The Hong Kong national cricket team is the team that represents independent

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 ...

in international competition. It played its first match in 1866Chronology of Hong Kong cricket
/ref> and has been an associate member of the

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(ICC) since 1969.Hong Kong
at CricketArchive Hong Kong played its first

One Day International A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...

s in the 2004 Asia Cup,List of Hong Kong ODIs
at CricketArchive and in January 2014 was granted ODI status until 2018, as a result of finishing third in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. The team gained

Twenty20 International A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...

status in November 2013, as a result of qualifying for the

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. Hong Kong lost their ODI status in March 2018 after losing to the Netherlands in a play-off match during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. They did, however, play two further ODI matches at the 2018 Asia Cup in September 2018 after winning the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier, as the ICC announced that all matches played at the finals would have ODI status. Hong Kong has played in every ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier tournament, with the exceptions of the 1979 and

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events.ICC Trophy matches played by Hong Kong
at CricketArchive It has also taken part in two

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tournaments, in

2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup
at CricketEurope and in 2015–17, and in two ICC T20 World Cup tournaments, in 2014 and

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. In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full

(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...

matches played between Hong Kong and other

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after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.

History

Early years

The sport was introduced to Hong Kong by the British, with the first recorded game taking place in 1841, and the Hong Kong Cricket Club being founded ten years later. The Cricket Club (playing as Hong Kong) played a number of

Interport matches Interport matches refer to a series of cricket matches which took place in Asia from 1866 to 1987, between Ceylon, the Federated Malay States, Hong Kong, Malaya, Malaysia, Shanghai, Singapore and the Straits Settlements. In February 2020, ...

against sides on the Chinese mainland, the first taking place against Shanghai in 1866, and in 1890 played

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

(now

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

) for the first time. 1892 saw disaster when the , which was carrying the team back from Shanghai, sank in a

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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, including Surrey cricketer John Dunn.Sinking of the SS Bokhara
Hong Kong Cricket Association official site 1948 saw the last game against Shanghai. Jack Chegwyn led the first international team to Hong Kong in 1952, and the first tour by an MCC team was in 1966. The MCC, captained by Mike Smith played one match against the national side, winning by 74 runs. In 1969 the Hong Kong Cricket Association became an associate member of the

, cricket's global ruling body.

ICC membership

The year after gaining ICC membership, the Hong Kong national side played against an MCC side captained by

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, drawing the game, but it was not until the 1982 ICC Trophy when the Hong Kong team next played. At that tournament the Hong Kong team, which featured future

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er Dermot Reeve, failed to progress beyond the first round. Hong Kong took part in the following three ICC Trophy tournaments, again failing to progress beyond the first round in

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,1986 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo reaching the plate competition in

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1990 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo and the second round in

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.1994 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo They then played in the inaugural ACC Trophy tournament in 1996, failing to progress beyond the group stage after losing to

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and

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.1996 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope In 1997, Hong Kong returned to Chinese control. In the same year, the national team finished eighth in the

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.1997 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo They played in the ACC Trophy again in 1998, losing to

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

in the semi-finals.1998 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope

21st century

2000–2009

In 2000, Hong Kong reached the final of the

ACC Trophy The ACC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Open only to associate and affiliate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it was contested biennially between 1996 and 2012, but ha ...

, where they lost to the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

.2000 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope Nonetheless, this earned them qualification for the 2002 Asia Cup (which was subsequently moved to 2004), and thus their first taste of One Day International cricket. Hong Kong fared poorly in the

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, going out in the group stage having achieved only one win, against

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

.2001 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo In 2002, they reached the semi-finals of the

, again losing to the United Arab Emirates.2002 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope At the 2004 Asia Cup, held in

, Hong Kong were drawn alongside Test nations Bangladesh and

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. They lost both matches heavily, despite restricting Bangladesh to 221/9 in the first match.2004 Asia Cup points table
at CricketArchive Also in 2004, Hong Kong failed to progress beyond the first round of the ACC Trophy after losing in the group stages to

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

and

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

, missing out on qualification for the

2005 ICC Trophy The 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July 2005. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 Associate Members of the International Cricket Council. It served a ...

in Ireland.2005 ICC Trophy official website – Asian qualifying
They also reached the final of the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament, losing to the United Arab Emirates. Hong Kong played in the Intercontinental Cup for the first time in 2005. They lost to the UAE and drew with

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

, failing to reach the semi-finals. They finished last in the fast-track nations tournament the same year.2005/06 Fast-track nations tournament
at

Asian Cricket Council The Asian Cricket Council also known as ACC is a cricket organisation which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of cricket in Asia. Subordinate to the International Cricket Council, the council is the continent's regional ...

official website In 2006, Hong Kong again lost to the United Arab Emirates in the final of the ACC Trophy,2006 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope and finished fourth in the

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.2006/07 ACC Premier League
at CricketEurope The following year, they travelled to Darwin, Australia to take part in

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of the

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, finishing fifth,2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three
at CricketEurope relegating them to

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for 2008.Uganda lift Division Three title
by Andrew Nixon, 2 June 2007 at CricketEurope In October/November 2007, Hong Kong took part in the inaugural ACC Twenty20 Cup held in

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

, where they played in Group B against the United Arab Emirates,

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and

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. Hong Kong finished 4th in their group and failed to make to the semi-finals stage. In June 2008, Hong Kong took part in the Asia Cup in Pakistan. They failed to progress beyond the group stage to the Super Four stage, as they lost both of their group A matches against

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and

convincingly. In October 2008, Hong Kong travelled to

Dar-es-Salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over ...

