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[HawkAussie]

The 2001 Japan OD Cricket League was the second season of the Japan OD Cricket League. This cricket league saw an expansion in the competition with four teams competing with the addition of Hokkaido to the domestic landscape. The teams would play in a double round-robin with the winner of the round-robin going through to the final while second and third played off for the remaining spot. After twelve matches were played, Hokkaido finished on top of the league by round-robin over Akishima by Net Run Rate with both of them finishing with a 4-2 record. Fuji came in third with a 3-3 record while Sano finished last with a 1-5 record with their only win being against Fuji in Round 4.

After Akishima won the semi-final against Fuji, they would go on to lose in the final to Hokkaido by six wickets which meant that the team who were competing in their first season would take out the title. Takeuchi Orochi from Fuji was the player of the tournament with 404 runs which was scored in seven matches at an average of 67.3 runs. The pick of the bowlers being Yoshimi Ryoichi from Akishima who took 11 wickets.

Teams

Spoiler: Akishima

Akishima
Hirooki Kobayashi
Nakashima Ichirou
Shimizu Yoshi
Hada Toshiyuki (Rookie)

Tani Akira
Shota Takahashi
Kyosuke Yoshihashi
Ose Aki (Rookie)

Yoshimi Ryoichi
Kaya Yori
Amari Sora

Teramoto Kyo
Goto Tsuyoshi
Konya Kushida

Orio Yoshito
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Spoiler: Fuji

Fuji
Nonaka Hisato
Miura Takeo
Iwata Tamotsu
Sekiguchi Yoshinori (Rookie)

Takeuchi Orochi
Taichiro Shusake
Asai Kyou
Fukunaga Kazuhiro

Yūki Hitoshi
Nakagawa Eiji
Okada Arata

Fukuda Iwao
Matsuda Shuichi
Nakagawa Hachiro (Rookie)

Yamamura Daisuke

Spoiler: Sano

Sano
Sato Kauzo
Harada Arata
Hora Marasayuki
Hayashi Shin (Rookie)

Miyahara Yuichi
Yasutake Jurou
Tokuda Seiichi
Kubo Takumi (Rookie)

Shiroma Kyou
Okano Tsuyoshi (Rookie)
Ban Tatsuya (Rookie)

Fukutsuchi Norihisa
Morita Kohaku
Oshima Katsuo

Oake Sho

Spoiler: Hokkaido

Hokkaido
Toyoda Taroemon
Kota Shukishi
Tamaki Yutaka
Nakata Kazuhiro (Rookie)

Nakanishi Tatsuo (Rookie)
Matsumura Yori
Hatanaka Yucihi
Kida Shinji (Rookie)

Tsuchida Marihito
Watanabe Michi
Oye Shoji (Rookie)

Sako Toru (Rookie)
Koyanagi Akihiko (Rookie)
Tagawa Daisuke (Rookie)

Tomoyuki Tomohiko

Round 1
April 22: Fuji vs. Sano (Fuji - OD) - Sano won by 12 runs
April 22: Akishima vs. Hokkaido (Akishima - OD) - Akishima won by 4 wickets

Round 2
May 6: Hokkaido vs. Fuji (Hokkaido - OD) - Hokkaido won by 4 wickets
May 6: Sano vs. Akishima (Sano - OD) - Akishima won by 6 runs

Round 3
May 20: Fuji vs. Akishima (Fuji - OD) - Fuji won by 3 wickets
May 20: Sano vs. Hokkaido (Sano - OD) - Hokkaido won by 6 runs

Round 4
June 16: Akishima vs. Fuji (Akishima - OD) - Fuji won by 142 runs
June 16: Hokkaido vs. Sano (Hokkaido - OD) - Hokkaido won by 7 wickets

Round 5
July 1: Akishima vs. Sano (Akishima - OD) - Akishima won by 4 wickets
July 1: Fuji vs. Hokkaido (Fuji - OD) - Hokkaido won by 6 runs

Round 6
July 22: Sano vs. Fuji (Sano - OD) - Fuji won by 6 wickets
July 22: Hokkaido vs. Akishima (Hokkaido - OD) - Akishima won by 13 runs

