Kaisei Doggett - from Coogee to Japan
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club | May 29, 2025
Randwick Petersham has a proud record of cricket representation at the international level. Players such as Simon Katich, Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Nathan Hauritz and Daniel Sams have played Test, ODI and Twenty 20 cricket for Australia against other cricket-playing nations across the world. Many of our first-class players and club cricketers have played against international teams at various levels, while some have toured other countries with indigenous squads, age-limited teams and club groups.
This season we are proud to add the name of promising young all-rounder, Kaisei Doggett, as our newest international representative, after he made his playing debut in a country where we have not been represented in the past–Japan.
Not generally known as a cricket-playing nation, Japan has a governing body known as Japan Cricket Association with headquarters in Minato-ku, Tokyo. It has been an Associate Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2005, belonging to the East-Asia Pacific region, under the ICC's development program. In 2024 it rejoined as a member of the Asian Cricket Council.
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In April, Kaisei was named in both the 2025 Japan National Academy under 19 and under 16 squads. He later played for the Under 19 Japan National Team against Papua New Guinea in an ICC under 19s World Cup qualifying match at the Sano International Cricket Ground, Tochigi, Japan, which they won. It was part of a six match tournament with Japan competing with Papua New Guinea and Fiji for a place in the ICC 2026 Under 19 World Cup in Zimbabwe and Namibia. Japan won the tournament and qualified as one of the 16 teams to take part in the competition next year.
Batting for Japan
Kaisei Kobayashi-Doggett was born in Sydney on 3rd January 2009. He is a Year 11 student at St. Patrick’s Marist College, Dundas. Kaisei qualifies for Japan under the ICC nationality rules, as he has a Japanese passport through his mother retaining her citizenship. His mother is from Nara City, Nara Prefecture, east of Osaka. She has made an effort to bring Japanese culture and language into his home life. The family regularly visits Japan, once or twice a year, providing Kaisei with a strong relationship with his family and grandparents. His mother also has weekly online contact with his grandparents, so he has opportunity to chat to them and maintain his fluency in Japanese. Playing for Japan, he uses his mother's maiden name of Kobayashi. And while Kaisei’s Australian dad is not a cricketer, sticking to basketball and golf, younger brother Akito is showing cricket promise through Northern District under 14 rep. teams.
Bowling for Randwick Petersham
As part of the preparation for next year’s World Cup, Kaisei will head to Malaysia in June, where Japan will play in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Under 16 East Zone Cup. Later this year, he hopes to be heading to Nepal for the ACC Under 19 Men’s Asia Cup, although Japan will need to qualify for that tournament through the ACC Under 19 Premier Cup, to be played around September.
Last season with Randwick Petersham, Kaisei played eight matches in 5th Grade. He was the leading batter with 279 runs at 31.00. While he didn’t hit a half-century, he showed his consistency with scores of 44*, 44, 42, 35, 33 and 27. With another 34 in single 4th Grade and Metropolitan Cup appearances, he completed the season with 313 runs. He bowled only 48 overs in 5ths, taking 9 wickets, with 3-19 his best. The previous season he took 5-10 in an A W Green Shield match. At just 16 years of age, he is one of the club’s most promising young all-rounders.
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