Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hong Kong Cricket Sixes is an annual 10-team international cricket tournament held at the Kowloon Cricket Club and fully sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. The tournament is made for television, with rules and a venue that encourage aggressive batting and high scoring. Because every player (except the wicket-keeper) is required to bowl one over, the format suits all-rounders.
The 2008 event will take place from November 8-9 and will see the return of the All-Stars team that in 2007 featured such cricketing luminaries as Brian Lara and Shane Warne. Australian master batsman Damien Martyn, inspirational New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming and Pakistan legend Inzamam-ul-Haq are the first star players to sign up for the 2008 showpiece event. The All-Stars will join nine representative international teams in the tournament – 2007 champions Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, England, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Bangladesh and hosts Hong Kong.
Contents |
[edit] History
The first tournament was held in 1992 and, after a four year hiatus, returned in 2001. Over the years the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes has attracted a veritable Who's Who of world cricket, including stars such as Viv Richards, Andrew Flintoff, Sachin Tendulkar, the Waugh brothers ( Steve and Mark), Adam Gilchrist, Jonty Rhodes and Wasim Akram.
In 2007, Sri Lanka defeated the much-fancied All-Stars team, while in 2006 South Africa beat four-time champions Pakistan.
[edit] Match rules
The Laws of Cricket apply, except:
- Games are played between two teams of six players, and each game consisted of a maximum of five six-ball overs bowled by each side (eight-ball overs in the Final match)
- Each member of the fielding side bowls one over, with the exception of the wicketkeeper.
- Wides and no-balls count as two runs.
- If five wickets fall before 5 overs are completed, the last remaining batsman bats on with the 5th batsman acting as runner. He always takes strike. The innings is complete when the sixth wicket falls.
- Batsmen retire not out on reaching 31 runs. The idea being to reach 36 runs by hitting 6 sixes.
A tournament points system awards two points for each match won.
[edit] Past winners
| Year | Winner | Runner up | Leading run scorer | Leading wicket takers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Sri Lanka |
All Stars | Craig McMillan (148) | Saman Jayantha (6) |
| 2006 |  South Africa |
 Pakistan |
Robin Singh (129) | Sylvester Joseph, Nicky Boje (5) |
| 2005 |  India |
 West Indies |
Thilina Kandamby (125) | Robert Croft (6) |
| 2004 |  England |
Sri Lanka |
Ravindu Shah (126) | Arshad Ali, Darren Maddy, Dilruwan Perera (5) |
| 2003 | England |
Pakistan |
Saman Jayantha (152) | Gerald Dros (7) |
| 2002 | Pakistan |
England |
Dene Hills (159) | Naved-ul-Hasan, Chris Silverwood (6) |
| 2001 | Pakistan |
South Africa |
Kaif Ghaury (158) | Upul Chandana, Ahmed Nadeem (5) |
| 1997 | Pakistan |
England |
Floyd Reifer (133) | Matthew Fleming, Ben Hollioake, Mohammad Zubair (6) |
| 1996 | West Indies |
India |
||
| 1995 | South Africa |
England |
||
| 1994 | England |
 Australia |
||
| 1993 | England |
Sri Lanka |
||
| 1992 | Pakistan |
India |
[edit] Players of the tournament
This is a list of players who have been judged as the best player in each tournament. Since 2002, the Ben Hollioake Trophy has been awarded to the winner.
| Year | Winning player |
|---|---|
| 2007 |  Craig McMillan |
| 2006 | Imran Nazir |
| 2005 | Reetinder Sodhi |
| 2004 |  Butt Hussain |
| 2003 | Saman Jayantha |
| 2002 | Dene Hills |
| 2001 | Wasim Akram |
| 1997 | Zahoor Elahi |
| 1996 | Derek Crookes |
| 1995 | Jonty Rhodes |
| 1994 | Robin Smith |
| 1993 | Phil DeFreitas |
| 1992 | Wasim Akram |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
|
|||||||||||
