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October 2024 Roundup

October brings the last of the regular league matches in the JCL for 2024, with only those lucky enough to make the finals playing games in November. After a bruising September the Sharks had needed a win from their last games in the JCL 1 and JCL 4 to make the semi finals and the

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Sharks Stars Help Japan in Tournament Win

Between September 28th and October 5th the Japan men competed against the Philippines, South Korea and Indonesia in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier B 2024, emerging victorious with a clean sweep. Three of the Sharks star players – Kendel, Ben and Ibby – were part of the winning squad. Kendel,

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September 2024 Roundup

After a quiet August with only 3 games, following the cancellation of 2 because of the weather, September was to be another quiet month that had only 2 scheduled matches for the JCL squads, much of the cricket calendar being taken by the Japan Cup finals and JCL T20 finals. The Sharks had one league

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August 2024 Roundup

August is now a quieter month for senior cricket in Japan, with fewer 40 over games scheduled because of the heat. Across the 3 Sharks JCL teams each had only one scheduled game.  First of the Mark were the 1st XI with a JCL Div 1 game against AQCC on August 3rd, in a match

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July 2024 Roundup

Whilst June was characterised by the rainy season and cancelled games because of rain, July saw the change from wet to extreme heat and the first match cancelled because of dangerous temperatures – on a day that all matches in Sano were called off by the JCA. Thankfully for the Sharks there was only one

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June 2024 Roundup

June typically sees the start of the rainy season in the Kanto and the threat of match cancellations because of rain; after 3 wins in May the Sharks` players were hoping the weather would hold out….. The first of the month brought the first game, a JCL 4 match between the Sharks 3rd XI and

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Kento bowling

May 2024 Roundup

After a busy, fun, but ultimately disappointing April for the Sharks, with 8 games but only one win, the start of May saw the team hungry for better results. The Shark`s first game of the month wasn’t until May 18th, when the 1st Xi took on Wyverns 1st Xi in JCL Division 1. Batting first,

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Sud hitting a KKR ball

April 2024 Roundup

The Sharks season started off with the JCL T10 tournament which ran between March 24th and April 7th, with the Sharks league games scheduled for April 6th, the day before the finals. The first game was against the Falcons and the second against Sano but despite fielding a strong side we were defeated in both

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An assortment of the Sharks pose after a cold friendly game with the Tokyo Wombats

2024 Pre-Season Roundup

The 2024 season is just around the corner and the Sharks are busy preparing for what we hope will be a successful year. Since December we have held a number of training sessions at Akai Farm, with coaching provided by Nick, Chris and Dave. These sessions were an excellent opportunity to get to know some

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Super Seconds Finish Season in Style

October 9, 2023

Two fantastic wins on the trot means the 2nd XI finished a tough season on a high. Tokyo Titans were beaten by 13 runs and then MIB, by 28 runs.  Great to back to winning ways.  Well done everyone! [Anton]


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