Hong Kong cricket team
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| Hong Kong | |
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| ICC membership granted | 1969 |
| ICC member status | Associate member |
| ICC development region | Asia |
| Captain | Tabarak Dar |
| World Cricket League division | Four |
| ACC Trophy division | Champions |
| First recorded match | 1866 v Shanghai |
| ICC Trophy | |
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1982) |
| Best result | 8th place, 1997 |
| One Day Internationals | |
| ODI matches played | 2 |
| ODI wins/losses | 0/2 |
| First class cricket | |
| First class matches played | 2 |
| First class wins/losses | 0/1 |
| List A cricket | |
| List A matches played | 2 |
| List A wins/losses | 0/2 |
| As of 20 October 2007 | |
The Hong Kong cricket team is a team representing the Chinese Special administrative region of Hong Kong in international cricket. They played their first match in 1866[1] and have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1969.[2]
They played their first One Day Internationals in the 2004 Asia Cup[3] and have played in every ICC Trophy since the 1982 tournament with the exception of the most recent event.[4] They played in the ICC Intercontinental Cup in the 2005 tournament,[5] and are currently ranked at 25th in the World by the ICC and are the third highest ranked Asian non-Test nation.[6]
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[edit] History
[edit] Early years
The sport was introduced to Hong Kong by the English, with the first recorded game taking place in 1841, and the Hong Kong Cricket Club being founded ten years later. The Cricket Club played a number of interport matches against sides on the Chinese mainland, the first taking place against Shanghai in 1866, and in 1890 played Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for the first time.[1]
1892 saw disaster when the SS Bokhara, which was carrying the team back from Shanghai, sank in a typhoon with the loss of 125 lives. There were only 23 survivors, which included only 2 of the 13 team members. The other 11 members of the team were lost.[7]
1948 saw the last game against Shanghai.[1] After the communist take-over in 1949, no more games were possible in China.[7] Jack Chegwyn led the first international team to Hong Kong in 1952, and the first tour by an MCC team was in 1966.[1] The MCC, captained by Mike Smith played one match against the national side, winning by 74 runs.[8] In 1969 the Hong Kong Cricket Association became an associate member of the International Cricket Council, cricket's global ruling body.[2]
[edit] ICC membership
The year after gaining ICC membership, the Hong Kong national side played against an MCC side captained by Tony Lewis, drawing the game,[9] but it was not until the 1982 ICC Trophy when the Hong Kong team next played.[1] At that tournament the Hong Kong team, which featured future England Test cricketer Dermot Reeve, failed to progress beyond the first round.[10]
Hong Kong took part in the following three ICC Trophy tournaments, again failing to progress beyond the first round in 1986[11], reaching the plate competition in 1990[12] and the second round in 1994.[13] They then played in the first ACC Trophy in 1996,[1] failing to progress beyond the first round after finishing third to Bangladesh and Fiji.[14]
In 1997, Hong Kong returned to Chinese control and the year also saw Hong Kong record their best finish in the ICC Trophy, finishing in eighth place.[15] They played in the ACC Trophy again in 1998, losing to Malaysia in the semi-finals.[16].
[edit] 21st century
In 2000, Hong Kong reached the final of the ACC Trophy,[17] qualifying for the 2002 Asia Cup, which was subsequently moved to 2004.[1] They failed to progress beyond the first round of the 2001 ICC Trophy[18] and lost to the UAE in the semi-finals of the ACC Trophy the following year.[19] Their first taste of One-Day International cricket came in the 2004 Asia Cup,[3] where they lost both first round matches to Bangladesh and Pakistan.[20]
Also in 2004, Hong Kong failed to progress beyond the first round of the ACC Trophy after losing in the group stages to Oman and Bahrain, missing out on qualification for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland.[21] They also reached the final of the Fast-track nations tournament, losing to the UAE.[1] Hong Kong played in the Intercontinental Cup for the first time in 2005. They lost to the UAE and drew with Nepal, failing to reach the semi-finals.[5] They finished last in the fast-track nations tournament the same year.[22]
In 2006, Hong Kong again lost to the UAE in the final of the ACC Trophy,[23] and finished fourth in the ACC Premier League.[24] The following year, they travelled to Darwin, Australia to take part in Division Three of the World Cricket League, finishing fifth,[25] relegating them to Division Four for 2008.[26]
In October/November 2007, Hong Kong took part in the inaugural ACC Twenty20 Cup held in Kuwait, where they played in Group B against the UAE, Singapore, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Hong Kong finished 4th in their group and failed to make to the semi-finals stage.
