ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia & EAP Qualifier 2025/26
Completed
Japan
131/8
(20.0 ov)
VS
Nepal
132/5
(18.0 ov)
Nepal won by 5 wickets
Match 8 · T20 · 10 Oct 2025
Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amarat
Key performer
SCORECARD
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
c RK Paudel b Gulsan Jha | 60 | 46 | 5 | 3 |
run out (DS Airee) | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
c S Jora b Sompal Kami | 31 | 25 | 1 | 2 |
b Gulsan Jha | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
b S Lamichhane | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
c S Lamichhane b NK Yadav | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
c S Jora b S Lamichhane | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
run out (Aasif Sheikh/RK Paudel) | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Extras 13 (wd 7, nb 0, b 2, lb 4)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Sompal Kami (3wd) | 4.0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
NK Yadav (4wd) | 3.0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 4.0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
c K Kadowaki-Fleming b S Sugaya-Slater | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 |
c I Takahashi b S Sugaya-Slater | 38 | 21 | 1 | 4 |
lbw b S Ravichandran | 18 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
c B Ito-Davis b R Sakurano-Thomas | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
c & b D Suzuki | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
not out | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
not out | 28 | 20 | 1 | 2 |
Extras 4 (wd 4, nb 0, b 0, lb 0) · Target 132
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
C Hinze (1wd) | 3.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
S Sugaya-Slater (3wd) | 4.0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 1.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 4.0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2.0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
TIMELINE
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Fantasy points
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
Gulsan Jha · Nepal | 95 |
K Kadowaki-Fleming · Japan | 79 |
S Lamichhane · Nepal | 58 |
S Sugaya-Slater · Japan | 50 |
Aasif Sheikh · Nepal | 47 |
Esam Rahman · Japan | 36 |
D Suzuki · Japan | 34 |
B Ito-Davis · Japan | 28 |
R Sakurano-Thomas · Japan | 28 |
RK Paudel · Nepal | 27 |
S Ravichandran · Japan | 26 |
Sompal Kami · Nepal | 25 |
NK Yadav · Nepal | 25 |
K Bhurtel · Nepal | 24 |
S Jora · Nepal | 21 |
DS Airee · Nepal | 15 |
I Takahashi · Japan | 12 |
Kushal Malla · Nepal | 4 |
Abhishek Anand · Japan | 1 |
C Hinze · Japan | 0 |
A Patmore · Japan | 0 |
LN Rajbanshi · Nepal | 0 |
Nepal won by 5 wickets
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