The 2017 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes was the nineteenth edition of the
Hong Kong Cricket Sixes
The Hong Kong Cricket Sixes is a Six-a-side international cricket tournament held at the Kowloon Cricket Club comprising between eight and twelve teams. Organised by Cricket Hong Kong, it is sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. The ...
, took place at
Kowloon Cricket Club
The Kowloon Cricket Club, also called KCC (), is a members only cricket club and social club situated in Kowloon, Hong Kong, on Cox's Road.
History
The Cricket Club was established on 4 October 1904 and was provided land from the government i ...
,
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
. Eight teams competing in the tournament which lasted over two days from 28 to 29 October 2017.
The previous tournament was won by South Africa who defeated Pakistan in the final.
Squads
Rules and regulations
All standard
laws of the game as laid down by the
M. C. C. applied with the following significant differences:
General
Games are played between two teams of six players, and 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
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. Th ...
shall bowl one over. Wides and no-balls count as two runs to the batting side, plus an extra ball.
Last man stands
If five wickets fall (not including batsmen retiring
not out
In cricket, a batter is not out if they come out to bat in an innings and have not been dismissed by the end of an innings. The batter is also ''not out'' while their innings is still in progress.
Occurrence
At least one batter is not out at t ...
) 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.
Batsman retire
A batsman must retire not out on reaching 31 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.
Group Stage results
Pool A
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Pool B
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Qualifying Finals
The quarter finals were decided based on overall standings. 1st v 8th, 2nd v 7th, 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th.
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Plate Finals
The Plate Finals were played between the teams that finish 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th overall.
Semi-finals
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Plate final
Cup Finals
The Cup Finals decided the winners of the tournament, and were played between the teams that finish 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th overall. The cup final was played with 8 ball overs.
Semi-finals
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3rd Place Playoff
Cup final
References
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External links
Results - Hong Kong Sixes 2017
Hong Kong Cricket Sixes
2017 in Hong Kong cricket