Dates | 3 – 6 November 2016 |
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Administrator(s) | Japan Cricket Association |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Host(s) | Japan |
Champions | South Korea (1st title) |
Runners-up | Japan |
Participants | 4 |
Matches | 8 |
Most runs | Masaomi Kobayashi (111) |
Most wickets | Kohei Wakita (10) |
The 2016 East Asia Cup was a Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament, which was held in Japan in November 2016. [1] The matches were all played at the Sano International Cricket Ground in the city of Sano. [2]
The Twenty20 East Asia Cup is an annual competition featuring China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea that was first played in 2015 and alternates annually between a men's and women's event. [3] This was the first edition of the men's event, after China won the inaugural women's edition in 2015. [4] Matches did not have Twenty20 International status. Hong Kong was represented by the Hong Kong Dragons side, a team representing Hong Kong's Chinese community, instead of the full national side.
South Korea defeated hosts Japan in the final on 6 November 2016 to win the East Asia Cup. [2]
China [5] | Hong Kong Dragons [6] | Japan [7] | South Korea [8] |
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Team [9] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Status |
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Japan (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +2.453 | Advanced to the final |
South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +2.608 | |
China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.594 | Advanced to the 3rd place play-off |
Hong Kong Dragons | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.174 |
3 November 2016 Scorecard |
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Zhang Yu Fei 53* (65) Kohei Wakita 3/15 (4 overs) | Masaomi Kobayashi 29* (35) Wang Zihao 2/18 (3 overs) |
3 November 2016 Scorecard |
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Choi Jiwon 45* (39) Danny Lee 2/29 (4 overs) | Siegfried Wai 11 (22) Unair Khan 3/11 (3 overs) |
4 November 2016 Scorecard |
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Tian Suqing 20 (45) Choi Jiwon 2/6 (4 overs) | Choi Jiwon 20* (13) Wang Zihao 1/17 (3 overs) |
4 November 2016 Scorecard |
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Masaomi Kobayashi 48 (54) Siegfried Wai 3/26 (4 overs) | Louis Chan 13 (22) Makoto Taniyama 3/5 (4 overs) |
5 November 2016 Scorecard |
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Bobby Chan 19 (25) Xu Hao 4/17 (4 overs) | Yan Hua Wen 25 (26) Edwin Ang 3/7 (4 overs) |
5 November 2016 Scorecard |
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Wataru Miyauchi 37 (49) Kim Yongtae 2/15 (4 overs) | Kim Yongtae 30 (17) Kohei Wakita 4/13 (4 overs) |
6 November 2016 Scorecard |
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Masaomi Kobayashi 22 (32) Jun Hyunwoo 2/13 (2 overs) | Jun Hyunwoo 26 (25) Mian Siddique 4/12 (4 overs) |
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