2022 Men's T20 World Cup EAP sub-regional qualifiers
Cricket qualification tournaments
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The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[1][2] The qualification process for the world cup included two stages: direct qualification and regional qualification. The regional qualification for East Asia-Pacific (EAP) was held in two stages: sub-regional qualifiers and regional final.[3][4][5] The EAP region's sub-regional phase consisted of two sub-regional qualifiers, hosted by Vanuatu Cricket Association and Japan Cricket Association from 9 to 15 September and 15 to 18 October 2022 respectively.[6][7]
Cook Islands and Fiji both played their first men's T20I matches during qualifier A.[8] Vanuatu progressed to the regional final after finishing atop the qualifier A's points table.[9] Cook Island's Ma'ara Ave was named player of the series having scored the most runs (290) while Fiji's Seru Tupou took the most wickets (10) in the tournament.
Japan progressed to the regional final after finishing atop the qualifier B's points table.[10] Japan's Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake was named player of the series while Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming scored the most runs (179) and Indonesia's Ketut Artawan, Japan's Sabaorish Ravichandran and South Korea's Aamir Lal took the most wickets (7 each) in the tournament.
Qualifier A
| Dates | 9 – 15 September 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council ICC East Asia-Pacific |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format | Double round-robin |
| Host | Vanuatu |
| Champions |  Vanuatu |
| Runners-up |  Fiji |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 12 |
| Player of the series |  Ma'ara Ave |
| Most runs | Ma'ara Ave (290)[11] |
| Most wickets | Seru Tupou (10)[12] |
| Cook Islands[13] |
Fiji[14] |
 Samoa[15] |
Vanuatu[16] |
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Sean Solia was originally announced as captain of the Samoan squad, but was later named in the New Zealand A squad for their tour of India.[17] The Cook Islands squad consisted of seven players based in the islands and seven players based in Auckland.[18] The squad convened in Auckland to play three practice matches against an Auckland Māori side in preparation for the qualifier.[19][20] Before the start of the tournament, Samoa's Benjamin Mailata also withdrew from the squad.[21]
Qualifier A fixtures
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Vanuatu |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1.228 | Advanced to the regional final |
| 2 | Fiji |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −0.240 | |
| 3 | Cook Islands |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −0.929 | |
| 4 | Samoa |
6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −0.114 |
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Josaia Baleicikobia 28 (25) Patrick Matautaava 3/13 (3 overs) |
- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jarryd Allan, Junior Kaltapau, Rival Samson, Womejo Wotu (Van), Noa Acawei, Josaia Baleicikobia, Metuisela Beitaki, Petero Cabebula, Samuela Draunivudi, Delaimatuku Maraiwai, Sekove Ravoka, Seru Tupou, Peni Vuniwaqa, Tevita Waqavakatoga and Jone Wesele (Fij) all made their T20I debuts.
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Ma'ara Ave 28 (31) Samson Sola 3/21 (4 overs) |
Fereti Suluoto 44* (19) Tomasi Vanuarua 1/10 (1 over) |
- Samoa won the toss and elected to field.
- Ma'ara Ave, Liam Denny, Cory Dickson, Hayden Dickson, William Kokaua, Glenn Miller, Aue Parima, Thomas Parima, Tomakanute Ritawa, Dan Simpson, Tomasi Vanuarua (Cok), Douglas Finau, Caleb Jasmat, Uala Kaisala, Uili Sofi and Fereti Suluoto (Sam) all made their T20I debuts.
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Hayden Dickson 51 (38) Sekove Ravoka 3/23 (4 overs) |
- Cook Islands won the toss and elected to bat.
- Davis Teinaki and Ben Vakatini (Cok) both made their T20I debuts.
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Dom Michael 54 (46) Rival Samson 2/14 (2 overs) |
- Samoa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Darren Wotu (Van) made his T20I debut.
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Andrew Mansale 53 (47) William Kokaua 3/26 (3 overs) |
- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
- Gabe Raymond (Cok) made his T20I debut.
