2023 Men's T20 World Cup EAP regional final
| Dates | 22 – 29 July 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council ICC East Asia-Pacific |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format | Double round-robin |
| Host | Papua New Guinea |
| Champions | Papua New Guinea |
| Runners-up | Japan |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 12 |
| Player of the series | Nalin Nipiko |
| Most runs | Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (216)[1] |
| Most wickets | Nalin Nipiko (13)[2] |
The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[3][4] The qualification process for the world cup included two stages: direct qualification and regional qualification. The regional qualification for East Asia-Pacific (EAP) was held in two stages: sub-regional qualifiers and the regional final.[5][6][7]
The EAP regional final was hosted by Cricket PNG from 22 to 29 July 2023.[8] Papua New Guinea qualified for the T20 World Cup after finishing atop the points table.[9] Vanuatu's Nalin Nipiko was named player of the series having taken the most wickets (13) while Japan's Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming scored the most runs (216) in the tournament.
Teams and qualification
A total of 7 teams participated in the sub-regional phase, which was divided into two events with four/three teams competing in each event. The top sides of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined Papua New Guinea and Philippines who received a bye after taking part in the 2022 global qualifiers.[5][6][7]
| Method of qualification |
Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 global qualifier A | 24 February 2022 | Oman | 1 |
Philippines |
| 2022 global qualifier B | 17 July 2022 | Zimbabwe | 1 |
Papua New Guinea |
| Sub-regional qualifier A | 9 – 15 September 2022 | Vanuatu | 1 |
Vanuatu |
| Sub-regional qualifier B | 15 – 18 October 2022 | Japan | 1 |
Japan |
| Total | 4 |
Squads
| Japan[11] | Papua New Guinea[12] | Philippines[13] | Vanuatu[14] |
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Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.189 | Qualified for the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup |
| 2 | Japan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.105 | |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −1.170 | |
| 4 | Philippines | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −2.697 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[15]
Fixtures
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Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 60 (37)
Amanpreet Sirah 3/32 (4 overs) |
Jordan Alegre 33 (29)
Piyush Kumbhare 2/11 (4 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Liam Myott (Phi) made his T20I debut.
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Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 65 (54)
Nalin Nipiko 4/17 (4 overs) |
Andrew Mansale 29 (33)
Ryan Drake 3/16 (3 overs) |
- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.
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Hiri Hiri 46 (27)
Kepler Lukies 2/17 (4 overs) |
- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jack Gardner (PNG) made his T20I debut.
- Kabua Morea (PNG) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.[16]
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Jarryd Allan 36 (35)
Huzaifa Mohammed 2/8 (4 overs) |
Jordan Alegre 30 (29)
Williamsing Nalisa 2/14 (4 overs) |
- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
- Arashdeep Samra (Phi) made his T20I debut.
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- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
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Sabaorish Ravichandran 41 (26)
Liam Myott 2/21 (4 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Wataru Miyauchi and Mian Siddique (Jpn) both made their T20I debuts.
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Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 44 (34)
Nalin Nipiko 4/28 (3.5 overs) |
- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.
- Tsuyoshi Takada (Jpn) made his T20I debut.
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Tony Ura 61 (31)
Liam Myott 2/42 (4 overs) |
- Philippines won the toss and elected to field.
- Francis Walsh (Phi) made his T20I debut.
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- Philippines won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kepler Lukies became the first bowler for Philippines to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[17] At 16 years and 145 days old, he also became the youngest player to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[18]
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Reo Sakurano-Thomas 30 (36)
Norman Vanua 4/20 (4 overs) |
Tony Ura 47 (19)
Kohei Kubota 3/11 (2 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
References
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- ^ 2023 Men's T20 World Cup EAP regional final Records, bowling most wickets career at ESPNcricinfo Statsguru. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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- ^ a b "Roadmap to the Men's T20 World Cup 2024". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 2 May 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Qualification for Men's T20 World Cup 2024 commences with pathway events launching in Europe". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Qualification pathway for Men's T20 World Cup 2024 announced". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "T20 World Cup 2024: Scotland, PNG prepare to host Europe, EAP Regional Finals in pathway to tournament". CricTracker. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea qualify for 2024 Men's T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ "PNG ready for ICC Men's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Team announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup EAP Final". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "PNG name side for qualifiers". The National. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Philippine Cricket Association Squad Announcement". Philippine Cricket Association. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via Facebook.
- ^ "Full strength Vanuatu men's cricket team primed for T20 World Cup Regional Final". Vanuatu Cricket Association. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "List of hat tricks in T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Philippines youngster leapfrog Afghanistan's Rashid Khan to achieve huge milestone; Youngest to take Five-Wicket Haul". Swag Cricket. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.