, Tanzania to participate in

of the

. Hong Kong won four group matches against;

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and the hosts but lost twice to

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in their group match and the Final. Hong Kong's top two finish resulted in their promotion back to Division Three.

2010–present

In 2011 they hosted the

and won it defeating

in the finals to qualify for Division Two to be held in the United Arab Emirates. Then in Division Two they came 4th qualifying as HPP member and for 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand. . In 2013 the UAE hosted the ICC T20 Qualifier where Hong Kong came 6th by beating Papua New Guinea and just enough to qualify for ICC T20 World Cup 2014 held in Bangladesh. In 2014, New Zealand hosted the ICC 50 over world cup qualifier where Hong Kong came third place despite not qualifying for 2015 ICC cricket world cup, they still achieved an ODI status with Papua New Guinea. In March 2014 Hong Kong beat the host

in the

by two wickets with two balls remaining but could not make it to the next stage of super 10 having lost the two earlier matches to

and

Hong Kong first ODI win against a full member came on 8 March 2018 defeating Afghanistan in 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

Grounds

Tournament history

T20 World Cup

ICC Trophy / World Cup Qualifier

T20 World Cup Qualifier

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

: 11th place *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

: 6th place *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

: 4th place *

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

: 7th place *

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

: 6th place

ICC Intercontinental Cup

World Cricket League

* 2007 Division Three: 5th place * 2008 Division Four: 2nd place * 2009 Division Three: 4th place * 2011 Division Three: Champions * 2011 Division Two: 4th place * 2019 Division Two:6th place

Asia Cup

*1983 to 1995 inclusive: Did not participate *

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

: Did not qualify *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

: Did not qualify * 2004: First round *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: First round *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

: Did not qualify *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

: Did not qualify *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

: First round *

: Qualified

Asia Cup Qualifier

: 4th out of 4 teams (Did not qualify for 2016 Asia Cup) *

: Winner (Qualified for 2018 Asia Cup) *

: Winner (Qualified for 2022 Asia Cup)

ACC Eastern Region T20

: Did not participate *

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: Runner up (Qualified for 2020 Asia Cup Qualifier)

ACC Trophy

*1996: First round *1998: semi-finals *2000: Runners up *2002: semi-finals *2004: First round *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

: Runners up * 2008 (Elite): WonScorecard
of Hong Kong v UAE, 3 August 2008 at CricketArchive * 2010 (Elite): 3rd place *

: 5th place

ACC Premier League

: 5th place

ACC Twenty20 Cup

* 2007: First round *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

: 10th place *

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

: Runners up *

: 4th place

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament

*2004/05: Runners-up *2005/06: 5th place *2006/07: 4th place

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: Quarter-finals *

: 4th place

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Hong Kong in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest One-day or T20I squad. Updated as of 2 September 2022.

Players

Coaching staff

* High Performance Manager : Mark Farmer * Head coach:

Trent Johnston David Trent Johnston (born 29 April 1974) is an Irish-Australian cricket coach and former player. He was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, and played his early cricket for New South Wales in Australian domestic competitions. A right-handed ba ...

* Asst. coach:

Jawaid Iqbal Jawaid Iqbal is a retired Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm off spin bowler, he first played for the Hong Kong cricket team in 2000.

* Performance analyst: Chris Pickett

Records

International Match Summary – Hong Kong ''Last updated 2 September 2022.''

One Day Internationals

* Highest team total: 323/4 v

, 8 December 2017 at ICC Academy Ground,

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* Highest individual score: 143*,

Anshuman Rath Anshuman Rath (born 5 November 1997) is an Hong Kong-born Indian cricketer who previously played and led the Hong Kong national cricket team. In September 2019, he retired from Hong Kong national team to pursue a career in India. In August 2021, ...

, 8 December 2017 at ICC Academy Ground,

* Best individual bowling figures: 4/10,

Kinchit Shah Kinchit Devang Shah (born 9 December 1995) is an Indian-born Hong Kong cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. He is also an occasional wicket-keeper. Career Shah made his T20 cricket debut against the Canada cr ...

, 17 March 2018 at

Harare Sports Club Harare Sports Club is a sports club and the Harare Sports Club Ground is a cricket stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe. Founded in 1900 and known as Salisbury Sports Club until 1982, it is mostly used for cricket matches, and has served as the primary c ...

