Japan Cricket Association (JCA) will be hosting the Men’s National teams from Thailand and Cook Islands for a T20 International (with ICC ranking points) Tri-series tournament, Sano International T20I, from May 07th – 11th, 2025 at the Sano International cricket ground. Cook Islands Men’s team will extend their stay thereafter to play couple of T20Is with Japan team on 13th and 14th May 2025 at the same venue. The series will Cook Islands team meet both Japan and Thailand teams for the first time in Men’s T20Is, while Japan and Thailand themselves have met just once in T20Is during the ACC Men’s Challenger Cup tournament held in February 2024.
Sano International T20I Tri-series Schedule
Japan: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Captain), Abhishek Anand, Benjamin Ito, Charlie Hara-Hinze, Declan Suzuki, Koji Hardgrave-Abe, Kouhei Kubota, Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake, Makoto Taniyama, Sabaorish Ravichandran, Wataru Miyauchi, Abdul Samad, Ryan Drake (Bi-lateral series), Alexander Shirai-Patmore, Kazumasa Hiratsuka, Ibrahim Takahashi, Kazuma Kato-Stafford, Shoma Sugata-Slater and Kiefer Yamamoto-Lake (Bi-lateral series)
Cook Islands: Ma’ara Ave (Captain), Tiaki Wuatai, Aue Parima, Cory Dickson, Liam Denny, Thomas Parima, Cam Thorp, Pita Ravarua, Ben Vakatini, Jared Tutty, Oscar Taylor, Paani Vailoa, James Pickering, Hayden Dickson and Milton Kavana
07th May 2025: Cook Islands vs Thailand (Scorecard)
08th May 2025: Japan vs Thailand (Scorecard)
09th May 2025: Thailand vs Cook Islands (Scorecard) ; Japan vs Cook Islands (Scorecard)
10th May 2025: Japan vs Thailand ; Japan vs Cook Islands
11th May 2025: FINAL (Scorecard)
Cook Islands Men’s Tour of Japan Schedule
13th – 14th May 2025: Japan vs Cook Islands – 1st T20I (Scorecard) and 2nd T20I (Scorecard)
