07-07-2025
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Japan's Ahilya Chandel batting during the women's Sano City International Trophy cricket match against Hong Kong in Sano, Tochigi prefecture on June 4. — AFP
LEGEND has it that death threats from disgruntled samurai warriors were behind Japan's first cricket match in 1863 and the sport has battled for recognition in the baseball-mad country ever since.
But Japan's cricket association, which operates out of a disused school near a wooded mountain, says the sport is slowly gaining popularity and hopes next year's home Asian Games and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics can take it to a new level.
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