Amongst the population at large April means the coming of spring and cherry blossoms. Within the smaller cricket community it represents something more profound – the start of the new cricket season. What a cracking start to the season it was too with 8 wins from 10 matches, including 4 wins against Men in Blue.
After the disappointing end to the 2024 season the Sharks have left nothing to chance for 2025, with regular training sessions throughout the offseason led by the club’s training coordinator Nick. We held regular sessions at Akai Farm from December onwards and were lucky to have a number of new joiners for the 2025 season
As 2024 draws to a close we will have a look back at the 2024 season, a season which started off with many changes to the Sharks and which ended without a big success but with a number of strong new players, hopes for next season and the annual Shards Award Night wrapping up the
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