Semi Final
July 29: Akishima vs. Fuji (Akishima - OD) - Akishima won by 3 wickets

Final
August 5: Hokkaido vs. Akishima (Hokkaido - OD) - Hokkaido won by 6 wickets

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR	Pts
Hokkaido	6	4	2	0	+0.33	12
Akishima	6	4	2	0	-0.15	12
Fuji	6	3	3	0		9
Sano	6	1	5	0		3

All-Star XI
Hirooki Kobayashi (Akishima)
Kota Shukishi (Hokkaido)
Nakashima Ichirou (Akishima)
Matsumura Yori (Hokkaido)
Amari Sora (Akishima)
Takeuchi Orochi (Fuji)
Yūki Hitoshi (Fuji)
Yoshimi Ryoichi (Akishima)
Konya Kushida (Akishima)
Oake Sho (Sano)
Tagawa Daisuke (Hokkaido)

 

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Japan FC Cricket League Final - 2001
August 23-27, 2001
Fuji vs. Sano @ Fuji Cricket Ground (Pitch: Normal)​

Sano won the toss and elected to bat first

SANO 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Sato Kauzo          c. Shusake     b. Eiji         66   113   14    0   58.4%
Hora Masayuki       st Shusake     b. Daisuke      47   103    8    2   45.6%
Hayashi Shin        lbw            b. Daisuke      23    32    4    0   71.9%
Miyahara Yuichi     c. Hisato      b. Daisuke       3    12    0    0   25.0%
Tokuda Seiichi      c. Eiji        b. Daisuke      32    96    6    0   33.3%
Yasutake Jurou                     b. Hitoshi      14    50    2    0   28.0%
Shiroma Kyou        c. Daisuke     b. Iwao         40   119    6    1   33.6%
Ban Tatsuya         c. Shuichi     b. Daisuke       0     3    0    0    0.0%
Okano Tsuyoshi      lbw            b. Iwao         30    98    5    0   30.6%
Okabe Sho                          b. Iwao         29    65    6    0   44.6%
Morita Kohaku       not out                         1     6    0    0   16.7%
 
 Total:  301/10       Overs:  116.1        Run Rate:  2.59     Extras:  16 
   
                             Day 2  11:46 AM
   
  
                                     -X-
 
SANO Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
S Kauzo       H Masayuki   þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ      101 (191)
S Kauzo       H Shin       þþþþþþþþþþ                                29 (48)
M Yuichi      H Shin       þþþþ                                      12 (20)
T Seiichi     H Shin       þ                                          1 (4)
T Seiichi     Y Jurou      þþþþþþþþþþþþ                              35 (95)
T Seiichi     S Kyou       þþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                            41 (113)
B Tatsuya     S Kyou                                                  0 (3)
O Tsuyoshi    S Kyou       þþþþþþþþþþ                                31 (89)
O Tsuyoshi    O Sho        þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                           45 (120)
O Tsuyoshi    M Kohaku     þþ                                         6 (14)


     Fall of Wickets    101/1     130/2     142/3     143/4     178/5
                        219/6     219/7     250/8     295/9     301/10    

 Total:  301/10      Overs:  116.1         Run Rate:  2.59    Extras:  16   
  
                                     -X-

FUJI Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Yuki Hitoshi         28.0      6      55      1      1.96     0      1 
Fukuda Iwao          16.1      4      47      3      2.91     0      1 
Takeuchi Orochi      12.0      6      19      0      1.58     0      0 
Nakagawa Eiji        19.0      3      62      1      3.26     0      1 
Matsuda Shuichi      13.0      4      29      0      2.23     0      2 
Yamamura Daisuke     28.0     10      80      5      2.86     0      2 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 0      No Balls: 7      Leg Byes: 9      Byes: 0 

 Total:  301/10       Overs:  116.1        Run Rate:  2.59    Extras:  16   
                                     -X-
 
