2024 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes

Six-a-side cricket tournament in Hong Kong

Cricket tournament

2024 Hong Kong Cricket SixesDates| 1 – 3 November 2024

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Administrator(s)| Cricket Hong Kong, China
Cricket format| Six-a-side
5 overs Match
Tournament format(s)| Round-robin and Knockouts
Host(s)|  Hong Kong
Participants| 12
Matches| 29
Official website| Official website

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The 2024 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes is the 20th edition of the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes that is taking place at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. The tournament consists of 12 nations that are competing across three days from 1 to 3 November 2024. This marks a return of the tournament after a 7-year hiatus.[1][2]

## Background

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The Hong Kong Cricket Sixes is a six-a-side international cricket tournament held at the Kowloon Cricket Club. It is organised by the Cricket Hong Kong and sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. The first edition was played in 1992 and was last played in 2017.[3][4] The tournament is set to return in 2024 after a 7-year hiatus and will expand to 12 nations from 8 in previous editions.[5][6][7][8] South Africa are the defending champions, having defeated Pakistan in the previous cup final.[9][10][11]

### Rules and regulations

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All standard laws of the game as laid down by the MCC applied with the following significant differences:[12]

* Games are played between two teams of six players.
* Games consist of five overs of six balls, with the exception of the final which consists of five overs of eight balls.
* Each member of the fielding side, with the exception of the wicket-keeper shall bowl one over.
* Wides and no-balls count as two runs to the batting side, plus an extra ball.
* If five wickets fall (not including batsmen retiring not out) before the allocated overs have been completed, the remaining batsman continues, with the last batsman out remaining as a runner. The not out batsman shall always face strike and shall be declared out if his partner is declared out.
* A batsman must retire not out on reaching 50 runs, but not before. He may complete all runs scored on the ball on which he reaches his 31 and retire immediately after.
* If one of the last pair of batsmen is out, any remaining not out batsman may resume his innings. In the case where there is more than one, they must return in the order they retired.

### Format

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The tournament features 12 teams divided into four pools, each containing three teams. After the round-robin stage, the top two teams from each group will compete in the Cup finals round, while all third-placed teams will participate in the Bowl League finals.

Cup Finals

The top two teams from each group will play in the Cup finals quarterfinal rounds, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The four quarterfinal losers will compete in the Plate semifinals.

Plate Finals

The four quarterfinal losers will play in two semifinals:

* Semifinal 1: QF Loser 1 vs. QF Loser 2
* Semifinal 2: QF Loser 3 vs. QF Loser 4

The winners of these semifinals will advance to the Plate finals.

Bowl League Finals

All three third-placed teams will compete in a round-robin format, with the top two teams qualifying for the Bowl final.[13]

## Teams and squads

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Pool A | Pool B

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Hong Kong[14] |  New Zealand |  South Africa[15] |  Australia |  England |  Nepal

* Nizakat Khan (c)
* Zeeshan Ali
* Imran Arif
* Ehsan Khan
* Jason Lui
* Sahal Malvernkar
* Benny Paras

* Todd Astle (c)
* Xavier Bell
* Sam Cassidy
* Siddesh Dixit
* Raunaq Kapur
* Henry McIntyre
* Harmeet Singh

* JJ Smuts (c)
* Matthew Boast
* Evan Jones
* Luthando Midiri
* Don Radebe
* Jacques Snyman
* Aubrey Swanepoel

* Dan Christian (c)
* Fawad Ahmed
* Andrew Fekete
* Sam Heazlett
* James Pattinson
* Alex Ross
* Jack Wood

* Ravi Bopara (c)
* Ed Barnard
* Ethan Brookes
* James Coles
* Alex Davies
* Samit Patel
* Jordan Thompson

* Sandeep Jora (c)
* Lokesh Bam
* Pratis GC
* Narayan Joshi
* Rashid Khan
* Dipendra Rawat
* Bibek Yadav

Pool C | Pool D
India[16][17] |  Pakistan[18] |  United Arab Emirates |  Bangladesh |  Oman |  Sri Lanka[19]

* Robin Uthappa (c)
* Manoj Tiwari
* Stuart Binny
* Shreevats Goswami
* Kedar Jadhav
* Bharat Chipli
* Shahbaz Nadeem

* Faheem Ashraf (c)
* Muhammad Akhlaq
* Asif Ali
* Danish Aziz
* Shadab Khan
* Hussain Talat
* Aamer Yamin

* Asif Khan (c)
* Akif Raja
* Khalid Shah
* Sanchit Sharma
* Ansh Tandon
* Zuhaib Zubair

* Yasir Ali (c)
* Abdullah Al Mamum
* Jishan Alam
* Sohag Gazi
* Abu Hider
* Nahidul Islam
* Mohammad Saifuddin

* Sandeep Goud (c)
* Shoaib Al Balushi
* Mujibur Ali
* Zikria Islam
* Asif Khan
* Hassnain Ali Shah

