Japan women's national cricket team

For the men's team, see Japan national cricket team.

Japan
AssociationJapan Cricket Association
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2005)
Affiliate member (1989)
ICC regionAsia / East Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
T20I 51st 26th (7 October 2019)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv  Pakistan at Sportpark Drieburg,[2] Amsterdam; 21 July 2003[3]
Last ODIv  West Indies at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 26 July 2003
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 5 0/5
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances2 (first in 2003)
Best result6th (2003)
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Indonesia at Independence Park, Port Vila; 6 May 2019
Last T20Iv  Hong Kong at Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano; 8 June 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[6] 47 21/25
(1 tie, 0 no results)
This year[7] 4 3/1
(0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances1 (first in 2013)
Best result7th (2013)
As of 8 June 2025

The Japan women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Japan in international women's cricket matches.

In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Japan women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.[8]

History

Japan's women's national team made their international debut at the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands. These were the first One Day International (ODI) matches played by any Japanese team, with the Japanese men's team yet to play at that level. They did not meet with much success though, losing all five matches and giving away an incredible 104 extras in their match against The Netherlands. They were bowled out for just 28 against Pakistan in that competition, with 20 of those runs coming in extras and just 8 from the bat, with the openers top scoring with 3 runs apiece.[9] They are yet to play any WODI after this tournament.

Their return to international level did not come until September 2006 when they faced Papua New Guinea in a three match series of one day games to decide which country would represent the East Asia/Pacific region in the World Cup Qualifier in Ireland some time in 2007. Japan showed some improvement from the IWCC Trophy, but still lost all three games. However, these matches were also not considered as WODI.

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[10] Japan were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.[11]

In January 2023 it was announced that Japan and Indonesia would be included in Asian Cricket Council (ACC) pathway events, while remaining in the ICC East Asia-Pacific development region.[12]

Tournament history

ICC Women's World Cup

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
1973 Did not qualify
1978
1982
1988
1993
1997
2000
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022
2025 Did not qualify
Total 0/12 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's World T20

Twenty20 World Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2009 Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2023
2024
2026 To be determined
Total 0/8 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
2003 Round-robin 5/6 5 0 5 0 0
2008 Did not participate
2011 Did not qualify 9/10 4 0 4 0 0
2017 Did not qualify in to the qualifiers round
2021
2025
Total 2/6 0 Title 9 0 9 0 0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2013 Group stages 7/8 5 0 4 0 1
2015 Did not qualify into the qualifiers round
2018
2019
2022
2024
2026 To be determined
Total 1/6 – 5 0 3 0 1

Asian Games

Cricket at the Asian Games records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2010 Bronze medal 3rd 5 3 2 0 0
2014 Quarter-finals 5th 1 0 1 0 0
2022 Did not participate
2026 To be determined
Total 2/3 0 Titles 6 3 3 0 0

ACC Women's Premier Cup

ACC Women's Premier Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2024 Quarter-finals – 4 2 2 0 0
Total 1/1 0 Titles 4 2 2 0 0

Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup

Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2015 3rd place 3/4 4 2 2 0 0
2017 Runners-up 2/4 4 2 1 0 1
2019 3rd place 3/4 4 3 1 0 0
2022 Round-robin – 4 0 4 0 0
2023 3rd place 3/3 4 1 3 0 0
2024 Runner-up 2/5 5 3 2 0 0
Total 6/6 0 Titles 25 11 13 0 1

Honours

Others

Records

International Match Summary – Japan women[13][14]

Last updated 8 June 2025

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
One Day Internationals 5 0 5 0 0 21 July 2003
Twenty20 Internationals 47 21 25 1 0 6 May 2019

Women's One-Day International

ODI record versus other nations[13]

Records complete to WODI #450. Last updated 26 July 2003.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
 Ireland 1 0 1 0 0 22 July 2003
 Pakistan 1 0 1 0 0 21 July 2003
 West Indies 1 0 1 0 0 26 July 2003
ICC Associate members
 Netherlands 1 0 1 0 0 23 July 2003
 Scotland 1 0 1 0 0 25 July 2003

Women's Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[14]

Records complete to WT20I #2348. Last updated 8 June 2025.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Associate members
 China 6 4 2 0 0 21 September 2019 26 May 2023
 Cook Islands 1 1 0 0 0 1 September 2023 1 September 2023
 Fiji 2 2 0 0 0 9 May 2019 9 May 2019
 Hong Kong 12 2 9 1 0 20 September 2019 20 September 2019
 Indonesia 2 0 2 0 0 6 May 2019
 Malaysia 1 0 1 0 0 14 February 2024
 Mongolia 1 1 0 0 0 11 October 2024 11 October 2024
   Nepal 2 0 2 0 0 18 November 2023
 Oman 1 1 0 0 0 10 February 2024 10 February 2024
 Papua New Guinea 2 0 2 0 0 9 May 2019
 Philippines 1 1 0 0 0 7 June 2025 7 June 2025
 Samoa 2 1 1 0 0 7 May 2019 2 September 2023
 Singapore 5 5 0 0 0 1 October 2024 1 October 2024
 South Korea 3 3 0 0 0 19 September 2019 19 September 2019
 Tanzania 1 0 1 0 0 16 November 2023
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 0 13 February 2024
 Vanuatu 4 0 4 0 0 10 May 2019

Current squad

Updated on 14 February 2024.

This lists all the players who were part of the 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup squad.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Mai Yanagida 32 Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
Erika Oda 38 Right-handed
Hinase Goto 20 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Haruna Iwasaki 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Seika Sumi Right-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Ahilya Chandel 22 Left-handed Left-arm medium
Kurumi Ota 38 Left-handed Right-arm medium
Shimako Kato 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Meg Ogawa 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicketkeeper
Akari Nishimura 27 Right-handed -
Spin Bowler
Erika Toguchi-Quinn 24 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Pace Bowlers
Nonoha Yasumoto Left-handed Left-arm medium
Ayumi Fujikawa 21 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Elena Kusuda-Nairn 30 Right-handed Right-arm medium

See also

References

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