Hong Kong national cricket team

Hong Kong
香港板球
AssociationCricket Hong Kong, China
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 23th 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  Kuwait at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi; 9 September 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 100 45/52
(1 tie, 2 no results)
This year[5] 28 16/9
(1 tie, 2 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances2 (first in 2014)
Best resultGroup stage (2014, 2016)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances6[a] (first in 2012)
Best result4th (2015)

List A and T20I kit

As of 9 September 2024

The Hong Kong men's national cricket team is the team that represents Hong Kong in international competitions. 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 have the full T20I status.[15]

  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "ODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ Chronology of Hong Kong cricket
  7. ^ Hong Kong at CricketArchive
  8. ^ List of Hong Kong ODIs Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
  9. ^ "Scotland and UAE battle lock horns in final of ICC CWCQ 2014". International Cricket Council. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Hong Kong, Netherlands through to World T20". ESPNcricinfo. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  11. ^ "CWCQ 2018 Report Card: Hong Kong". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  12. ^ "ICC awards Asia Cup ODI status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  13. ^ ICC Trophy matches played by Hong Kong Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
  14. ^ 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  15. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.


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