Interesting Facts About Hong Kong National Cricket Team: The Hong Kong national cricket team is the team that represents Hong Kong when it competes against other countries. Its first game was in 1866, and since 1969, it has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Interesting Facts About Hong Kong National Cricket Team
In the 2004 Asia Cup, Hong Kong participated for the first time in One Day Internationals. Because it came in third place in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, it was given ODI status until 2018. After qualifying for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in November 2013, the team became a Twenty20 International. In March 2018, Hong Kong lost its ODI status after losing a play-off match to the Netherlands during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. After winning the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier, they did play two more ODI matches at the 2018 Asia Cup in September. This was because the ICC said that all matches at the finals would be ODIs.
Except for 1979 and 2005, Hong Kong has played in every ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier tournament. It has also played in two ICC Intercontinental Cup tournaments, in 2005 and 2015–17, and two ICC T20 World Cup tournaments, in 2014 and 2016.
In April 2018, the ICC decided that all of its members would be given full Twenty20 International (T20I) status. So, after January 1, 2019, every Twenty20 match between Hong Kong and another ICC member will be a full T20I.
History
The British brought the sport to Hong Kong. The first game on record took place in 1841, and ten years later, the Hong Kong Cricket Club was formed.
Also, in 2004, Hong Kong didn’t make it past the first round of the ACC Trophy. They lost to Oman and Bahrain in the group stages, so they didn’t qualify for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland.
The first time Hong Kong played in the Intercontinental Cup was in 2005.
Hong Kong got back into Division Three because they came in second.
In 2011, they hosted Division Three and won it by beating Papua New Guinea in the finals. This got them into Division Two, which was held in the United Arab Emirates.
In 2013, the United Arab Emirates hosted the ICC T20 Qualifier. Hong Kong beat Papua New Guinea to finish 6th, which was just enough to get them into the ICC T20 World Cup 2014, which was held in Bangladesh.
In March 2014, Hong Kong beat the host country Bangladesh by two wickets with two balls left to play in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. However, because they had lost their first two games to Afghanistan and Nepal, they did not make it to the next round of the super 10.
On March 8, 2018, Hong Kong beat Afghanistan in a Cricket World Cup Qualifier. This was their first win in an ODI against a full member.
Tournaments
T20 World Cup
| T20 World Cup record | |||||||
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2007 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2009 | |||||||
| 2010 | |||||||
| 2012 | |||||||
| 2014 | Group stage | 15/16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Group stage | 16/16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2022 | |||||||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
ICC Trophy / World Cup Qualifier
| ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier record | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | A |
| 1979 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 1982 | Group stage | 8/16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1986 | Group stage | 8/16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | Plate round | 11/17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | Second round | 8/20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | Second round | 8/22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | Group stage | 17/24 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2009 | ||||||||
| 2014 | Super Sixes | 3/10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Playoffs | 10/10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 57 | 25 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
T20 World Cup Qualifier
| Year | Position |
| 2012 | 11th Place |
| 2013 | 6th Place |
| 2015 | 4th Place |
| 2019 | 7th Place |
| 2022 | 6th Place |
ICC Intercontinental Cup
| Intercontinental Cup record | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | D | T | NR |
| 2004 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2005 | Group stage | 11/12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006–07 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2007–08 | ||||||||
| 2009–10 | ||||||||
| 2011–13 | ||||||||
| 2015–17 | Round Robin | 4/8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Records
Most Runs
| Most ODI Runs | |||
| Player | Runs | Average | Career span |
| Anshuman Rath | 828 | 51.75 | 2014–2018 |
| Babar Hayat | 784 | 39.2 | 2014–2018 |
| Nizakat Khan | 675 | 33.75 | 2014–2018 |
| Tanwir Afzal | 292 | 18.25 | 2014–2018 |
| Aizaz Khan | 260 | 20 | 2014–2018 |
| Most T20I Runs | |||
| Player | Runs | Average | Career span |
| Nizakat Khan | 889 | 19.32 | 2014–2022 |
| Babar Hayat | 661 | 26.44 | 2014–2022 |
| Kinchit Shah | 593 | 19.76 | 2014–2022 |
| Aizaz Khan | 410 | 13.22 | 2014–2022 |
| Mark Chapman | 392 | 23.05 | 2014–2016 |
Most Wickets
| Most ODI wickets | |||
| Player | Wickets | Average | Career span |
| Nadeem Ahmed | |||
| Ehsan Khan | 29 | 20.48 | 2016–2018 |
| Tanwir Afzal | 19 | 31.63 | 2014–2018 |
| Ehsan Nawaz | 16 | 28.62 | 2014–2018 |
| Aizaz Khan | 16 | 42.5 | 2014–2018 |
| Most T20I wickets | |||
| Player | Wickets | Average | Career span |
| Aizaz Khan | 54 | 19.29 | 2014–2022 |
| Ehsan Khan | 30 | 20.13 | 2016–2022 |
| Nadeem Ahmed | 25 | 21.84 | 2014–2017 |
| Haseeb Amjad | 24 | 18.87 | 2014–2016 |
| Tanwir Afzal | 19 | 26.78 | 2014–2016 |
Highest individual innings
| Highest individual innings in ODI | ||||
| Player | Score | Opposition | Venue | Year |
| Anshuman Rath | 143* | Papua New Guinea | Dubai | 2017 |
| Mark Chapman | 124* | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 2015 |
| Anshuman Rath | 97 | Scotland | Mong Kok | 2016 |
| Nizakat Khan | 94 | Scotland | Mong Kok | 2016 |
| Nizakat Khan | 93 | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 2017 |
Best bowling figures
| Best bowling figures in an innings in ODI | ||||
| Player | Score | Opposition | Venue | Year |
| Kinchit Shah | 4/10 | Papua New Guinea | Harare | 2018 |
| Nadeem Ahmed | 4/26 | Scotland | Mong Kok | 2016 |
| Nadeem Ahmed | 4/33 | Scotland | Harare | 2017 |
| Ehsan Khan | 4/33 | Afghanistan | Bulawayo | 2018 |
| Ehsan Nawaz | 4/47 | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 2018 |
Versus Other Nations
| ODI record versus other nations | |||||||
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
| vs Test nations | |||||||
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 May 2014 | 8 March 2018 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 July 2004 | |
| India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 June 2008 | |
| Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 July 2004 | |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 March 2018 | |
| vs Associate Members | |||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 November 2014 | 4 November 2016 |
| Scotland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 January 2016 | 26 January 2016 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 May 2014 | 16 November 2015 |
| T20I record versus other nations | |||||||
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
| vs Test nations | |||||||
| Afghanistan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 March 2014 | 21 July 2015 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 March 2014 | 20 March 2014 |
| Ireland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 July 2015 | 17 July 2015 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 March 2016 | |
| vs Associate Members | |||||||
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 October 2019 | 24 October 2019 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 October 2019 | 23 October 2019 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 August 2022 | 23 August 2022 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 February 2020 | 6 March 2020 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 October 2019 | 27 October 2019 |
| Nepal | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 March 2014 | 24 November 2014 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 January 2017 | 18 January 2017 |
| Oman | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 November 2015 | 26 November 2015 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 July 2022 | 14 July 2022 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 July 2015 | 30 January 2016 |
| Singapore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 March 2020 | 15 July 2022 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 March 2020 | 3 March 2020 |
| Uganda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 July 2022 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 February 2016 |
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