Friday, December 14, 2007

Hong Kong cricket team
The Hong Kong cricket team is the cricket team representing Hong Kong. They played their first one-day internationals in the 2004 Asian Cricket Council Asia Cup, and in 2005 they played their first first class matches competing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup for the first time. From 1992 onwards Hong Kong has played host to the Hong Kong Sixes, an annual six-a-side competition that attracts teams from the leading cricketing nations.

International competitions

Tournament History
Hong Kong have never qualified for the Cricket World Cup.

World Cup

2004: Did not participate
2005: First round Intercontinental Cup

1979: Did not participate
1982: First round
1986: First round
1990: Plate competition
1994: Second round
1997: 8th place
2001: First round
2005: Did not qualify ICC Trophy

1983 to 1995 inclusive: Did not participate
1997: Did not qualify
2000: Did not qualify
2004: First round Asia Cup

1996: First round
1998: Semi Finals
2000: Runners up
2002: Semi Finals
2004: First round
2006: Runners up ACC Trophy

2006: Last Place (Out of 5 teams) ACC Premier League
Selected for the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament:
The reserve players are as follows:

Ilyas Gull (Captain)
Najeeb Aamer (Vice-captain)
Afzaal Haider
Butt Hussain
Courtney Kruger
Irfan Ahmed
Khalid Khan
Mark Eames
Mark Kratzmann
Nadeem Ahmed
Nasir Hameed
Rahul Sharma
Ravi Sujanani
Zain Abbas
Ghulam Mustafa
Imran Idrees
Skhawat Ali
Tabarak Dar Cricket in 2007

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