[edit] Tournament History
[edit] Intercontinental Cup
[edit] World Cricket League
- 2007: 5th place (Division Three)
[edit] ICC Trophy
- 1979: Did not participate[4]
- 1982: First round[10]
- 1986: First round[11]
- 1990: Plate competition[12]
- 1994: Second round[13]
- 1997: 8th place[15]
- 2001: First round[18]
- 2005: Did not qualify[21]
[edit] Asia Cup
- 1983 to 1995 inclusive: Did not participate[3]
- 1997: Did not qualify[3]
- 2000: Did not qualify[3]
- 2004: First round[20]
[edit] ACC Trophy
- 1996: First round[14]
- 1998: Semi Finals[16]
- 2000: Runners up[17]
- 2002: Semi Finals[19]
- 2004: First round[21]
- 2006: Runners up[23]
[edit] ACC Premier League
[edit] The future
In 2008, they will take part in the Asia Cup in Pakistan in June, playing against India and Pakistan in the first round,[29] and in Division Four of the World Cricket League in Tanzania in October, where they will play against Tanzania, Italy, Fiji and two qualifiers from Division Five.[26]
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
Hong Kong's squad for the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup is as follows:[30]
- Tabarak Dar (Captain)
- Courtney Kruger
- Afzaal Haider
- Ayub Khan
- Hussain Butt
- Ilyas Gul
- Imran Idrees
- Najeeb Amar
- Nasir Hameed
- Rafaqat Ali
- Skhawat Ali
- Sher Lama
- Tiku Patidar
- Zain Abbas
[edit] Other players
The following Hong Kong cricketers have played first-class or List A cricket for teams other than Hong Kong:[31]
- Afzaal Haider - played first-class and List A cricket for various teams in Pakistan[32]
- Steve Atkinson - played List A cricket for Durham, also played internationally for the Netherlands[33]
- Bruce Abernethy - Played first-class and List A cricket for Otago
- Alexander French - played List A cricket for Wales Minor Counties[34]
- Jonathan Orders - played first-class cricket for Oxford University[35]
- Rahul Sharma - played first-class cricket for Delhi[36]
- Clive Garthwaite - played for the British Army in 1930[37]
- Alec Pearce - played for Kent between 1930 and 1946[38]
- Peter Williams - played for Sussex in 1919[39]
- Alfred Musson - played for the British Army in 1925[40]
- Francis Wyatt - played for Hampshire and Orange Free State between 1905 and 1919[41]
- Jack Dale - played for Northamptonshire in 1922[42]
- Eric Morris - played for Bihar in 1936[43]
- Philip Davies - played first-class cricket for various teams in England between 1913 and 1927[44]
- Frank Garnett - played for England against India in 1918[45]
- Henry Baird - played for the MCC between 1910 and 1912[46]
- Edward Haughton - played for the Europeans in India between 1912 and 1914[47]
- Hugh Stanger-Leathes - played for the Europeans in India in 1905[48]
- Percy Heath - played for the Europeans in India between 1901 and 1909[49]
- JT Dixon - played for Middlesex in 1908[50]
- James Airy - played for the Europeans in India between 1905 and 1908[51]
- William Lumsden - played for the Europeans in India in 1902[52]
- Dermot Reeve - played Test cricket for England[53]
[edit] Lists of players
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Chronology of Hong Kong cricket
- ^ a b Hong Kong at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c d e List of Hong Kong ODIs at CricketArchive
- ^ a b ICC Trophy matches played by Hong Kong at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup at CricketEurope
- ^ ICC's One-Day rankings
- ^ a b Sinking of the SS Bokhara, Hong Kong Cricket Association official site
- ^ Scorecard of Hong Kong v MCC, 19 March 1966 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Hong Kong v MCC, 15 March 1970 at CricketArchive
- ^ a b 1982 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ a b 1986 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ a b 1990 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ a b 1994 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ a b 1996 ACC Trophy at CricketEurope
- ^ a b 1997 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ a b 1998 ACC Trophy at CricketEurope
- ^ a b 2000 ACC Trophy at CricketEurope
- ^ a b 2001 ICC Trophy at Cricinfo
- ^ a b 2002 ACC Trophy at CricketEurope
- ^ a b 2004 Asia Cup points table at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c 2005 ICC Trophy official website - Asian qualifying
- ^ a b 2005/06 Fast-track nations tournament at Asian Cricket Council official website
- ^ a b 2006 ACC Trophy at CricketEurope
- ^ a b 2006/07 ACC Premier League at CricketEurope
- ^ 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three at CricketEurope
- ^ a b Uganda lift Division Three title by Andrew Nixon, 2 June 2007 at CricketEurope
- ^ 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup at CricketEurope
- ^ 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup at CricketEurope
- ^ 2008 Asia Cup at the official website of the Asian Cricket Council
- ^ Hong Kong squad for the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup at the official website of the Asian Cricket Council
- ^ Hong Kong players at CricketArchive
- ^ Afzaal Haider at CricketArchive
- ^ Steve Atkinson at CricketArchive
- ^ Alexander French at CricketArchive
- ^ Jonathan Orders at CricketArchive
- ^ Rahul Sharma at CricketArchive
- ^ Clive Garthwaite at CricketArchive
- ^ Alec Pearce at CricketArchive
- ^ Peter Williams at CricketArchive
- ^ Alfred Musson at CricketArchive
- ^ Francis Wyatt at CricketArchive
- ^ Jack Dale at CricketArchive
- ^ Eric Morris at CricketArchive
- ^ Philip Davies at CricketArchive
- ^ Frank Garnett at CricketArchive
- ^ Henry Baird at CricketArchive
- ^ Edward Haughton at CricketArchive
- ^ Hugh Stranger-Leathes at CricketArchive
- ^ Percy Heath at CricketArchive
- ^ JT Dixon at CricketArchive
- ^ James Airy at CricketArchive
- ^ William Lumsden at CricketArchive
- ^ Dermot Reeve at CricketArchive