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Peni Vuniwaqa 68 (46) Saumani Tiai 2/21 (4 overs) |
- Samoa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sosiceni Weleilakeba (Fij), Darren Roache and Bismarck Schuster (Sam) all made their T20I debuts.
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Saumani Tiai 35 (14) Liam Denny 3/12 (4 overs) |
- Cook Islands won the toss and elected to field.
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Andrew Mansale 38 (34) Jone Wesele 4/31 (4 overs) |
Josaia Baleicikobia 31 (23) Obed Yosef 2/20 (4 overs) |
- Fiji won the toss and elected to field.
- Obed Yosef (Van) made his T20I debut.
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- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.
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Peni Vuniwaqa 40 (21) Tomakanute Ritawa 5/19 (4 overs) |
- Cook Islands won the toss and elected to field.
- Sosiceni Delai (Fij) made his T20I debut.
- Tomakanute Ritawa became the first bowler for Cook Islands to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[23]
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Seru Tupou 35 (26) Darren Roache 3/23 (3 overs) |
Sean Cotter 45 (43) Seru Tupou 3/10 (4 overs) |
- Samoa won the toss and elected to field.
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Junior Kaltapau 60 (46) Tomakanute Ritawa 2/29 (3 overs) |
Cory Dickson 28 (16) Nalin Nipiko 4/12 (2.3 overs) |
- Cook Islands won the toss and elected to field.
- Cook Islands were set a revised target of 174 runs from 16 overs due to rain.
Qualifier B
| Dates | 15 – 18 October 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council ICC East Asia-Pacific |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format | Double round-robin |
| Host | Japan |
| Champions |  Japan |
| Runners-up |  Indonesia |
| Participants | 3 |
| Matches | 6 |
| Player of the series | Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake |
| Most runs | Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (179)[24] |
| Most wickets | Ketut Artawan (7) Sabaorish Ravichandran (7) Aamir Lal (7)[25] |
Wataru Miyauchi replaced Ryan Drake in Japan's squad before the start of the tournament.[29]
Qualifier B fixtures
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Japan |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.928 | Advanced to the regional final |
| 2 | Indonesia |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.066 | |
| 3 | South Korea |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −3.965 |
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Padmakar Surve 61 (45) Lee Hwanhee 2/6 (1 over) |
Jun Hyunwoo 21 (28) Maxi Koda 3/15 (3 overs) |
- South Korea won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
- Kadek Darmawan (Idn), Kim Daeyeon, Kuldeep Gurjar, Lee Hwanhee, An Hyobeom, Jun Hyunwoo, Asif Iqbal, Aamir Lal, Iqbal Mudassir, Alam Nakash, Raja Shoaib and Sana Ullah (Kor) all made their T20I debuts.
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Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 114 (46) Aamir Lal 2/28 (4 overs) |
Iqbal Mudassir 46 (26) Kohei Kubota 2/28 (4 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Lee Kangmin and Nishat Nazmussakib (Kor) both made their T20I debuts.
- Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming scored the sixth fastest men's T20I century and became the first player for Japan to score a century in men's T20Is.[31]
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Padmakar Surve 28 (31) Reo Sakurano-Thomas 3/11 (2.5 overs) |
Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake 31 (17) Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy 3/17 (3.5 overs) |
- Indonesia won the toss and elected to bat.
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Kim Daeyeon 29 (24) Piyush Kumbhare 2/8 (4 overs) |
Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake 55 (28) Nishat Nazmussakib 1/17 (1.2 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to field.
- Soochan Park (Kor) made his T20I debut.
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Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 31 (23) Ketut Artawan 3/14 (4 overs) |
Gede Priandana 42 (43) Sabaorish Ravichandran 2/14 (4 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
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Alam Nakash 24 (21) Danilson Hawoe 2/13 (4 overs) |
Gede Priandana 32 (20) Aamir Lal 4/35 (4 overs) |
- South Korea won the toss and elected to bat.