Japan Cricket League, the highest level of domestic competition in Japan will get underway soon. The purpose of the tournament is to give the players of Japan to compete against each other. The matches are played only on weekends. The format of the tournament is One day. Each team gets 40 overs each. Due to the policy of only playing on weekends, this tournament starts in April and goes until September.
This year, Japan Cricket League will get underway on April 29. This tournament consists of 12 teams. The inaugural season of the Japan Cricket League was played in 2006 in which Tokyo Wombats won the tournament. Tokyo Wombats is also the most successful team in the tournament winning the title four times.
This tournament consists of 12 teams. The inaugural season of the Japan Cricket League was played in 2006 in which Tokyo Wombats won the tournament. Tokyo Wombats is also the most successful team in the tournament winning the title four times.
The last edition was won by Chiba Sharks. They defeated Tokyo Falcons by 118 runs. The dream team of the tournament was
Vinay Iyer (Alpha Quashers)
Dhugal Bedingfield (Chiba Sharks)
Wataru Miyauchi (WK) (Wyverns)
Sabaorish Ravichandran (C) (Tigers)
Supun Nawarathna (Max)
Rohit Kesari (Alpha Quashers)
Karthik Vellingiri (Alpha Quashers)
Abhishek Telang (Men In Blue)
Nikhil Chhajed (Alpha Quashers)
Piyush Kumbhare (Tigers)
Naveen Negi (Tokyo Falcons)
Japan Cricket League winners:
- Tokyo Wombats- 2006
- Tokyo Wombats- 2007
- Tokyo Wombats- 2008
- Tokyo Wombats- 2009
- Chiba Sharka- 2010
- Sano- 2011
- Sano- 2012
- Sano-2013
- Paddy Foleys- 2014
- Max- 2015
- Max- 2016
- Sano- 2017
- Max- 2018
- Chiba Sharks- 2019
- Tigers- 2020
- Chiba Sharks- 2021
Japan Cricket League structure:
The league is divided into four regions which are North Kanto, East Kanto, West Kanto, and South Kanto. In 2021 China Sharks won the tournament and would now look to defend their title.
Japan Cricket is growing now they played their first International tournament in 2020. Their U 19 team was qualified for the U19 World Cup tournament. Although they were unable to win the match in the tournament. Japanese youngsters must have learned a lot from the best teams in the World.
The Japan Cricket Association is the country’s governing body for cricket. It is a non-profit organization. It was founded in 1984 and became a non-profit organization in 2001.
The Japan National Cricket Team and the Japan Women’s National Cricket Team are managed by the Association, which also organizes domestic cricket in Japan.
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