ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier 2026
Completed
Samoa
81/10
(18.5 ov)
VS
Japan
82/1
(11.1 ov)
Japan won by 9 wickets
Match 17 · T20 · 16 May 2026
Sano International Cricket Ground
Key performer
SCORECARD
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
c Esam Rahman b S Ravichandran | 42 | 48 | 2 | 1 |
b R Sakurano-Thomas | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
c Esam Rahman b Abdul Samad | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
b I Takahashi | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
b S Ravichandran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
lbw b S Ravichandran | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
c Esam Rahman b S Ravichandran | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
b S Ravichandran | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
not out | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
c S Ravichandran b C Hinze | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
b C Hinze | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Extras 5 (wd 2, nb 0, b 0, lb 3)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
S Sugaya-Slater (1wd) | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 3.0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| 4.0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | |
Abhishek Anand (1wd) | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
not out | 37 | 34 | 3 | 1 |
b D Visser | 22 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
not out | 18 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
Extras 5 (wd 3, nb 2, b 0, lb 0) · Target 82
TIMELINE
Loading the ball-by-ball…
Fantasy points
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
S Ravichandran · Japan | 133 |
D Visser · Samoa | 71 |
C Hinze · Japan | 62 |
Esam Rahman · Japan | 44 |
K Kadowaki-Fleming · Japan | 42 |
Abhishek Anand · Japan | 25 |
R Sakurano-Thomas · Japan | 25 |
Abdul Samad · Japan | 25 |
I Takahashi · Japan | 25 |
SF Tiai · Samoa | 12 |
SM Solia · Samoa | 10 |
SJ French · Samoa | 7 |
DE Burgess · Samoa | 4 |
F Suluoto · Samoa | 3 |
SM Nash · Samoa | 2 |
S Sola · Samoa | 1 |
BF Mailata · Samoa | 0 |
CK Jasmat · Samoa | 0 |
Noah Mead · Samoa | 0 |
W Miyauchi · Japan | 0 |
A Patmore · Japan | 0 |
S Sugaya-Slater · Japan | 0 |
Japan won by 9 wickets
Results go back to 2002 and are fullest from about 2014; earlier years have gaps, and not every competition is covered. A new result can take a few days to appear here unless we covered the match live.
Ball-by-ball data: Cricsheet (cricsheet.org), ODC-By 1.0. Fantasy points are worked out with our current scoring rules.
Player photos are from Wikimedia Commons; each photo's credit and licence are on the player's page.