01/03/2002 
ICC East Asia 8's Cricket Tournament: 
25 February - 1 March 2002 
Day 4 Brief Media Summary, Thu 28/2/02 (Finals) 
ACB/AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS DEFEAT JAPAN IN FINAL OF FIRST ICC EAST ASIA CRICKET TOURNAMENT 

With two wickets down and two overs to spare, the ACB/Australia Indigenous development team successfully chased Japan's total of 3/143 in the final of the inaugural ICC East Asia Cricket 8's Festival at Lilac Hill Park.  ACB/Australian Indigenous went through the tournament undefeated.  In finishing second, Japan are officially the ICC East Asia Affiliate member champions.  The tournament, hosted by the WACA, is part of the ICC Development Program to globalise the sport of cricket and has seen South Korea and Indonesia competing in international competition for the first-ever time. 

In the consolation final for 3rd and 4th, Indonesia set South Korea a big total of 5/168.  The Koreans responded by posting their highest score of the event of 98. 

Player of the day award was presented to Jung Suk Lee of South Korea, making 37no and taking 1/10.  

SUMMARY SCORES FOR DAY 4 (FINALS)  
Final, Japan 3/143 (Hirokazu Takahashi 60, Shuichiro Nakamura 48no) lost to ACB/Indigenous 2/144 (Noel Bennell 56no, Clint Yates 37, Dallas Coyne 36) 

Consolation Final, Indonesia 5/168 (Soni Hawoe 47, Agus Anon Abadi 38, Wayan Suandi 37no, Sang Hyeun Kyung 2/35, Jung Suk Lee 1/10) defeated South Korea 98 (Jung Suk Lee 37no, Tae Jin Kim 26no, Zacharia Awang 4/10) 

FINAL STANDINGS  
1. ACB/Australian Indigenous development team  
2. Japan  
3. Indonesia  
4. South Korea  

Reported by : 
David Clear  
Club Cricket Manager  
WA Cricket association  
Ph 9265 7222  
Fx 9221 1059  
DavidC@waca.com.au 

28/02/2002 
ICC East Asia 8's Cricket Tournament: 
ICC East Asia Cricket Festival - Day Three Results  
Round Five: ACB Australian Indigenous 6-179 (Paul Bagshaw 77no, Clint Yates 43; Tetsuo Fuji 2-20) b Japan 87 (Hirokazu Takahashi 28; Clint Yates 3-15); Indonesia 2-178 (Dave Herbert 82no) b South Korea 60 (Zachariah Awang 2-3); 

Round Six: ACB Australian Indigenous 164 (Paul Bagshaw 79no; Irfan Ghafoor 3-27, Tae Jin Kim 2-23) b South Korea 33 (Dallas Coyne 3-12, Lenard Farmer 2-1); Japan 6-154 (Hirozaku Takahashi 42, Shuichiro Nakamura 28; Umbu Frengke Shony 2-28, Dave Herbert 2-31) b Indonesia 150 (Dave Herbert 73, Soni Hawoe 37, Naoki Miyaji 2-25); 

Table: ACB Australian Indigenous 12, Japan 8, Indonesia 4, South Korea 0;  

Fixtures - Day Five Lilac Hill Park tomorrow: Final: ACB Australian Indigenous v Japan; Playoff for 3rd and 4th - Indonesia v South Korea. 

Player of the Day : Dave Herbert (Indonesia). Dave passed on the award to Balinese player Soni Hawoe, in recognition of his performances for the team. 

Media Summary:  

As just reward for the recent significant progression of cricket development in that country, Japan will take on the ACB Australian Indigenous team in the final of the inaugural ICC East Asia Cricket 8's Festival at Lilac Hill Park tomorrow. The team sealed their spot with a thrilling last over victory over Indonesia in the last preliminary round. 

A fantastic effort by Indonesia, who have been an ICC Affiliate member for just 8 months (Japan was admitted in 1989). South Korea ended up the only team to have bowled out the ACB Indigenous team within their allotted 20 overs, and have done it twice. 

