Japanese J.League

FT Friday, December 18, 2020
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Match Report

AFP

Spinners help Pakistan crush Australia

Pakistan began their warm-up for the ICC World Twenty20 with a comprehensive win over Australia in Dubai, where their spinners flummoxed Australia's long batting line-up

Full story at ESPN →

Head to Head

NAG leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NAG

  1. 1Mitch LangerakG
  2. 23Yutaka YoshidaD
  3. 3Yuichi MaruyamaD
  4. 34Oh Jae-SukD
  5. 4Shinnosuke NakataniD
  6. 16MateusM
  7. 27Yuki SomaM
  8. 2Takuji YonemotoM
  9. 15Sho InagakiM
  10. 11Hiroyuki AbeM
  11. 17Ryogo YamasakiF

SAN

  1. 1Takuto HayashiG
  2. 19Sho SasakiD
  3. 3Akira IbayashiD
  4. 23Hayato ArakiD
  5. 25Yusuke ChajimaM
  6. 8Hayao KawabeM
  7. 6Toshihiro AoyamaM
  8. 24Shunki HigashiM
  9. 29Yuya AsanoF
  10. 10Tsukasa MorishimaF
  11. 9Douglas VieiraF

Timeline

  1. 56' Naoki Maeda (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 56'
  2. 56' Yuki Nogami (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 56'
  3. 63' João Schmidt (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 63'
  4. 86' Naoki Maeda (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 86'
  5. 88' Yoshifumi Kashiwa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 88'
  6. 88' Tomoya Fujii (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 88'
  7. 89' Shumpei Naruse (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 89'
  8. 90'+2' Hiroya Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 92'
  9. 90'+2' Kodai Dohi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 92'

Japanese J1 League News

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