2022–23 Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier Explained

The 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[1] [2] [3] The first stage of the qualification pathway in the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) region consisted of two sub-regional qualifiers: Qualifier A in Vanuatu in September 2022,[4] and Qualifier B in Japan in October 2022.[5]

The Cook Islands and Fiji both played their first official men's T20I matches during Qualifier A.[6] Vanuatu finished top of Qualifier A with five wins out of six matches, and advanced to the regional final.[7] Cook Islands captain Ma'ara Ave was named the player of the tournament, after top-scoring, with 290 runs at an average of 72.50.[8] Japan progressed from Qualifier B after finishing above Indonesia on net run rate.[9] Japan's Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake was named the player of the tournament.[10]

The winner of each of the sub-regional qualifiers progressed to the EAP regional final, played in 2023, where they were joined by Philippines and Papua New Guinea.[11] The winner of the Regional Final, Papua New Guinea, qualified for the 2024 T20 World Cup jointly held in the West Indies and the United States.[12] [13]

Qualifier A

2022 ICC T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier A
Fromdate:9
Todate:15 September 2022
Administrator:ICC East Asia-Pacific
Cricket Format:Twenty20 International
Tournament Format:Double round-robin
Host: Vanuatu
Participants:4
Matches:12
Player Of The Series: Ma'ara Ave
Most Runs: Ma'ara Ave (290)
Most Wickets: Seru Tupou (10)
Next Year:2024-25
Next Tournament:2024–25 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier#Qualifier A

Squads

Sean Solia was originally announced as captain of the Samoan squad, but was later named in the New Zealand A squad for their tour of India.[18] The Cook Islands squad consisted of seven players based in the islands and seven players based in Auckland.[19] The squad convened in Auckland to play three practice matches against an Auckland Māori side in preparation for the qualifier.[20] [21] Before the start of the tournament, Samoa's Benjamin Mailata also withdrew from the squad.[22]

Fixtures

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Qualifier B

2022 ICC T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier B
Fromdate:15
Todate:18 October 2022
Administrator:ICC East Asia-Pacific
Cricket Format:Twenty20 International
Tournament Format:Double round-robin
Host: Japan
Participants:3
Matches:6
Player Of The Series: Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake
Most Runs: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (179)
Most Wickets: Ketut Artawan (7)
Sabaorish Ravichandran (7)
Aamir Lal (7)
Next Year:2024-25
Next Tournament:2024–25 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier#Qualifier B

Squads

Wataru Miyauchi replaced Ryan Drake in Japan's squad before the start of the tournament.[26]

Fixtures and results

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Regional Final

2023 ICC T20 World Cup EAP Regional Final
Fromdate:22
Todate:29 July 2023
Administrator:ICC East Asia-Pacific
Cricket Format:Twenty20 International
Tournament Format:Double round-robin
Host: Papua New Guinea
Participants:4
Matches:12
Player Of The Series: Nalin Nipiko
Most Runs: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (216)
Most Wickets: Nalin Nipiko (13)
Previous Year:2021
Previous Tournament:2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier

Squads

The following squads were named ahead of the tournament.[27]

Fixtures

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 Qualification continues as cricket comes back to the Pacific . International Cricket Council . 8 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Twelve teams to get automatic entry into 2024 men's T20 World Cup . ESPNcricinfo . 10 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Qualification pathway for ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 announced . International Cricket Council . 31 May 2022.
  4. Web site: Vanuatu Cricket to host World Cup Qualifier in world first . Vanuatu Cricket Association . 25 August 2022 . 25 August 2022.
  5. Web site: Japan to host World Cup Qualifying tournament . Japan Cricket Association . 6 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Long-awaited Pacific cricket imminent with T20 World Cup Qualifiers . Emerging Cricket . 8 September 2022 . 8 September 2022.
  7. Web site: Vanuatu win through Pacific Qualifier . Cricbuzz . 15 September 2022 . 15 September 2022.
  8. Web site: Vanuatu book their spot at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup EAP Regional Final . International Cricket Council . 16 September 2022.
  9. Web site: Japan progress in T20 World Cup qualifying . CricketEurope . 18 October 2022 . 18 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018192501/https://cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2022/articles/000014/001436.shtml . dead .
  10. Web site: Japan reach regional final . Japan Cricket Association . 17 October 2022.
  11. Web site: Denmark, Italy one step from T20 World Cup 2024 as Europe qualification continues . International Cricket Council . 21 July 2022.
  12. Web site: East Asia and Pacific next to chase T20 World Cup 2024 spots . International Cricket Council . 8 September 2022.
  13. Web site: Papua New Guinea qualify for 2024 Men's T20 World Cup . ESPNcricinfo . 28 July 2023.
  14. Web site: Cricket squad named for T20 Qualifiers . Cook Islands News . 6 August 2022 . 6 August 2022.
  15. Web site: Cricket Fiji names final squad . FBC News . 20 July 2022.
  16. Web site: Talofa Everyone, Here is what you have all been waiting for. Samoa Men's National Team. . Samoa Cricket (via Facebook) . 28 July 2022.
  17. vanuatu_cricket . 1567029889160679424 . 6 September 2022 . The Vanuatu Cricket Association is proud to announce our men's squad for the upcoming ICC T20 Mens World Cup Sub Regional EAP A Qualifier to be held at the VCG from the 9-15 September.
  18. News: NZ name strong 'A' squad for India tour in September . The Hindu . 19 August 2022 . 20 August 2022.
  19. Web site: Trained, blessed, and ready for take-off . Cook Islands News . September 2022 . 1 September 2022.
  20. Web site: 'If we win, it's going to be huge!' . Cook Islands News . 2 September 2022 . 2 September 2022.
  21. Web site: Cooks national cricket squad play Auckland's first all- Māori team . Cook Islands News . 5 September 2022 . 5 September 2022.
  22. Web site: Long-awaited Pacific cricket imminent with T20 World Cup Qualifiers . Emerging Cricket . 8 September 2022 . 8 September 2022.
  23. Web site: Vanuatu and Japan to host T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific sub-regional qualifiers . Czarsportz . 10 October 2022 . 10 October 2022.
  24. Web site: National team named for ICC World Cup Qualifier – East Asia . Japan Cricket Association . 26 September 2022.
  25. Web site: 2022년 크리켓 월드컵 예선 남자 국가대표팀 선수 최종 선발 명단입니다 . Here is the final selection for the men's national team for the 2022 Cricket World Cup qualifiers . Korean . Korea Cricket Association . 16 September 2022.
  26. CricketJapan . 1580588714329534465 . Squad Update . 13 October 2022.
  27. Web site: PNG ready for ICC Men's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier . International Cricket Council . 19 July 2023.
  28. Web site: Team announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup EAP Final . Japan Cricket Association . 27 June 2023.
  29. Web site: PNG name side for qualifiers . The National . 19 July 2023.
  30. Web site: Philippine Cricket Association Squad Announcement . Philippine Cricket Association (via Facebook) . 10 June 2023.
  31. Web site: Full strength Vanuatu men's cricket team primed for T20 World Cup Regional Final . Vanuatu Cricket . 13 July 2023.

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