26/02/2002 
ICC East Asia 8's Cricket Tournament: 

ICC East Asia Cricket 8's Festival - Day Two Results  

Round Three: ACB Aboriginal 8's 167 (Noel Bennell 59, Paul Bagshaw 38; Seung Han Park 2-29) b South Korea 24 (Clint Yates 2-4, Gavin Jetta 2-4); Japan 0-116 (Hirokazi Takahashi 60no, Naoki Miyaji 48no) b Indonesia 113 (Cameron Knox 55, Kazuhisa Orita 2-12, Naoki Saida 2-18); 

Round Four: ACB Aboriginal 8's 3-95 (Clint Yates 60; Umbu Frengke Shony 2-33) b Indonesia 88 (Dave Herbert 40no; Paul Bagshaw 4-16); Japan 3-137 (Takeshi Kawashima 37, Shuichiro Nakamura 33; Irfan Ghafoor 2-13) b South Korea 56 (Jeong Hwan Park 29; Jummei Hanada 2-10, Hirozaku Takahashi 2-17); 

Table: ACB Aboriginal 8's 8, Japan 6, Indonesia 2, South Korea 0;  

Summary: Day Two of the inaugural ICC East Asia Cricket 8's Festival at Richardson Park, South Perth today saw the ACB Aboriginal development team consolidate their spot at the top of the table, ahead of Japan. The tournament, hosted by the WACA, is part of the International Cricket Council Development Program to globalise cricket. Four matches per day are played in an eight-a-side twenty overs per team format. 

Player of Day Award: Clint Yates of ACB Aboriginal 8's, taking 2-4 versus South Korea and making 60 versus Indonesia.  

25/02/2002 
ICC East Asia 8's Cricket Tournament: 
Scores Day One - ICC East Asia Pacific 8's Cricket Tournament  

Round One: Japan 2-62 (H Takahashi 35no; H H Lee 2-1) b South Korea 60 (I Ghafoor 21, S H Kyueng 11no; K Orito 4-4, N Miyaji 1-15); ACB Aboriginal 8's 4-154 (P Bagshaw 41no, M Whitby 35no; Herbert 2-17, Hawoe 2-35) b Indonesia 6-98 (C Knox 35, D Herbert 32; Coyne 2-4, T Kempton 1-16);  

Round Two: Indonesia 0-84 (C Knox 45no, S Hawoe 25no) b South Korea 82 (J S Lee 19, S H Park 14; Y Rosongna 2-9, Z Awang 2-14); ACB Aboriginal 8's 1-83 (C Yates 58no, D Coyne 19; J Hanada 1-8) b Japan 81 (T Takita 18, T Fuji 14; N Bennell 3-13, C Yates 2-26);  

Table:  
ACB Aboriginal 8's      4  
Japan                   2  
Indonesia               2  
South Korea             0  

10/02/2002 
JCA'S answer to KCL proposal 
Below is the integral text of the letter sent by the JCA to the KCL Committee Members: 
Dear KCL Committee Members, 
JCA's decisions in regards to the KCL's proposal. 
KCL Proposal 1 
Starting from the 2004 season, all players in the K.C.L. and any other 
competition recognised by the J.C.A. must have legal visa status in Japan. 

JCA Decision to Proposal 1 
All Players participating in all matches organized by JCA must at least have VISA status from the year 2002. Since JCA has established as an organization based on law, participants who may have problems legally cannot be accepted. 
In order for JCA to accept KCL as an official competition, the followings are required; 
   i)All persons concerned, such as player, umpire, and scorer, are 
legally satisfactory. 
   ii)all players have joined the appointed damage insurance. 
   iii)the competition is independently manageable.              etc. 

KCL Proposal 2 
Starting from the 1st January 2004, a maximum of 2 non-Japanese Nationals (subject to visa status, and residence requirements to be determined) shall be eligible for the Japanese National Team. 

JCA Decision to Proposal 2 
We welcome non-Japnanese Nationals to the Japanese National Team from 2002 with conditions below (it's exactly the same conditions to Japanese Nationals): 

i) Participation in the stipulated practices and matches of the national team. 
We feel it is very important to participate in most practices and matches to fulfill the selection requirements of the National team. 

ii) ICC conditions 
The ICC requires any player selected in a national team who does 
not qualify by birth of given country to have residence status with the condition of spending at least 240 days per year in their adopted country for the preceding 5 years. 

Number of non-Japanese nationals has been not decided yet. 

Regards, 
JCA Chairman 
Takao Ito 

10/02/2002 Report/Letter from Matthew Kennedy, International Cricket Council, Development Manager ,East Asia – Pacific Region  
INAUGURAL ALL-JAPAN TOURNAMENT HELD 
The first-ever Japanese Cricket Association event (Sixes format), involving foreign and native cricket loving teams from all over the country has been staged at the Nihon Aerobic Centre in Chiba. Tokai won the Cup Final in what has been described as a very exciting event for the future of cricket in Japan which was very well organised by the JCA. Congratulations to all involved! 
In others news, underdogs Tokyo Giants have won the prestigious Kanto Cricket League Cup. This is the Giants’ first major victory in the two years of their existence. The prize-giving ceremony was held on 29 December.  

