Hong Kong national cricket team

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Hong Kong
香港板球
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AssociationCricket Hong Kong
Personnel
CaptainNizakat Khan
CoachTrent Johnston
Team information
CityHong Kong
Home groundMission Road Ground
Capacity3,500
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1969)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
T20I 23rd 11th (31-Aug-2015)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv  Bangladesh at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo; 16 July 2004
Last ODIv  India at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai; 18 September 2018
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 26 9/16
(0 ties, 1 no result)
World Cup Qualifier appearances8 (first in 1982)
Best result3rd (2014)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv    Nepal at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong; 16 March 2014
Last T20Iv  Malaysia at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok; 6 March 2020
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 44 16/28
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[5] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
T20 World Cup appearances2 (first in 2014)
Best resultGroup stage (2014, 2016)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances4 (first in 2012)
Best result4th (2015)
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As of 6 January 2021

The Hong Kong national cricket team is the team that represents independent Hong Kong in international competition. It played its first match in 1866[6] and has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1969.[7]

Hong Kong played its first One Day Internationals in the 2004 Asia Cup,[8] and in January 2014 was granted ODI status until 2018, as a result of finishing third in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[9] The team gained Twenty20 International status in November 2013, as a result of qualifying for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.[10] Hong Kong lost their ODI status in March 2018 after losing to the Netherlands in a play-off match during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[11] They did, however, play two further ODI matches at the 2018 Asia Cup in September 2018 after winning the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier, as the ICC announced that all matches played at the finals would have ODI status.[12]

Hong Kong has played in every ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier tournament, with the exceptions of the 1979 and 2005 events.[13] It has also taken part in two ICC Intercontinental Cup tournaments, in 2005[14] and in 2015–17, and in two ICC T20 World Cup tournaments, in 2014 and 2016.

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Hong Kong and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[15]

History[]

Early years[]

The sport was introduced to Hong Kong by the British, with the first recorded game taking place in 1841, and the Hong Kong Cricket Club being founded ten years later. The Cricket Club (playing as Hong Kong) played a number of Interport matches against sides on the Chinese mainland, the first taking place against Shanghai in 1866, and in 1890 played Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for the first time.[6]

1892 saw disaster when the SS Bokhara, which was carrying the team back from Shanghai, sank in a typhoon with the loss of 125 lives. There were only 23 survivors, which included only 2 of the 13 team members. The other 11 members of the team were lost, including Surrey cricketer John Dunn.[16]

1948 saw the last game against Shanghai.[6]Jack Chegwyn led the first international team to Hong Kong in 1952, and the first tour by an MCC team was in 1966.[6] The MCC, captained by Mike Smith played one match against the national side, winning by 74 runs.[17] In 1969 the Hong Kong Cricket Association became an associate member of the International Cricket Council, cricket's global ruling body.[7]

ICC membership[]

The year after gaining ICC membership, the Hong Kong national side played against an MCC side captained by Tony Lewis, drawing the game,[18] but it was not until the 1982 ICC Trophy when the Hong Kong team next played.[6] At that tournament the Hong Kong team, which featured future England Test cricketer Dermot Reeve, failed to progress beyond the first round.[19]

Hong Kong took part in the following three ICC Trophy tournaments, again failing to progress beyond the first round in 1986,[20] reaching the plate competition in 1990[21] and the second round in 1994.[22] They then played in the inaugural ACC Trophy tournament in 1996,[6] failing to progress beyond the group stage after losing to Bangladesh and Fiji.[23]

In 1997, Hong Kong returned to Chinese control. In the same year, the national team finished eighth in the ICC Trophy.[24] They played in the ACC Trophy again in 1998, losing to Malaysia in the semi-finals.[25]

21st century[]

2000–2009[]

In 2000, Hong Kong reached the final of the ACC Trophy, where they lost to the United Arab Emirates.[26] Nonetheless, this earned them qualification for the 2002 Asia Cup (which was subsequently moved to 2004), and thus their first taste of One Day International cricket.[6]

Hong Kong fared poorly in the 2001 ICC Trophy, going out in the group stage having achieved only one win, against Papua New Guinea.[27] In 2002, they reached the semi-finals of the ACC Trophy, again losing to the United Arab Emirates.[28]

At the 2004 Asia Cup, held in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong were drawn alongside Test nations Bangladesh and Pakistan. They lost both matches heavily, despite restricting Bangladesh to 221/9 in the first match.[29][30]

