Hong Kong national cricket team

The Hong Kong men's national cricket team is the team that represents Hong Kong in international competition. It played its first match in 1866[5] and has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1969.[6]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Hong Kong women's national cricket team.
Hong Kong
香港板球
AssociationCricket Hong Kong
Personnel
CaptainNizakat Khan
CoachSimon Willis
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 21st 11th (31 Aug 2015)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv  Bangladesh at Singhalese Sports Club Cricket 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  United Arab Emirates at Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara; 25 October 2023
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 69 28/41
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[4] 15 7/8
(0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances2 (first in 2014)
Best resultGroup stage (2014, 2016)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances4 (first in 2012)
Best result4th (2015)

List A and T20I kit

As of 25 October 2023

Hong Kong played its first One Day Internationals in the 2004 Asia Cup,[7] and in January 2014 was granted ODI status until 2018, as a result of finishing third in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[8] The team gained Twenty20 International status in November 2013, as a result of qualifying for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]

Hong Kong has played in every ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier tournament, with the exceptions of the 1979 and 2005 events.[12] It has also taken part in two ICC Intercontinental Cup tournaments, in 2005[13] 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.[14]

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.[5]

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.[15]

1948 saw the last game against Shanghai.[5]Jack Chegwyn led the first international team to Hong Kong in 1952, and the first tour by an MCC team was in 1966.[5] The MCC, captained by Mike Smith played one match against the national side, winning by 74 runs.[16] In 1969 the Hong Kong Cricket Association became an associate member of the International Cricket Council, cricket's global ruling body.[6]

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,[17] but it was not until the 1982 ICC Trophy when the Hong Kong team next played.[5] At that tournament the Hong Kong team, which featured future England Test cricketer Dermot Reeve, failed to progress beyond the first round.[18]

Hong Kong took part in the following three ICC Trophy tournaments, again failing to progress beyond the first round in 1986,[19] reaching the plate competition in 1990[20] and the second round in 1994.[21] They then played in the inaugural ACC Trophy tournament in 1996,[5] failing to progress beyond the group stage after losing to Bangladesh and Fiji.[22]

In 1997, Hong Kong returned to Chinese control. In the same year, the national team finished eighth in the ICC Trophy.[23] They played in the ACC Trophy again in 1998, losing to Malaysia in the semi-finals.[24]

2000–2009

In 2000, Hong Kong reached the final of the ACC Trophy, where they lost to the United Arab Emirates.[25] 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.[5]

Hong Kong fared poorly in the 2001 ICC Trophy, going out in the group stage having achieved only one win, against Papua New Guinea.[26] In 2002, they reached the semi-finals of the ACC Trophy, again losing to the United Arab Emirates.[27]

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.[28][29]

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.[30] They also reached the final of the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament, losing to the United Arab Emirates.[5] 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.[13] They finished last in the fast-track nations tournament the same year.[31]

In 2006, Hong Kong again lost to the United Arab Emirates in the final of the ACC Trophy,[32] and finished fourth in the ACC Premier League.[33] The following year, they travelled to Darwin, Australia to take part in Division Three of the World Cricket League, finishing fifth,[34] relegating them to Division Four for 2008.[35]

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.[36]

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.[37] Hong Kong's top two finish resulted in their promotion back to Division Three.[38]

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.[39] Then in Division Two they came 4th qualifying as HPP member and for 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand. .[40]

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[41]

Hong Kong first ODI win against a full member came on 8 March 2018 defeating Afghanistan in 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[42]

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 2007Did not qualify
England 2009
Cricket West Indies 2010
Sri Lanka 2012
Bangladesh 2014Group stage15/1631200
India 2016Group stage16/1630300
OmanUnited Arab Emirates 2021Did not qualify
Australia 2022
Cricket West Indies United States 2024TBD
Total61500

ICC Trophy / World Cup Qualifier
ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier record
Year Round Position P W L T NR A
England 1979Did not participate
England 1982Group stage8/16723002
England 1986Group stage8/16835000
Netherlands 1990Plate round11/17853000
Kenya 1994Second round8/20734000
Malaysia 1997Second round8/22733010
Canada 2001Group stage17/24514000
Ireland 2005Did not qualify
South Africa 2009
New Zealand 2014Super Sixes3/10962000
Zimbabwe 2018Playoffs10/10615000
Total572529012 0 0

