Japan’s first victory, still far away
The tournament is now on its fifth day and it is now at the end of the match. Today’s Japan’s opponent is Samoa, who lost on the first day. The powerful country of Papua New Guinea has also beaten the team, and they are riding the waves with three wins in three matches. Captain Lilii is definitely the best player in the tournament. He has led the team in both batting and bowling, and has also demonstrated great leadership as a captain. Today, Lilii’s “smart” as captain was also highlighted.
Samoa wins a coin toss and chooses to take the fielding first. In an interview after the toss, Japanese captain Ota Kurumi said that the team’s hopes were to get batting ahead. Both teams were satisfied with the tossing results.
Ota and Miya
Chi Shizuka will once again be the opening batter in Japan. He continued batting carefully, but he was unable to score at a fast pace that day. Japan was able to score just nine runs in the first 10 overs. If the batting is not improved promptly, there is no doubt that the results of the remaining two games will be tough. Lilii watches the Japanese batsman hit the ball straight and effectively changes the fielder’s defensive position. They remove the position behind the batter and cut down all Japan’s chances of scoring by filling in front of the batter with more fielders than usual. Japanese batters hit a lot of the ball in the center, but most of them fly in front of the positions where Lilii has been well placed, and they are unable to score well.
Japan’s final 10 overs increased the scoring pace a little, but ended the inning with a total of 49 runs. It was good that Endo Rio showed aggressive batting at the end of the innings.
Samoa surpassed Japan’s goals in less than 10 overs, winning the match. Miyaji and Ota bowled well in Japan, but the score of 49 runs was too small to aim for a victory.