 
FUJI 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Nomaka Hisato       c. S Kyou      b. Kohaku      115   152   24    0   75.7%
Asai Kyou           c. Seiichi     b. Kohaku        0     8    0    0    0.0%
Iwata Tamotsu       c. Tsuyoshi    b. S Kyou        4    12    1    0   33.3%
Taichiro Shusake                   b. S Kyou       18    42    3    0   42.9%
Takeuchi Orochi     c. Seiichi     b. Tsuyoshi     37   150    6    0   24.7%
Fukunaga Kazuhiro                  b. S Kyou        5    12    1    0   41.7%
Yuki Hitoshi        c. Tatsuya     b. Tsuyoshi     17    52    3    0   32.7%
Nakagawa Eiji                      b. Sho          45    62    9    0   72.6%
Fukuda Iwao         not out                        17    71    2    0   23.9%
Matsuda Shuichi     c. Seiichi     b. Sho           0     2    0    0    0.0%
Yamamura Daisuke    c. Kauzo       b. Sho           0     5    0    0    0.0%
 
 Total:  266/10       Overs:  94.4         Run Rate:  2.81     Extras:  8 
   
                             Day 3  12:35 PM
   
  
                                     -X-
 
FUJI Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
N Hisato      A Kyou       þ                                          1 (18)
N Hisato      I Tamotsu    þþþþþ                                     17 (29)
N Hisato      T Shusake    þþþþþþþþþþþþþ                             43 (69)
N Hisato      T Orochi     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ      111 (200)
F Kazuhiro    T Orochi     þ                                          6 (12)
Y Hitoshi     T Orochi     þþþþþþ                                    22 (97)
N Eiji        T Orochi     þ                                          1 (8)
N Eiji        F Iwao       þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                      65 (122)
M Shuichi     F Iwao                                                  0 (2)
Y Daisuke     F Iwao                                                  0 (11)


     Fall of Wickets    1/1       18/2      61/3      172/4     178/5
                        200/6     201/7     266/8     266/9     266/10    

 Total:  266/10      Overs:  94.4          Run Rate:  2.81    Extras:  8   
  
                                     -X-

SANO Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Morita Kohaku        22.0      5      64      2      2.91     0      1 
Ban Tatsuya          13.0      4      47      0      3.62     0      0 
Shiroma Kyou         14.0      6      22      3      1.57     0      0 
Okano Tsuyoshi       22.0      9      63      2      2.86     0      1 
Okabe Sho            23.4      5      66      3      2.79     0      2 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 0      No Balls: 4      Leg Byes: 3      Byes: 1 

 Total:  266/10       Overs:  94.4         Run Rate:  2.81    Extras:  8   
                                     -X-
 
 
SANO 2nd innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Sato Kauzo          c. Shusake     b. Eiji         45   123    7    0   36.6%
Hora Masayuki       run out (Shuichi)              22    19    4    1  115.8%
Hayashi Shin        c. Hitoshi     b. Daisuke      35    89    7    0   39.3%
Miyahara Yuichi                    b. Daisuke      16    67    3    0   23.9%
Tokuda Seiichi      c. Hitoshi     b. Iwao         29    81    5    0   35.8%
Yasutake Jurou      lbw            b. Shuichi       2    52    0    0    3.8%
Shiroma Kyou        c. A Kyou      b. Iwao         32    71    5    0   45.1%
Ban Tatsuya         lbw            b. Shuichi      41    51    8    0   80.4%
Okano Tsuyoshi      not out                        14    44    1    0   31.8%
Okabe Sho           c. Shusake     b. Iwao          0     1    0    0    0.0%
Morita Kohaku       c. Shuichi     b. Daisuke      10    32    1    0   31.3%
 
 Total:  257/10       Overs:  105.0        Run Rate:  2.45     Extras:  11 
   
                             Day 4  3:03 PM
   
  
                                     -X-
 
SANO Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
S Kauzo       H Masayuki   þþþþþþþþþþþþ                              28 (43)
S Kauzo       H Shin       þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ              65 (153)
S Kauzo       M Yuichi     þþþþþþþþ                                  19 (71)
T Seiichi     M Yuichi     þþþþþþþþ                                  20 (65)
T Seiichi     Y Jurou      þþþþþþþþþþ                                24 (93)
S Kyou        Y Jurou      þþþ                                        9 (17)
S Kyou        B Tatsuya    þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ              64 (98)
S Kyou        O Tsuyoshi   þ                                          4 (25)
O Sho         O Tsuyoshi                                              0 (1)
M Kohaku      O Tsuyoshi   þþþþþþþþþþ                                24 (64)


