Japan v Afghanistan, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Match, Asian Games in Japan Men's, 2026

Asian Games in Japan Men's 1st Match: Japan v Afghanistan at Nisshin, September 24, 2026

Japan

JPN

81/10 (19.3)

Afghanistan

AFG

129/6 (20)

Finished

AFG won by 48 runs

Afghanistan InningAFG Inning129/6 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Mohammad Akram	st AS Patmore b B Ito	34	29	2	2	117.24
st AS Patmore b B Ito
Hassan Eisakhel	lbw b RS Thomas	3	10	0	0	30.00
lbw b RS Thomas
Karim Janat	c LY Lake b I Takahashi	21	23	2	0	91.30
c LY Lake b I Takahashi
Darwish Rasooli(C)	c W Miyauchi b S Slater	29	27	4	0	107.41
c W Miyauchi b S Slater
Najibullah Zadran	c LY Lake b I Takahashi	7	11	1	0	63.64
c LY Lake b I Takahashi
Mohammad Ishaq(WK)	Not out	25	17	2	1	147.06
Not out
Ismat Alam	c AS Patmore b S Slater	3	3	0	0	100.00
c AS Patmore b S Slater
Extra	7 (b 0, w 5, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	129/6 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Reo Sakurano-Thomas	2	6	1	3.00
Charlie Hara Hinze	4	28	0	7.00
Shoma Slater	3	18	2	6.00
Declan Suzuki	2	27	0	13.50
Ibrahim Takahashi	4	19	2	4.75
Makoto Taniyama	1	6	0	6.00
Benjamin Ito	4	23	1	5.75

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (H Eisakhel - 3.1 ov), 2-52 (K Janat - 9.2 ov), 3-68 (M Akram - 12.4 ov), 4-79 (N Zadran - 15.1 ov), 5-123 (D Rasooli - 19.2 ov), 6-129 (I Alam - 19.6 ov)

Japan InningJPN Inning81/10 (19.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake	c K Janat b AD Ahmadzai	0	3	0	0	0.00
c K Janat b AD Ahmadzai
Reo Sakurano-Thomas	b A Gul	23	24	3	0	95.83
b A Gul
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming(C)	b N kharote	14	17	1	1	82.35
b N kharote
Benjamin Ito	b N kharote	17	8	2	1	212.50
b N kharote
Alex Shirai Patmore(WK)	b N Zadran	2	12	0	0	16.67
b N Zadran
Ibrahim Takahashi	c I Alam b A Gul	2	10	0	0	20.00
c I Alam b A Gul
Charlie Hara Hinze	c I Alam b A Gul	0	5	0	0	0.00
c I Alam b A Gul
Wataru Miyauchi	b AD Ahmadzai	9	14	1	0	64.29
b AD Ahmadzai
Declan Suzuki	b A Gul	0	4	0	0	0.00
b A Gul
Makoto Taniyama	Not out	4	7	0	0	57.14
Not out
Shoma Slater	b N kharote	5	13	0	0	38.46
b N kharote
Extra	5 (b 0, w 3, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	81/10 (19.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Abdullah Ahmadzai	3	0	13	2	4.33
Faridoon Dawoodzai	3	0	16	0	5.33
Karim Janat	3	0	16	0	5.33
Nangeyalia kharote	3.3	0	19	3	5.43
Arab Gul	4	2	8	4	2.00
Najibullah Zadran	3	0	7	1	2.33

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (LY Lake - 0.3 ov), 2-31 (KK Fleming - 5.5 ov), 3-53 (B Ito - 7.4 ov), 4-60 (AS Patmore - 10.3 ov), 5-60 (RS Thomas - 11.1 ov), 6-60 (CH Hinze - 11.6 ov), 7-63 (I Takahashi - 13.2 ov), 8-63 (D Suzuki - 13.6 ov), 9-74 (W Miyauchi - 16.5 ov), 10-81 (S Slater - 19.3 ov)

Date

2026-09-24 05:30 AM

Venue

Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin

Toss

Japan elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee