June proved to be a rollercoaster of a month for the Sharks. While the double-header at Fuji on June 6th brought heartbreak—with both the 1st XI and 2nd XI suffering tough defeats, including a painful failed bid to reclaim the Shearer-Thurgate Cup from the Wombats—the “Marvellous Thirds” provided the ultimate silver lining on the 14th,…
With May wrapping up, the cricket season is officially in full swing. May was a mixed month for the Sharks, mixing spectacular individual milestones, dominant team performances, and some tough lessons on the Sano pitches. The Japan Cup campaign is looking rock solid, the 2nd XI showed their potential and the mighty 3rds are fighting…
Another April has come around and the cricket season is officially back in full swing. This season the Sharks have set themselves the target of matching or besting their 2025 performance, and while the weather tried its best to dampen our spirits early on, the early signs are looking good. Late March in Sammu with…
The successful 2025 season wrapped up with the Shark`s Annual Awards night on November 29th and the JCA Awards on December 6th. Four of the Sharks players then headed off to Namibia in January for the U19 Cricket World Cup; Tim and Nikhil were playing for Japan whilst Ben and Kendel were on the coaching…
Halloween, autumn weather and early sunsets signal the cricket season is nearing its end. The 2nd and 3rd XI`s had their final league games of the season in October and the 1st had the disappointment of an abandoned Semi final that they looked on course to win, but the month also brought success and celebrations…
Apologies Sharks Fans! The monthly roundup is later than normal – though your author has a valid excuse for not completing the article on a couple of the days last week, when I was watching Japan – complete with three Sharkies – beating Kuwait and giving Nepal a good fight in the ICC Men`s T20…
As July ended with heat and cancelled cricket in Sano, so continued August with much of Japan experiencing record breaking heat throughout the month. The heat let off slightly mid month allowing some games to be played in Sano, but then the heat came back and the cricket stopped. According to the government this is…
July saw the belated debut of the Sharks new uniform, wins for the T20 squads and 3rd XI, a sponsors day for Auto Craft, a couple of losses, the first of the summer’s heat cancelled matches and a Sharks BBQ; in short another fun packed month for the Sharks! Following a prolonged period of negotiation,…
Whilst May was wet with a number of cancellations or games played in damp conditions, by the end of June the weather was already at the too hot and too humid level, but during the short period of ideal weather between these extremes there was some great cricket played and the Sharks knocked out 4…
After a cracking April for the Shark’s, May was always likely to be somewhat of a comedown but what was not expected was a lot of rain. Abnormally Kyushu started its rainy season nearly a full month early and although the rainy season was not announced in the Kanto it definitely seemed like it had…
