoto Taniyama (Sano Cricket Club)and Marcus Thurgate (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
Japan 2022 Women’s Squad (Core Group)
Ahilya Chandel (Penrith Cricket Club), Ayumi Fujikawa (Uenomiya Junior and Senior High School Cricket Club), Kiyo Fujikawa (Sano Braves), Hinase Goto (Uenomiya Junior and Senior High School Cricket Club), Koto Hiromori (Showa Women’s University Cricket Club), Haruna Iwasaki (Sendai University Cricket Club), Ayaka Kanada (Adore Cricket Club), Ruan Kanai (Sano Braves), Akari Kano (Sendai University Cricket Club), Shimako Kato (Ealing Cricket Club), Rika Kiyose (Ryukoku University Cricket Club), Ayaka Kojima (Sendai University Cricket Club), Sana Komatsu (Sendai University Cricket Club), Shizuka Miyaji (Fuji Far East Cricket Club), Mako Munakata (University of Tsukuba), Elena Nairn (Gold Coast District Cricket Club), Yukino Nakayama (Showa Women’s University Cricket Club), Erika Oda (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club), Meg Ogawa (Adore Cricket Club), Shrunali Ranade (Kawasaki Knight RIders Cricket Club), Seika Sumi (Sendai University Cricket Club), Akari Waku (Sendai University Cricket Club), Mai Yanagida (Wyverns Cricket Club) and Minami Yoshioka (University of Tsukuba)
