ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia & EAP Qualifier 2025/26
Completed
Kuwait
177/6
(20.0 ov)
VS
Japan
178/5
(19.3 ov)
Japan won by 5 wickets
Match 5 · T20 · 9 Oct 2025
Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amarat
Key performer
SCORECARD
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
b Abdul Samad | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
c D Suzuki b S Ravichandran | 34 | 28 | 3 | 1 |
c I Takahashi b S Ravichandran | 29 | 24 | 3 | 1 |
c Abhishek Anand b D Suzuki | 41 | 31 | 4 | 1 |
c A Patmore b D Suzuki | 40 | 28 | 1 | 3 |
not out | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
c B Ito-Davis b D Suzuki | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Extras 16 (wd 9, nb 4, b 1, lb 2)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
I Takahashi (3wd) | 3.0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
S Sugaya-Slater (2wd) | 3.0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 4.0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
Esam Rahman (2wd, 3nb) | 2.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
B Ito-Davis (1wd) | 2.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
D Suzuki (1wd, 1nb) | 2.0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
run out (NT Rajendran) | 28 | 19 | 5 | 0 |
c R Sandaruwan b Aqif Farooq | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
c Yasin Patel b Shiraz Khan | 64 | 39 | 9 | 2 |
run out (Shiraz Khan) | 39 | 29 | 3 | 1 |
c Aqif Farooq b Yasin Patel | 26 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
not out | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
not out | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Extras 12 (wd 3, nb 0, b 8, lb 1) · Target 178
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |
Yasin Patel (1wd) | 4.0 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
NT Rajendran (2wd) | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 4.0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 1.3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2.0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
TIMELINE
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Fantasy points
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
S Ravichandran · Japan | 94 |
D Suzuki · Japan | 84 |
Yasin Patel · Kuwait | 80 |
Esam Rahman · Japan | 77 |
Ali Zaheer · Kuwait | 47 |
I Takahashi · Japan | 40 |
CV Anto · Kuwait | 39 |
Meet Bhavsar · Kuwait | 34 |
Aqif Farooq · Kuwait | 33 |
K Kadowaki-Fleming · Japan | 33 |
Shiraz Khan · Kuwait | 26 |
Abdul Samad · Japan | 25 |
B Ito-Davis · Japan | 14 |
R Sandaruwan · Kuwait | 13 |
Abhishek Anand · Japan | 10 |
Bilal Tahir · Kuwait | 9 |
A Patmore · Japan | 8 |
MNM Aslam · Kuwait | 5 |
NT Rajendran · Kuwait | 0 |
A Chenthamara · Kuwait | 0 |
C Hinze · Japan | 0 |
S Sugaya-Slater · Japan | 0 |
Japan won by 5 wickets
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