Shogo_Kimura

Shogo Kimura

Shogo Kimura

Japanese baseball player

Shogo Kimura (木村 昇吾, Kimura Shōgo, born April 16, 1980 in Osaka, Osaka, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player and a cricketer. He plays infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions. He took up cricket with the Japan Cricket Association after going unsigned following his release by the Seibu Lions.[1][2][3]

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In September 2022, he was named in Japan's T20I squad for the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier.[4] Kimura was part of Japan's squad against the Indonesia cricket team that toured Japan in October 2022 to play a three-match Twenty20 International series. He made his T20I debut on 10 October 2022, against Indonesia.[5]

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    FOCUS: Historic conversion part of bigger picture for baseball, cricket FOCUS: Historic conversion part of bigger picture for baseball, cricket
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    Former NPB infielder Shogo Kimura joins national cricket team
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    "After 30 years of baseball, Shogo Kimura is set to make his debut for Japan ... in cricket". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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    "National team named for ICC World Cup Qualifier – East Asia". Japan Cricket Association. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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    "2nd T20I, Sano, October 10, 2022, Indonesia tour of Japan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2022.


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