CONFERENCES, CONFERENCES… 
Following the ICC Global Development Conference in NZ from 17-21 January, the 2002 ICC EAP Development Conference, involving Delegates from all of ICC, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia, Philippines, Samoa, South Korea, Tonga & Vanuatu, was successfully staged in Melbourne from 26-29 January. The broad objectives of the extensive four day Agenda were: 
1. Chance to share information/ideas 
2. Update everyone on global & regional initiatives 
3. Get member feedback on new ideas/policy 
4. Provide sense of team working together 
5. Create consistent planning, reporting & system guidelines 
6. Clarify fluctuating ICC positions 
7. Progress the East Asia – Pacific cricket development “family”. 
The major outcomes of the Conference included: 
- The establishment of an ICC EAP Regional Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Full, Associate & Affiliate member representation 
- The establishment of a draft Regional Strategic Plan to 2005 
- The establishment of a document template and initial preparation of individual country Strategic Plans to 2005 (to be completed by 30 April 2002) 
- The preparation of a proposed schedule of Regional ICC/international tournaments, including first-ever junior events, through  to 2007 
- The establishment of clear coach  / cricket education plans and processes 
- The desire for a continuation and expansion of the ICC “trial” State/Province partnerships program. 
The above substantial matters, and implications for cricket development in the Region, will be expanded upon in future News Flashes / Media Releases as further global and regional factors are finalised. The Delegates were delighted to end the Conference as guests of the Australian Cricket Board at a classic Day/Night match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in which Australia stole victory from New Zealand in the last over thanks to a magnificent century from Michael Bevan 
The developing cricket countries even got a well-deserved welcome on the MCG scoreboard and public address! Thanks heaps to all participants for their outstanding contributions. 
Matthew Kennedy 
+61 3 9653 9921 (Phone) 
+61 3 9653 9911 (Fax) 
0409 218 883 (Mobile) 
c/- Australian Cricket Board 
60 Jolimont Street 
Jolimont  3002 
Victoria  Australia 
matthew_kennedy@acb.com.au 

27/01/2002 
2002 Kanto Cricket League Annual General Meeting hits a snag!: 
The 2002 K.C.L. Annual General Meeting had to be reported tentatively to the 24th of February 2002 following a snag concerning the inclusion of illegal residents and their respective clubs in the competition 
Read Report by Robert-Gilles Martineau>> 

18/12/2001 
2002 Kanto Cricket League Annual General Meeting: 
The 2002 KCL AGM will take place on January 28th, 2002 at YCAC in Yokohama from 11:300 to 16:00 
Contact Robert-Gilles Martineau at: lapin-dragon@vcs.wbs.ne.jp for more details. 

07/12/2001 
Japan's participation in First ICC Tournament for East Asia Countries: 
By Matthew Kennedy 
International Cricket Council  
Development Manager  
East Asia – Pacific Region  
+61 3 9653 9921 (Phone)  
+61 3 9653 9911 (Fax)  
0409 218 883 (Mobile)  
c/- Australian Cricket Board  
60 Jolimont Street  
Jolimont  3002  
Victoria  Australia  
matthew_kennedy@acb.com.au  
The Western Australian CA has been confirmed as host of the inaugural ICC East Asia Cricket Eights Festival from 25 February – 1 March next year. Competing at the event, which compliments the global ICC objective of “widening the market” by promoting and expanding the game in a variety of forms, will be: Indonesia (new ICC Affiliate member in 2001); Japan (ICC Affiliate member since 1989); Philippines (ICC Affiliate member since 2000); South Korea (new ICC Affiliate member in 2001), and an; ACB/Australian Indigenous development team. Matches will be played on WACA Grade grounds throughout Perth. 

02/12/2001 
2002 Kanto Cricket League Divisions 1 & 2 composition: 
The Kanto Cricket League's two new Divisions will read as follows: 
Division 1: 
Tokyo Giants C.C. 
Friends XI C.C. 
Yokohama Country & Athletics Club C.C. 
Shizuoka Kytes C.C. 
Millennium C.C. 
Tokyo Indian Engineers C.C. 
Tokyo Sri Lanka Lions C.C. (very doubtful) 

Division 2: 
Tokyo British Embassy C.C. 
Fuji Far East C.C. 
Adore C.C. 
Wyverns C.C. 
MAX C.C. 
Tokyo Bay Districts C.C. 
+ possible 7th club 

10/02/2002 
JCA'S answer to KCL proposal 
Below is the integral text of the letter sent by the JCA to the KCL Committee Members: 
Dear KCL Committee Members, 
JCA's decisions in regards to the KCL's proposal. 
KCL Proposal 1 
Starting from the 2004 season, all players in the K.C.L. and any other 
competition recognised by the J.C.A. must have legal visa status in Japan. 

