23/09Result

1st Match, Group A, Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition at Nisshin, Sep 24 2026

Afghanistan won by 48 runs

Best performances - Batsmen

Mohammad Akram

34(29) 2x4 - 2x6

Control %62%

Productive Shot
slog shot
7 runs
0x4 - 1x6

Darwish Rasooli

29(27) 4x4 - 0x6

Control %88%

Productive Shot
cover drive
13 runs
2x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

Arab Gul

Eco2

RHB
OFFLEG



	1W
	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF



		1W
			1W

Nangeyalia Khan

O3.3

R19

Eco5.42

RHB
OFFLEG



		2W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF



			1W

Partnerships

Afghanistan - Innings

Mohammad Akram11 (9)

Hassan Eisakhil3 (10)

Karim Janat21 (23)

Mohammad Akram15 (14)

Darwish Rasooli8 (14)

Mohammad Akram8 (6)

Najibullah Zadran7 (11)

Darwish Rasooli4 (4)

Darwish Rasooli17 (9)

Mohammad Ishaq24 (16)

Mohammad Ishaq1 (1)

Ismat Alam3 (3)

Japan - Innings

R Sakurano-Thomas0 (0)

L Yamamoto-Lake0 (3)

K Kadowaki-Fleming14 (17)

R Sakurano-Thomas14 (15)

R Sakurano-Thomas5 (3)

B Ito-Davis17 (8)

A Shirai-Patmore2 (12)

R Sakurano-Thomas4 (5)

R Sakurano-Thomas0 (1)

I Takahashi0 (3)

I Takahashi0 (0)

C Hinze0 (5)

W Miyauchi1 (1)

I Takahashi2 (7)

W Miyauchi0 (0)

D Suzuki0 (4)

M Taniyama2 (4)

W Miyauchi8 (13)

M Taniyama2 (3)

S Sugaya-Slater5 (13)

Manhattan

Run rate graph

Worm

Match Coverage

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Gul, Kharote spin Afghanistan to victory over Japan in Asian Games opener
Chasing a modest 130 in Nisshin, Japan were all out for 81 in the opening match of the men's cricket competition at the Asian Games

Japan INNINGS		R	B
L Yamamoto-Lake	caught	0	3
R Sakurano-Thomas	bowled	23	24
K Kadowaki-Fleming	bowled	14	17
B Ito-Davis	bowled	17	8
A Shirai-Patmore	bowled	2	12
I Takahashi	caught	2	10
C Hinze	caught	0	5
W Miyauchi	bowled	9	14
D Suzuki	bowled	0	4
M Taniyama	not out	4	7
S Sugaya-Slater	bowled	5	13
EXTRAS	(lb 2, w 3)
TOTAL	81 (all out; 19.3 ovs)

Afghanistan BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
Abdollah Ahmadzai	3.0	0	13	2	4.33	(1w)
Faridoon Dawoodzai	3.0	0	16	0	5.33
Karim Janat	3.0	0	16	0	5.33	(1w)
Nangeyalia Khan	3.3	0	19	3	5.42
Arab Gul	4.0	2	8	4	2
Najibullah Zadran	3.0	0	7	1	2.33	(1w)

Japan 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	R Sakurano-Thomas	L Yamamoto-Lake
2nd	31	K Kadowaki-Fleming	R Sakurano-Thomas
3rd	22	R Sakurano-Thomas	B Ito-Davis
4th	7	A Shirai-Patmore	R Sakurano-Thomas
5th	0	R Sakurano-Thomas	I Takahashi
6th	0	I Takahashi	C Hinze
7th	3	W Miyauchi	I Takahashi
8th	0	W Miyauchi	D Suzuki
9th	11	M Taniyama	W Miyauchi
10th	7	M Taniyama	S Sugaya-Slater

Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition

Group A
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NEP	2	1	0	3	0.842
AFG	2	1	1	2	0.846
JPN	2	0	1	1	-2.4
Group B
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
MAS	2	1	0	3	2.95
HKG	2	1	1	2	-0.075
OMA	2	0	1	1	-2.05

Afghanistan - Innings

Japan - Innings

Gul, Kharote spin Afghanistan to victory over Japan in Asian Games opener