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Most ODI runs for Hong Kong Most ODI wickets for Hong Kong Highest individual innings in ODI Best bowling figures in an innings in ODI ODI record versus other nations ''Records complete to ODI #4039. Last updated 18 September 2018.''

Twenty20 Internationals

* Highest team total: 186/8 v.

on 14 July 2022 at

Bulawayo Athletic Club Bulawayo Athletic Club is a sports club in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The Bulawayo Athletic Club Ground is the 12,000-capacity stadium. History The club was founded in 1894. Cricket is the main sport played at the club, but tennis, bowls, squash and ...

Bulawayo Bulawayo (, ; Ndebele: ''Bulawayo'') is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council cl ...

. * Highest individual score: 122,

Babar Hayat Babar Hayat (born 5 January 1992) is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer, who plays for the Hong Kong cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and a former captain of the national team. International career Babar made his T20I cricket comple ...

on 19 February 2016 at

Fatullah Osmani Stadium Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium ( bn, খান সাহেব ওসমান আলী স্টেডিয়াম) is a cricket stadium located in Fatullah, Narayanganj in central Bangladesh. It has a capacity of around 25,000 people and f ...

Fatullah Fatullah ( bn, ফতুল্লা) (also known as Fatulla) is a town and a Union in Narayanganj Sadar Upazila in Narayanganj District. It is located on the southern outskirts of Dhaka, in central Bangladesh. It is the location of the Fatull ...

. * Best individual bowling figures: 5/16,

Haroon Arshad Haroon Arshad (born 6 September 1999) is a Hong Kong cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Hong Kong in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 20 October 2017. In August 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Q ...

on 1 March 2020 at

Terdthai Cricket Ground Thailand Cricket Ground or Terdthai Cricket Ground is a college ground in Lat Krabang district, Bangkok, Thailand. The Terdthai Cricket Ground (TCG) in Thailand is where Thailand Cricket League matches are played. In 2015, TCG was named as one o ...

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. Most T20I runs for Hong Kong Most T20I wickets for Hong Kong T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to T20I #1756. Last updated 2 September 2022.''

International records/World records

Jamie Atkinson James John Atkinson (born August 1990) is an international cricketer who plays cricket for Hong Kong. He also captained the Hong Kong cricket team before stepping down in May 2015. A wicket-keeper, he has also represented Hong Kong at Under-19s ...

was the first player (either male or female) born in the 1990s to play in ODI cricket. *

Ryan Campbell Ryan John Campbell (born 7 February 1972) is an Australian former cricketer who represented both Australia and Hong Kong internationally. He is the current head coach of the Dutch national team, having taken on the role in April 2017. Campb ...

who formerly played for Australia in ODIs, became the oldest player in T20I cricket to make his T20I debut at the age of 44 and 30 days. *Holds the record for the highest ODI partnership for any wicket by an associate nation (174 for the first wicket between

Nizakat Khan Nizakat Khan (born 8 July 1992) is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer. Khan is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. In August 2021, he was appointed as the captain of the Hong Kong cricket team. Biography Having played age group crick ...

and

v India) *Hong Kong set the record for taking the longest time duration to lose their first wicket in an ODI match (34.1 overs against India at the 2018 Asia Cup) *

holds the joint record for taking the most catches in a single T20I as a fielder (4) along with

Darren Sammy Daren Julius Garvey Sammy (born 20 December 1983) is a Saint Lucian cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies. He is a two time T20 World Cup winning captain. On making his One-Day International (ODI) debut against Banglad ...

Ajinkya Rahane Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane (born 6 June 1988) is an Indian international cricketer and former captain of Indian team in all formats, who has played for Indian cricket team in all formats as a batsman. He currently captains Mumbai in Ranji trophy. R ...

Peter Borren Peter William Borren (born 21 August 1983) is a former Dutch international cricketer. He was the captain for Netherlands at international level, until he retired in April 2018. Early career He played in the 2002 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, U ...

, Corey Anderson and

Dinesh Chandimal Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal ( si, ලොකුගේ දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල්; born 18 November 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who captained the Sri Lanka national cricket team. A handy and agile right-handed ba ...

. * Babar Hayat's 122 is also the highest individual score by a player from associate nation in a T20I.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hong Kong National Cricket Team Cricket in Hong Kong National cricket teams

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Hong Kong in international cricket

History

Early years

ICC membership

21st century

2000–2009

2010–present

Grounds

Tournament history

T20 World Cup

ICC Trophy / World Cup Qualifier

T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Intercontinental Cup

World Cricket League

Asia Cup

Asia Cup Qualifier

ACC Eastern Region T20

ACC Trophy

ACC Premier League

ACC Twenty20 Cup

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament

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Current squad

Players

Coaching staff

Records

One Day Internationals

Twenty20 Internationals

International records/World records

See also

References

External links