JCA Decision to Proposal 1 
All Players participating in all matches organized by JCA must at least have VISA status from the year 2002. Since JCA has established as an organization based on law, participants who may have problems legally cannot be accepted. 
In order for JCA to accept KCL as an official competition, the followings are required; 
   i)All persons concerned, such as player, umpire, and scorer, are 
legally satisfactory. 
   ii)all players have joined the appointed damage insurance. 
   iii)the competition is independently manageable.              etc. 

KCL Proposal 2 
Starting from the 1st January 2004, a maximum of 2 non-Japanese Nationals (subject to visa status, and residence requirements to be determined) shall be eligible for the Japanese National Team. 

JCA Decision to Proposal 2 
We welcome non-Japnanese Nationals to the Japanese National Team from 2002 with conditions below (it's exactly the same conditions to Japanese Nationals): 

i) Participation in the stipulated practices and matches of the national team. 
We feel it is very important to participate in most practices and matches to fulfill the selection requirements of the National team. 

ii) ICC conditions 
The ICC requires any player selected in a national team who does 
not qualify by birth of given country to have residence status with the condition of spending at least 240 days per year in their adopted country for the preceding 5 years. 

Number of non-Japanese nationals has been not decided yet. 

Regards, 
JCA Chairman 
Takao Ito 

10/02/2002 Report/Letter from Matthew Kennedy, International Cricket Council, Development Manager ,East Asia – Pacific Region  
INAUGURAL ALL-JAPAN TOURNAMENT HELD 
The first-ever Japanese Cricket Association event (Sixes format), involving foreign and native cricket loving teams from all over the country has been staged at the Nihon Aerobic Centre in Chiba. Tokai won the Cup Final in what has been described as a very exciting event for the future of cricket in Japan which was very well organised by the JCA. Congratulations to all involved! 
In others news, underdogs Tokyo Giants have won the prestigious Kanto Cricket League Cup. This is the Giants’ first major victory in the two years of their existence. The prize-giving ceremony was held on 29 December.  

CONFERENCES, CONFERENCES… 
Following the ICC Global Development Conference in NZ from 17-21 January, the 2002 ICC EAP Development Conference, involving Delegates from all of ICC, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia, Philippines, Samoa, South Korea, Tonga & Vanuatu, was successfully staged in Melbourne from 26-29 January. The broad objectives of the extensive four day Agenda were: 
1. Chance to share information/ideas 
2. Update everyone on global & regional initiatives 
3. Get member feedback on new ideas/policy 
4. Provide sense of team working together 
5. Create consistent planning, reporting & system guidelines 
6. Clarify fluctuating ICC positions 
7. Progress the East Asia – Pacific cricket development “family”. 
The major outcomes of the Conference included: 
- The establishment of an ICC EAP Regional Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Full, Associate & Affiliate member representation 
- The establishment of a draft Regional Strategic Plan to 2005 
- The establishment of a document template and initial preparation of individual country Strategic Plans to 2005 (to be completed by 30 April 2002) 
- The preparation of a proposed schedule of Regional ICC/international tournaments, including first-ever junior events, through  to 2007 
- The establishment of clear coach  / cricket education plans and processes 
- The desire for a continuation and expansion of the ICC “trial” State/Province partnerships program. 
The above substantial matters, and implications for cricket development in the Region, will be expanded upon in future News Flashes / Media Releases as further global and regional factors are finalised. The Delegates were delighted to end the Conference as guests of the Australian Cricket Board at a classic Day/Night match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in which Australia stole victory from New Zealand in the last over thanks to a magnificent century from Michael Bevan 
The developing cricket countries even got a well-deserved welcome on the MCG scoreboard and public address! Thanks heaps to all participants for their outstanding contributions. 
Matthew Kennedy 
+61 3 9653 9921 (Phone) 
+61 3 9653 9911 (Fax) 
0409 218 883 (Mobile) 
c/- Australian Cricket Board 
60 Jolimont Street 
Jolimont  3002 
Victoria  Australia 
matthew_kennedy@acb.com.au 

27/01/2002 
2002 Kanto Cricket League Annual General Meeting hits a snag!: 
The 2002 K.C.L. Annual General Meeting had to be reported tentatively to the 24th of February 2002 following a snag concerning the inclusion of illegal residents and their respective clubs in the competition 
Read Report by Robert-Gilles Martineau>>