Also in 2004, Hong Kong failed to progress beyond the first round of the ACC Trophy after losing in the group stages to Oman and Bahrain, missing out on qualification for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland.[31] They also reached the final of the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament, losing to the United Arab Emirates.[6] Hong Kong played in the Intercontinental Cup for the first time in 2005. They lost to the UAE and drew with Nepal, failing to reach the semi-finals.[14] They finished last in the fast-track nations tournament the same year.[32]

In 2006, Hong Kong again lost to the United Arab Emirates in the final of the ACC Trophy,[33] and finished fourth in the ACC Premier League.[34] The following year, they travelled to Darwin, Australia to take part in Division Three of the World Cricket League, finishing fifth,[35] relegating them to Division Four for 2008.[36]

In October/November 2007, Hong Kong took part in the inaugural ACC Twenty20 Cup held in Kuwait, where they played in Group B against the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Hong Kong finished 4th in their group and failed to make to the semi-finals stage.

In June 2008, Hong Kong took part in the Asia Cup in Pakistan. They failed to progress beyond the group stage to the Super Four stage, as they lost both of their group A matches against India and Pakistan convincingly.[37]

In October 2008, Hong Kong travelled to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania to participate in Division Four of the World Cricket League. Hong Kong won four group matches against; Fiji, Italy, Jersey and the hosts but lost twice to Afghanistan in their group match and the Final.[38] Hong Kong's top two finish resulted in their promotion back to Division Three.[39]

2010–present[]

In 2011 they hosted the Division Three and won it defeating Papua New Guinea in the finals to qualify for Division Two to be held in the United Arab Emirates.[40] Then in Division Two they came 4th qualifying as HPP member and for 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand. .[41]

In 2013 the UAE hosted the ICC T20 Qualifier where Hong Kong came 6th by beating Papua New Guinea and just enough to qualify for ICC T20 World Cup 2014 held in Bangladesh.

In 2014, New Zealand hosted the ICC 50 over world cup qualifier where Hong Kong came third place despite not qualifying for 2015 ICC cricket world cup, they still achieved an ODI status with Papua New Guinea.

In March 2014 Hong Kong beat the host Bangladesh in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 by two wickets with two balls remaining but could not make it to the next stage of super 10 having lost the two earlier matches to Afghanistan and Nepal[42]

Hong Kong first ODI win against a full member came on 8 March 2018 defeating Afghanistan in 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[43]

8 March 2018
09:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
241/8 (50 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
195/9 (46 overs)
Anshuman Rath 65 (90)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3/26 (10 overs)
Dawlat Zadran 40* (30)
Ehsan Khan 4/33 (9 overs)
Hong Kong won by 30 runs (D/L method)
Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Paul Wilson (Aus)
Player of the match: Ehsan Khan (HK)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Afghanistan were set a revised target of 226 runs from 46 overs due to rain.
  • This was Hong Kong's first win against a Full Member side in ODIs.

Grounds[]

The Mission Road Ground is the only international ground in Hong Kong.

Tournament history[]

T20 World Cup[]

T20 World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
South Africa 2007 Did not qualify
England 2009
West Indies Cricket Board 2010
Sri Lanka 2012
Bangladesh 2014 Group stage 15/16 3 1 2 0 0
India 2016 Group stage 16/16 3 0 3 0 0
India 2021 Did not qualify
Australia 2022 TBD
Total 6 1 5 0 0

ICC Trophy / World Cup Qualifier[]

ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier record
Year Round Position P W L T NR A
England 1979 Did not participate
England 1982 Group stage 8/16 7 2 3 0 0 2
England 1986 Group stage 8/16 8 3 5 0 0 0
Netherlands 1990 Plate round 11/17 8 5 3 0 0 0
Kenya 1994 Second round 8/20 7 3 4 0 0 0
Malaysia 1997 Second round 8/22 7 3 3 0 1 0
Canada 2001 Group stage 17/24 5 1 4 0 0 0
Ireland 2005 Did not qualify
South Africa 2009
New Zealand 2014 Super Sixes 3/10 9 6 2 0 0 0
Zimbabwe 2018 Playoffs 10/10 6 1 5 0 0 0
Total 57 25 29 0 1 2

T20 World Cup Qualifier[]

  • 2012: 11th place
  • 2013: 6th place
  • 2015: 4th place
  • 2019: 7th place

ICC Intercontinental Cup[]

Intercontinental Cup record
Year Round Position P W L D T NR
2004 Did not qualify
2005 Group stage 11/12 2 0 1 1 0 0
2006–07 Did not qualify
2007–08
2009–10
2011–13
2015–17 Round Robin 4/8 7 2 3 0 1 1
Total 9 2 4 1 1 1

World Cricket League[]

Asia Cup[]

