Japan national cricket team
The Japan national cricket team is the men's team that represents the country of Japan in international cricket. The team is organised by the Japan Cricket Association (JCA), which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1989. Japan made its international cricketing debut at the 1996 ACC Trophy in Malaysia. Most of the team's matches are played in regional competitions, generally against other teams in the ICC East Asia-Pacific development region. Between 2008 and 2012, Japan participated in the World Cricket League (WCL), reaching WCL Division Five at one point.
| Association | Japan Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Captain | Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming | |||||||||
| Coach | David Reid | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Affiliate (1989) Associate member (2005) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Asia / East Asia-Pacific | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | Japan v. Brunei (Kuala Lumpur; 6 September 1996) | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Indonesia at Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano; 9 October 2022 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Hong Kong at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok; 17 February 2024 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1 (first in 2023) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up (2023) | |||||||||
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| As of 17 February 2024 | ||||||||||
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Japan and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.