2024 Hong Kong Tri-Nation Series

International cricket tournament

Cricket series

2024 Hong Kong Tri-Nation Series

Date| 10–13 March 2024
Location| Hong Kong
Result|  Papua New Guinea won the tournament
Player of the series|  Tony Ura
| Teams

Hong Kong|  Nepal|  Papua New Guinea
Captains
Nizakat Khan|  Rohit Paudel|  Assad Vala
Most runs
Anshuman Rath (92)|  Sundeep Jora (73)|  Tony Ura (125)
Most wickets
Nasrulla Rana (3)|  Kushal Bhurtel (7)|  Assad Vala (4)
Sese Bau (4)
Kabua Morea (4)

The 2024 Hong Kong Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International cricket tournament that was played in March 2024 in Hong Kong.[1] The participating teams were Hong Kong, Nepal and Papua New Guinea.[2][3]

The tournament was played in a single round-robin format.[4] The top two sides in the group stage proceeded to the final, while the last team played in a third-place game against Hong Kong A. All of the matches were played at the Mission Road Ground.[5]

The hosts failed to progress to the final after their match against Nepal ended in no result due to rain, and they lost to Papua New Guinea by 10 wickets.[6] Hong Kong defeated Hong Kong A in the 3rd place play-off by 70 runs.[7] Papua New Guinea defeated Nepal in the final by 86 runs.[8][9]

## Squads

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Hong Kong[10] |  Nepal[11] |  Papua New Guinea[12]

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* Nizakat Khan (c)
* Yasim Murtaza (vc)
* Zeeshan Ali (wk)
* Jamie Atkinson (wk)
* Martin Coetzee
* Babar Hayat
* Ateeq Iqbal
* Aizaz Khan
* Anas Khan
* Ehsan Khan
* Nasrulla Rana
* Dhananjay Rao
* Anshuman Rath
* Ayush Shukla

* Rohit Paudel (c)
* Lokesh Bam
* Binod Bhandari (wk)
* Kushal Bhurtel
* Abinash Bohara
* Aakash Chand
* Sagar Dhakal
* Pratis GC
* Gulshan Jha
* Sundeep Jora
* Karan KC
* Rashid Khan
* Aarif Sheikh
* Bibek Yadav

* Assad Vala (c)
* Charles Amini
* Sese Bau
* Kiplin Doriga (wk)
* Jack Gardner
* John Kariko
* Semo Kamea
* Hiri Hiri
* Kabua Morea
* Alei Nao
* Nosaina Pokana
* Chad Soper
* Lega Siaka
* Tony Ura (wk)
* Hila Vare (wk)
* Norman Vanua

## Friendship Cup

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Friendship Cup

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|  Hong Kong|  Nepal
Date|  9 March 2024
Captains|  Nizakat Khan|  Rohit Paudel
Twenty20 International series
Results|  Hong Kong won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs|  Babar Hayat (110)|  Binod Bhandari (42)
Most wickets|  Aizaz Khan (4)|  Aakash Chand (3)

Hong Kong and Nepal played a one-off Twenty20 International match on 9 March 2024 for the Friendship Cup, celebrating the relationship between Cricket Hong Kong, China and the Cricket Association of Nepal.[2] Hong Kong won the match by 73 runs.[13]

### Only T20I

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9 March 2024
13:30
Scorecard

Hong Kong
212/6 (20 overs)

Nepal
139 (16.4 overs)

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Babar Hayat 110 (49)
Aakash Chand 3/27 (3 overs)

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Binod Bhandari 42 (22)
Aizaz Khan 4/26 (3.4 overs)

Hong Kong won by 73 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Babar Hayat (HK)

* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
* Aakash Chand (Nep) made his T20I debut.

## Round-robin

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### Points table

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

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1  |  Nepal | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 4.250  | Advanced to the final
2  |  Papua New Guinea | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2  | −0.720
3  |  Hong Kong | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 1  | −3.739  |

Source: ESPNcricinfo[14]

### Fixtures

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10 March 2024
13:30
Scorecard

Hong Kong
65/2 (8 overs)

Nepal

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Anshuman Rath 36* (24)
Gulsan Jha 1/18 (2 overs)

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No result
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)

* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play was possible due to rain.

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12 March 2024
09:00
Scorecard

Nepal
198/6 (20 overs)

Papua New Guinea
113 (16.1 overs)

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Kushal Bhurtel 59 (39)
Assad Vala 2/18 (3 overs)

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Hiri Hiri 28 (19)
Kushal Bhurtel 4/12 (4 overs)

Nepal won by 85 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)

* Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
* Kushal Bhurtel (Nep) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.[15]

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12 March 2024
14:00
Scorecard

Hong Kong
121 (18.3 overs)

Papua New Guinea
124/0 (12.4 overs)

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Zeeshan Ali 55* (29)
Sese Bau 2/10 (2 overs)

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Sese Bau 61* (43)

Papua New Guinea won by 10 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Sese Bau (PNG)

* Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.

## 3rd place play-off

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13 March 2024
09:00
Scorecard

Hong Kong
235/4 (20 overs)

Hong Kong A
165/7 (20 overs)

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Anshuman Rath 55 (26)
Rajab Hussain 2/14 (2 overs)

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Jason Lui 58 (40)
Nasrulla Rana 3/34 (4 overs)

Hong Kong won by 70 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: John Prakash (HK) and Hemant Tukrul (HK)
Player of the match: Anshuman Rath (HK)

* Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.

## Final

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13 March 2024
14:00
Scorecard

Papua New Guinea
171/8 (20 overs)

Nepal
85 (16.3 overs)

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Tony Ura 61 (37)
Kushal Bhurtel 3/24 (4 overs)

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Sundeep Jora 17 (13)
Sese Bau 2/10 (2 overs)

Papua New Guinea won by 86 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Tony Ura (PNG)

* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

## References

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1. ^ "Hong Kong's men set for tough T20 test against Nepal, Papua New Guinea in latest tri series". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
2. ^ a b "Hong Kong, China to host two T20 World Cup Teams in the Hong Kong Men's T20I Series 2024!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
3. ^ "Nepal gears up for Tri-Nation T20 Series in Hong Kong". Khabarhub. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
4. ^ "Cricket Hong Kong to host Nepal and PNG for T20I in March". Czarsportz. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
5. ^ @CricketNep (2 March 2024). "Fixtures Announcement Get ready for more T20I Cricket Action. Keep your eyes upon the #Rhinos as take against the hosts Cricket Hong Kong and PNG, starting 9th of March" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
6. ^ "Sloppy Hong Kong suffer bruising defeat against Papua New Guinea to miss out on own T20 tri-series final". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
7. ^ "Young Hong Kong cricketers give several reasons for optimism while their senior counterparts show what should have been". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
8. ^ "Nepal batting collapse hands PNG T20I series trophy". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
9. ^ "Papua New Guinea avenge round-robin loss to Nepal, win Hong Kong T20I tri-series". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
10. ^ "Hong Kong, China selectors announce Hong Kong, China squad for T20I Series". Cricket Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
11. ^ "Nepal's squad announced for Tri-Nation T20 Series in Hong Kong". Khabarhub. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
12. ^ "Cricket PNG announce Kumul Petroleum PNG Barramundis team to tour India, Oman and Malaysia". Cricket PNG. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
13. ^ "Nepal lose one-off T20I to Hong Kong by 73 runs". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
14. ^ "Hong Kong Men's T20I Series 2023/24". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
15. ^ "Nepal face PNG in Hong Kong T20I series final". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

## External links

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* Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Friendship Cup)
* Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Tri-nation series)

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