Samoa vs Japan

Samoa vs Japan, ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier, 16 May 2026 T20

Result

Samoa (18.5 ov) 81
Japan (11.1 ov) 82/1

Japan won by 9 wickets

Full scorecard

Samoa — 1st innings

81 (18.5 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
D Visser c Esam Rahman b S Ravichandran 42 48 2 1 87.50
SM Solia b R Sakurano-Thomas 8 5 2 0 160.00
BF Mailata c Esam Rahman b Abdul Samad 0 3 0 0 0.00
SJ French b I Takahashi 6 15 1 0 40.00
CK Jasmat b S Ravichandran 0 1 0 0 0.00
F Suluoto lbw b S Ravichandran 3 8 0 0 37.50
SM Nash c Esam Rahman b S Ravichandran 2 7 0 0 28.57
SF Tiai b S Ravichandran 10 11 0 1 90.91
DE Burgess * not out 4 10 0 0 40.00
S Sola c S Ravichandran b C Hinze 1 4 0 0 25.00
Noah Mead b C Hinze 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 3, w 2) 5
Total 10 wkts, 18.5 ov 81

Fall of wickets 1-14 (SM Solia, 1.4 ov), 2-15 (BF Mailata, 2.5 ov), 3-41 (SJ French, 7.6 ov), 4-42 (CK Jasmat, 8.3 ov), 5-48 (F Suluoto, 10.3 ov), 6-56 (SM Nash, 12.4 ov), 7-74 (D Visser, 16.1 ov), 8-75 (SF Tiai, 16.5 ov), 9-81 (S Sola, 18.4 ov), 10-81 (Noah Mead, 18.5 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
Abdul Samad 4 0 15 1 3.75 0 0
R Sakurano-Thomas 1 0 5 1 5.00 0 0
S Sugaya-Slater 1 0 4 0 4.00 1 0
C Hinze 3.5 1 12 2 3.13 0 0
Esam Rahman 1 0 14 0 14.00 0 0
I Takahashi 3 0 14 1 4.67 0 0
S Ravichandran 4 0 11 5 2.75 0 0
Abhishek Anand 1 0 3 0 3.00 1 0

Japan — 2nd innings

T 82 82/1 (11.1 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
K Kadowaki-Fleming * not out 37 34 3 1 108.82
Abhishek Anand b D Visser 22 23 3 0 95.65
Esam Rahman * not out 18 12 2 0 150.00
Extras (w 3, nb 2) 5
Total 1 wkt, 11.1 ov 82

Did not bat C Hinze, W Miyauchi, A Patmore, S Ravichandran, R Sakurano-Thomas, Abdul Samad, S Sugaya-Slater, I Takahashi

Fall of wickets 1-49 (Abhishek Anand, 6.6 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
SF Tiai 3 0 18 0 6.00 0 0
SM Nash 1 0 8 0 8.00 1 0
S Sola 2 0 14 0 7.00 0 1
CK Jasmat 2 0 16 0 8.00 1 1
D Visser 2.1 0 21 1 9.69 0 0
Noah Mead 1 0 5 0 5.00 1 0

Samoa — 1st innings · 19 overs

Runs per over peak 14
Over 1 Abdul Samad • 1 • 4 4 • 9 runs
Over 2 R Sakurano-Thomas 4 • 1 W • • 5 runs 1 wkt
Over 3 Abdul Samad • • • 1 W • 1 run 1 wkt
Over 4 S Sugaya-Slater • 2 • • 1 wd • 4 runs
Over 5 C Hinze • • • 1 • • 1 run
Over 6 Esam Rahman 4 • 2 6 1 1 14 runs
Over 7 C Hinze • • • • • • 0 runs
Over 8 I Takahashi 1 1 1 • 4 W 7 runs 1 wkt
Over 9 S Ravichandran • 1 W 1 1 1 4 runs 1 wkt
Over 10 Abdul Samad 1 1 • • • • 2 runs
Over 11 S Ravichandran • 1 W 1 • 1 3 runs 1 wkt
Over 12 Abdul Samad 1 • • 1 1 • 3 runs
Over 13 S Ravichandran 2 1 • W • • 3 runs 1 wkt
Over 14 C Hinze 1 • • 1 1 6 9 runs
Over 15 Abhishek Anand • • • 1lb 1 wd 1 4 runs
Over 16 I Takahashi 1 1 1 1 1 • 5 runs
Over 17 S Ravichandran W • • 1 W • 1 run 2 wkt
Over 18 I Takahashi • • • 2 • • 2 runs
Over 19 C Hinze 1 1 2lb W W 4 runs 2 wkt

Japan — 2nd innings · 12 overs

Runs per over peak 10
Over 1 SF Tiai 1 • 1 • • 2 4 runs
Over 2 SM Nash wd 1 1 • • 1 4 8 runs
Over 3 S Sola 1 • nb • 4 2 • 8 runs
Over 4 CK Jasmat nb • • 4 • • wd • 6 runs
Over 5 SF Tiai • • 2 • • 4 6 runs
Over 6 CK Jasmat • • 4 2 4 • 10 runs
Over 7 D Visser 1 3 1 1 1 W 7 runs 1 wkt
Over 8 S Sola 1 2 2 • • 1 6 runs
Over 9 D Visser 4 1 • • 2 1 8 runs
Over 10 Noah Mead • 1 wd • 2 1 • 5 runs
Over 11 SF Tiai 1 • • 2 1 4 8 runs
Over 12 D Visser 6 6 runs

Run progression

Samoa 81 Japan 82 wicket
0 21 42 63 0 3 6 9 12 15 18

Overs

Partnerships

Samoa — 1st innings

1 14 D Visser 6 · SM Solia 8
2 1 D Visser 1 · BF Mailata 0
3 26 D Visser 19 · SJ French 6
4 1 D Visser 1 · CK Jasmat 0
5 6 F Suluoto 3 · D Visser 3
6 8 SM Nash 2 · D Visser 6
7 18 D Visser 6 · SF Tiai 10
8 1 DE Burgess 1 · SF Tiai 0
9 6 DE Burgess 3 · S Sola 1
10 0 Noah Mead 0

Japan — 2nd innings

1 49 Abhishek Anand 22 · K Kadowaki-Fleming 23
2 33 K Kadowaki-Fleming 14 · Esam Rahman 18

Bars show the full stand including extras; the two figures beside each are the runs each batter made off the bat.

Match details

Format T20
Ground Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano
Season 2026
Toss Samoa won the toss and chose to bat
Umpires DM Koch, V Kalidas
Match referee Kent Hannam

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