  • 1983 to 1995 inclusive: Did not participate[8]
  • 1997: Did not qualify[8]
  • 2000: Did not qualify[8]
  • 2004: First round[30]
  • 2008: First round [47]
  • 2010: Did not qualify
  • 2012: Did not qualify
  • 2014: Did not qualify
  • 2016: Did not qualify
  • 2018: First round

Asia Cup Qualifier[]

  • 2018: Winner (Qualified for 2018 Asia Cup)
  • 2020: Qualified

ACC Eastern Region T20[]

  • 2018: Did not participate
  • 2020: Runner up (Qualified for 2020 Asia Cup Qualifier)

ACC Trophy[]

ACC Premier League[]

  • 2014: 5th place

ACC Twenty20 Cup[]

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament[]

  • 2004/05: Runners-up[6]
  • 2005/06: 5th place[32]
  • 2006/07: 4th place[34]

Asian Games[]

Players[]

For a list of Hong Kong ODI cricketers, see List of Hong Kong ODI cricketers.
For a list of Hong Kong T20I cricketers, see List of Hong Kong Twenty20 International cricketers.

Coaching staff[]

  • High Performance Manager : Hong Kong Mark Farmer
  • Head coach: Australia Trent Johnston[49]
  • Asst. coach: Hong Kong Jawaid Iqbal
  • Performance analyst: England Chris Pickett

Records[]

International Match Summary – Hong Kong[50][51]

Last updated 6 March 2020.

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
One Day Internationals 26 9 16 0 1 16 July 2004
Twenty20 Internationals 44 16 28 0 0 16 March 2014

One Day Internationals[]

ODI record versus other nations[50]

Records complete to ODI #4039. Last updated 18 September 2018.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Test nations
 Afghanistan 2 1 1 0 0 1 May 2014 8 March 2018
 Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0 16 July 2004
 India 2 0 2 0 0 25 June 2008
 Pakistan 3 0 3 0 0 18 July 2004
 Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0 0 10 March 2018
vs Associate Members
 Papua New Guinea 8 4 4 0 0 8 November 2014 4 November 2016
 Scotland 5 2 2 0 1 26 January 2016 26 January 2016
 United Arab Emirates 4 2 2 0 0 4 May 2014 16 November 2015

Twenty20 Internationals[]

T20I record versus other nations[51]

Records complete to T20I #1076. Last updated 6 March 2020.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Test nations
 Afghanistan 5 2 3 0 0 18 March 2014 21 July 2015
 Bangladesh 1 1 0 0 0 20 March 2014 20 March 2014
 Ireland 4 2 2 0 0 17 July 2015 17 July 2015
 Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0 0 8 March 2016
vs Associate Members
 Canada 1 1 0 0 0 24 October 2019 24 October 2019
 Jersey 1 1 0 0 0 23 October 2019 23 October 2019
 Malaysia 6 1 5 0 0 20 February 2020 6 March 2020
 Nigeria 1 1 0 0 0 27 October 2019 27 October 2019
   Nepal 5 3 2 0 0 16 March 2014 24 November 2014
 Netherlands 2 1 1 0 0 18 January 2017 18 January 2017
 Oman 8 1 7 0 0 21 November 2015 26 November 2015
 Scotland 5 1 4 0 0 25 July 2015 30 January 2016
 Singapore 1 0 1 0 0 4 March 2020
 Thailand 1 1 0 0 0 3 March 2020 3 March 2020
 United Arab Emirates 2 0 2 0 0 21 February 2016

International records/World records[]

  • Jamie Atkinson was the first player (either male or female) born in the 1990s to play in ODI cricket.[64][65]
  • Ryan Campbell who formerly played for Australia in ODIs, became the oldest player in T20I cricket to make his T20I debut at the age of 44 and 30 days.[66]
  • Holds the record for the highest ODI partnership for any wicket by an associate nation (174 for the first wicket between Nizakat Khan and Anshuman Rath v India)[67]
  • Hong Kong set the record for taking the longest time duration to lose their first wicket in an ODI match (34.1 overs against India at the 2018 Asia Cup)[68]
  • Babar Hayat holds the joint record for taking the most catches in a single T20I as a fielder (4) along with Darren Sammy, Ajinkya Rahane, Peter Borren, Corey Anderson and Dinesh Chandimal.
  • Babar Hayat's 122 is also the highest individual score by a player from associate nation in a T20I.
  • Some of the Hong Kong cricketer have also played for County Cricket like Jamie Atkinson for Durham UCCE/MCCU and Warwickshire , Jhathavedh Subramanyan for Durham MCCU , Anshuman Rath for Middlesex 2nd XI and Alexander French for Wales Minor Counties

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