     Fall of Wickets    28/1      93/2      112/3     132/4     156/5
                        165/6     229/7     233/8     233/9     257/10    

 Total:  257/10      Overs:  105.0         Run Rate:  2.45    Extras:  11   
  
                                     -X-

FUJI Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Yuki Hitoshi         12.0      4      24      0      2.00     0      3 
Fukuda Iwao          17.0      7      39      3      2.29     0      1 
Matsuda Shuichi      15.0      7      27      2      1.80     0      0 
Nakagawa Eiji        25.0     10      68      1      2.72     0      1 
Takeuchi Orochi       8.0      1      33      0      4.13     0      0 
Yamamura Daisuke     28.0      8      60      3      2.14     0      0 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 0      No Balls: 5      Leg Byes: 4      Byes: 2 

 Total:  257/10       Overs:  105.0        Run Rate:  2.45    Extras:  11   
                                     -X-
 
 
FUJI 2nd innings  (Target: 293)

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Nomaka Hisato       lbw            b. Tsuyoshi     27    62    5    0   43.5%
Asai Kyou           lbw            b. Kohaku       40    84    9    0   47.6%
Iwata Tamotsu       lbw            b. Tsuyoshi     34    68    4    2   50.0%
Taichiro Shusake    c. Seiichi     b. Tatsuya      59   132   13    0   44.7%
Takeuchi Orochi                    b. Sho          42    71    9    0   59.2%
Fukunaga Kazuhiro   not out                        36   109    4    0   33.0%
Yuki Hitoshi        c. Jurou       b. Sho           7    25    1    0   28.0%
Nakagawa Eiji       lbw            b. Kohaku       24    57    5    0   42.1%
Fukuda Iwao         not out                        12    16    3    0   75.0%
Matsuda Shuichi      
Yamamura Daisuke     
 
 Total:  295/7        Overs:  104.0        Run Rate:  2.84     Extras:  14 
   
                             Day 5  4:29 PM
   
  
                                     -X-
 
FUJI Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
N Hisato      A Kyou       þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                60 (126)
I Tamotsu     A Kyou       þþþþþþþþþ                                 22 (39)
I Tamotsu     T Shusake    þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                        43 (105)
T Orochi      T Shusake    þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ           72 (123)
T Orochi      F Kazuhiro   þþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                            33 (71)
Y Hitoshi     F Kazuhiro   þþþ                                        9 (29)
N Eiji        F Kazuhiro   þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                         39 (100)
F Iwao        F Kazuhiro   þþþþþþþ                                   17 (31)


     Fall of Wickets    60/1      82/2      125/3     197/4     230/5
                        239/6     278/7                                   

 Total:  295/7       Overs:  104.0         Run Rate:  2.84    Extras:  14   
  
                                     -X-

SANO Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Morita Kohaku        25.0      6      70      2      2.80     0      0 
Ban Tatsuya          16.0      7      47      1      2.94     0      0 
Shiroma Kyou         13.0      4      45      0      3.46     0      1 
Okano Tsuyoshi       25.0      7      63      2      2.52     0      1 
Okabe Sho            25.0      8      58      2      2.32     0      0 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 0      No Balls: 2      Leg Byes: 3      Byes: 9 

 Total:  295/7        Overs:  104.0        Run Rate:  2.84    Extras:  14   
                                     -X-
 
 
  
 
Sano                301 & 257
Fuji                266 & 295/7              
   
Fuji won by 3 wickets
  
Man of the match: Nomaka Hisato

Fuji won the 2001 Japan FC Cricket League

 

[HawkAussie]

The 2001 Japan FC Cricket League was the second season of the Japan OD Cricket League. This cricket league saw an expansion in the competition with four teams competing with the addition of Hokkaido to the domestic landscape. The teams would play in a single round-robin with the top two teams going through to the final. After six matches were played, Fuji finished top of the league with 66 points, which was three points ahead of second place Sano. Hokkaido and Akishima rounded out the league stage.