* Lahiru Madushanka (c)
* Thanuka Dabare
* Dhananjaya Lakshan
* Tharindu Rathnayake
* Lahiru Samarakoon
* Nimesh Vimukthi
* Sandun Weerakkody

## Group stage

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Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D

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* Hong Kong
* New Zealand
* South Africa

* Australia
* England
* Nepal

* India
* Pakistan
* United Arab Emirates

* Bangladesh
* Oman
* Sri Lanka

### Pool A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification

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1  |  South Africa | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 4.810  | Advance to Quarter-finals
2  |  New Zealand | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | --
3  |  Hong Kong | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | −4.810  | Advance to Bowl finals

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: ESPNCricinfo

#### Fixtures

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1 November 2024
Scorecard

Hong Kong
92/0 (6 overs)

South Africa
94/3 (4.4 overs)

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Nizakat Khan 45* (18)

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Jacques Snyman 27 (10)
Benny Paras 2/25 (1 over)

South Africa won by 3 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: JJ Smuts (SA)

* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

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1 November 2024
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Hong Kong

New Zealand

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK)

* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

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1 November 2024
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South Africa

New Zealand

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

### Pool B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification

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1  |  Nepal | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 6.679  | Advance to Quarter-finals
2  |  Australia | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | --
3  |  England | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | −6.679  | Advance to Bowl finals

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: ESPNCricinfo

#### Fixtures

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1 November 2024
Scorecard

England
97 (5.5 overs)

Nepal
99/0 (4.2 overs)

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Ravi Bopara 49 (12)
Pratis GC 3/18 (2 overs)

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Sundeep Jora 50* (12)

Nepal won by 6 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Shelton J D'Cruz (HK)
Player of the match: Sundeep Jora (Nep)

* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

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1 November 2024
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England

Australia

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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2 November 2024
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Australia

Nepal

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

### Pool C

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification

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1  |  Pakistan | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2.167  | Advance to Quarter-finals
2  |  India | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | --
3  |  United Arab Emirates | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | −2.167  | Advance to Bowl finals

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: ESPNCricinfo

#### Fixtures

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1 November 2024
Scorecard

Pakistan
128/0 (6 overs)

United Arab Emirates
115/5 (6 overs)

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Muhammad Akhlaq 52* (15)

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Zuhaib Zubair 53 (14)
Asif Ali 2/6 (1 over)

Pakistan won by 13 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Asif Ali (Pak)

* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.

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1 November 2024
Scorecard

India

Pakistan

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK)

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2 November 2024
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India

United Arab Emirates

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

### Pool D

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification

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1  |  Sri Lanka | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | -- | Advance to Quarter-finals
2  |  Bangladesh | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | --
3  |  Oman | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | -- | Advance to Bowl finals

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: ESPNCricinfo

#### Fixtures

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1 November 2024
Scorecard

Oman
78/2 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka
82/2 (4.1 overs)

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Vinayak Shukla 49* (18)
Dhananjaya Lakshan 1/4 (1 over)

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Sandun Weerakkody 28 (7)
Jiten Ramanandi 1/10 (1 over)

Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Shelton J D'Cruz (HK)

* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

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1 November 2024
Scorecard

Bangladesh

Oman

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Shelton J D'Cruz (HK)

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1 November 2024
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Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

## Bowl finals

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### Bowl League

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#### Bowl League Table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |

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1  | A3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | -- | Advance to Bowl Final
2  | B3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | --
3  | C3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | -- |
4  | D3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | --

First match(es) will be played: 1 November 2024. Source: [citation needed]

#### Fixtures

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2 November 2024
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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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2 November 2024
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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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2 November 2024
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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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2 November 2024
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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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3 November 2024
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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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3 November 2024
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### Bowl Final

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3 November 2024
Scorecard

Bowl League 1st Place

Bowl League 2nd Place

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

## Quarter-finals

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### Quarter-final 1

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2 November 2024
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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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### Quarter-final 2

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2 November 2024
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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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### Quarter-final 3

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2 November 2024
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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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### Quarter-final 4

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2 November 2024
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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

## Plate finals

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### Plate Semi-finals

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3 November 2024
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Loser of Quarter-final 1

Loser of Quarter-final 2

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3 November 2024
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Loser of Quarter-final 3

Loser of Quarter-final 4

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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### Plate Final

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3 November 2024
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Plate Semi-final 1

Plate Semi-final

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

## Cup finals

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### Semi-finals

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#### Semi-final 1

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3 November 2024
Scorecard

Winner of Quarter-final 1

Winner of Quarter-final 2

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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#### Semi-final 2

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3 November 2024
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Winner of Quarter-final 3

Winner of Quarter-final 4

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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### Final

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3 November 2024
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Winner of Semi-final 1

Winner of Semi-final 2

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

## Women's Exhibition Match

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A Women’s Exhibition match will also be held on the final day of the tournament to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. [20]

3 November 2024

Hong Kong Women's

Hong Kong Dragons

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Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

## References

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1. ^ "Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes set to make return in November this year". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
2. ^ "The Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes Set to Make a Comeback". The Week. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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## External links

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