T20 World Cup Qualifier
  • 2012: 11th place
  • 2013: 6th place
  • 2015: 4th place
  • 2019: 7th place
  • 2022: 6th place
  • 2023 (T20 WC Asia Qualifier): Qualified

ICC Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup record
Year Round Position P W L D T NR
2004Did not qualify
2005Group stage11/12201100
2006–07Did not qualify
2007–08
2009–10
2011–13
2015–17Round Robin4/8723011
Total924111

World Cricket League

Asia Cup

Asia Cup Qualifier

ACC Eastern Region T20

ACC Trophy

ACC Premier League

ACC Twenty20 Cup

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament
  • 2004/05: Runners-up[5]
  • 2005/06: 5th place[31]
  • 2006/07: 4th place[33]

Asian Games

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Hong Kong in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest One-day or T20I squad. Updated as of 24 September 2023.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Forms Notes
Batters
Babar Hayat31Right-handedRight-arm mediumOne-day & T20I
Nizakat Khan31Right-handedRight-arm leg breakOne-day & T20ICaptain
Anshuman Rath25Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxOne-day
Shahid Wasif26Right-handedRight-arm off breakOne-day & T20I
Shiv Mathur15Right-handedRight-arm mediumT20I
Akbar Khan26Right-handedRight-arm mediumT20I
Martin Coetzee35Right-handedRight-arm mediumT20I
All-rounders
Yasim Murtaza32Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxOne-day & T20I
Aizaz Khan30Right-handedRight-arm mediumOne-day & T20I
Kinchit Shah27Left-handedRight-arm off breakOne-day & T20IVice-captain
Haroon Arshad24Right-handedRight-arm mediumOne-day & T20I
Raag Kapur24Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxT20I
Wicket-keepers
Zeeshan Ali34Right-handedOne-day & T20I
Scott McKechnie32Right-handedT20I
Muhammad Khan28Right-handedT20I
Spin Bowlers
Ehsan Khan38Right-handedRight-arm off breakOne-day & T20I
Mohammad Ghazanfar28Right-handedRight-arm leg breakOne-day & T20I
Pace Bowlers
Ayush Shukla20Right-handedRight-arm mediumOne-day & T20I
Nasrulla Rana21Right-handedRight-arm mediumOne-day & T20I
Hassan Khan Mohammad23Right-handedRight-arm mediumT20I
Niaz Ali30Left-handedLeft-arm mediumT20I
Adil Mehmood34Right-handedRight-arm mediumT20I
Mohammad Waheed20Right-handedRight-arm mediumT20I

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

Coaching history

Records

International Match Summary – Hong Kong[51][52]

Last updated 25 October 2023.

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
One Day Internationals269160116 July 2004
Twenty20 Internationals6928410016 March 2014

One Day Internationals

ODI record versus other nations[51]

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

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Test nations
 Afghanistan211001 May 20148 March 2018
 Bangladesh1010016 July 2004
 India2020025 June 2008
 Pakistan3030018 July 2004
 Zimbabwe1010010 March 2018
vs Associate Members
 Papua New Guinea844008 November 20144 November 2016
 Scotland5220126 January 201626 January 2016
 United Arab Emirates422004 May 201416 November 2015

Twenty20 Internationals

T20I record versus other nations[52]

Records complete to T20I #2328. Last updated 25 October 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Test nations
 Afghanistan5230018 March 201421 July 2015
 Bangladesh1100020 March 201420 March 2014
 India1010031 August 2022
 Ireland4220017 July 201517 July 2015
 Pakistan202002 September 2022
 Zimbabwe101008 March 2016
vs Associate Members
 Bahrain110008 March 20238 March 2023
 Cambodia1100028 September 202328 September 2023
 Canada1100024 October 201924 October 2019
 Japan110001 October 20231 October 2023
 Jersey1100023 October 201923 October 2019
 Kuwait2200023 August 202223 August 2022
 Malaysia10370020 February 20206 March 2020
 Nigeria1100027 October 201927 October 2019
   Nepal7340016 March 201424 November 2014
 Netherlands3120018 January 201718 January 2017
 Oman8170021 November 201526 November 2015
 Papua New Guinea3120014 July 202214 July 2022
 Scotland5140025 July 201530 January 2016
 Singapore321004 March 202015 July 2022
 Thailand110003 March 20203 March 2020
 Uganda2020011 July 2022
 United Arab Emirates5230021 February 201624 August 2022

International records/World records

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