In the final between Fuji and Sano, Fuji chased down the target of 293 on the final day with a team affect as they won with 30 minutes to spare. This was especially true after losing the first innings by 35 runs despite a century from Nomaka Hisato. Nonato Hisato would be the leading run scorer and player of the tournament with 552 runs at an average of 78.9. On the bowling front, it was another Fuji player in Yamamura Daisuke who took 22 wickets.

Teams

Spoiler: Akishima

Akishima
Hirooki Kobayashi
Nakashima Ichirou
Shimizu Yoshi
Hada Toshiyuki (Rookie)

Tani Akira
Shota Takahashi
Kyosuke Yoshihashi
Ose Aki (Rookie)

Yoshimi Ryoichi
Kaya Yori
Amari Sora

Teramoto Kyo
Goto Tsuyoshi
Konya Kushida

Orio Yoshito
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Spoiler: Fuji

Fuji
Nonaka Hisato
Miura Takeo
Iwata Tamotsu
Sekiguchi Yoshinori (Rookie)

Takeuchi Orochi
Taichiro Shusake
Asai Kyou
Fukunaga Kazuhiro

Yūki Hitoshi
Nakagawa Eiji
Okada Arata

Fukuda Iwao
Matsuda Shuichi
Nakagawa Hachiro (Rookie)

Yamamura Daisuke

Spoiler: Sano

Sano
Sato Kauzo
Harada Arata
Hora Marasayuki
Hayashi Shin (Rookie)

Miyahara Yuichi
Yasutake Jurou
Tokuda Seiichi
Kubo Takumi (Rookie)

Shiroma Kyou
Okano Tsuyoshi (Rookie)
Ban Tatsuya (Rookie)

Fukutsuchi Norihisa
Morita Kohaku
Oshima Katsuo

Oake Sho

Spoiler: Hokkaido

Hokkaido
Toyoda Taroemon
Kota Shukishi
Tamaki Yutaka
Nakata Kazuhiro (Rookie)

Nakanishi Tatsuo (Rookie)
Matsumura Yori
Hatanaka Yucihi
Kida Shinji (Rookie)

Tsuchida Marihito
Watanabe Michi
Oye Shoji (Rookie)

Sako Toru (Rookie)
Koyanagi Akihiko (Rookie)
Tagawa Daisuke (Rookie)

Tomoyuki Tomohiko

Round 1
April 26-29: Akishima vs. Hokkaido (Akishima - FC) - Match drawn
April 26-29: Fuji vs. Sano (Fuji - FC) - Match drawn

Round 2
May 31-June 3: Hokkaido vs. Sano (Sano - FC) - Match drawn
May 31-June 3: Fuji vs. Akishima (Fuji - FC) - Match drawn

Round 3
July 12-15: Hokkaido vs. Fuji (Hokkaido - FC) - Fuji won by 6 wickets
July 12-15: Sano vs. Akishima (Sano - FC) - Sano won by 169 runs

Final
August 23-27: Fuji vs. Sano (Fuji - FC) - Fuji won by 3 wickets

Standings[/SIZE]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	1st Inn	Bat	Bwl	Pts
Fuji	3	1	2	0	3	29	20	66
Sano	3	1	2	0	1	25	25	63
Hokkaido	3	0	2	1	2	27	21	58
Akishima	3	0	2	1	0	23	23	52

All-Star XI
Nonaka Hisato (Fuji)
Sato Kauzo (Sano)
Hora Masayuki (Sano)
Hatanaka Yuichi (Hokkaido)
Tani Akira (Akikishima)
Tokuda Seiichi (Sano)
Yuki Hitoshi (Fuji)
Shiroma Kyou (Sano)
Fukuda Iwao (Fuji)
Konya Kushida (Akikishima)
Yamamura Daisuke (Fuji)