Hong Kong national cricket team

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 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.[5]

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, including Surrey cricketer John Dunn.[15]

1948 saw the last game against Shanghai.[5]Jack Chegwyn led the first international team to Hong Kong in 1952, and the first tour by an MCC team was in 1966.[5] The MCC, captained by Mike Smith played one match against the national side, winning by 74 runs.[16] In 1969 the Hong Kong Cricket Association became an associate member of the International Cricket Council, cricket's global ruling body.[6]

The year after gaining ICC membership, the Hong Kong national side played against an MCC side captained by Tony Lewis, drawing the game,[17] but it was not until the 1982 ICC Trophy when the Hong Kong team next played.[5] At that tournament the Hong Kong team, which featured future England Test cricketer Dermot Reeve, failed to progress beyond the first round.[18]

Hong Kong took part in the following three ICC Trophy tournaments, again failing to progress beyond the first round in 1986,[19] reaching the plate competition in 1990[20] and the second round in 1994.[21] They then played in the inaugural ACC Trophy tournament in 1996,[5] failing to progress beyond the group stage after losing to Bangladesh and Fiji.[22]

In 1997, Hong Kong returned to Chinese control. In the same year, the national team finished eighth in the ICC Trophy.[23] They played in the ACC Trophy again in 1998, losing to Malaysia in the semi-finals.[24]

In 2000, Hong Kong reached the final of the ACC Trophy, where they lost to the United Arab Emirates.[25] 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.[5]

Hong Kong fared poorly in the 2001 ICC Trophy, going out in the group stage having achieved only one win, against Papua New Guinea.[26] In 2002, they reached the semi-finals of the ACC Trophy, again losing to the United Arab Emirates.[27]

At the 2004 Asia Cup, held in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong were drawn alongside Test nations Bangladesh and Pakistan. They lost both matches heavily, despite restricting Bangladesh to 221/9 in the first match.[28][29]

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.[30] They also reached the final of the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament, losing to the United Arab Emirates.[5] 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.[13] They finished last in the fast-track nations tournament the same year.[31]

In 2006, Hong Kong again lost to the United Arab Emirates in the final of the ACC Trophy,[32] and finished fourth in the ACC Premier League.[33] The following year, they travelled to Darwin, Australia to take part in Division Three of the World Cricket League, finishing fifth,[34] relegating them to Division Four for 2008.[35]

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 United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. 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 and Pakistan convincingly.[36]

In October 2008, Hong Kong travelled to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania to participate in Division Four of the World Cricket League. Hong Kong won four group matches against; Fiji, Italy, Jersey and the hosts but lost twice to Afghanistan in their group match and the Final.[37] Hong Kong's top two finish resulted in their promotion back to Division Three.[38]

In 2011 they hosted the Division Three and won it defeating Papua New Guinea in the finals to qualify for Division Two to be held in the United Arab Emirates.[39] Then in Division Two they came 4th qualifying as HPP member and for 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand. .[40]

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 of 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 Bangladesh in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 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 Afghanistan and Nepal[41]

Hong Kong first ODI win against a full member came on 8 March 2018 defeating Afghanistan in 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[42]

8 March 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Hong Kong  241/8 (50 overs)	v	Afghanistan 195/9 (46 overs)
Anshuman Rath 65 (90) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3/26 (10 overs)		Dawlat Zadran 40* (30) Ehsan Khan 4/33 (9 overs)

Hong Kong won by 30 runs (D/L method) Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Paul Wilson (Aus) Player of the match: Ehsan Khan (HK)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Afghanistan were set a revised target of 226 runs from 46 overs due to rain.
• This was Hong Kong's first win against a Full Member side in ODIs.

• 2012: 11th place
• 2013: 6th place
• 2015: 4th place
• 2019: 7th place

• 2007 Division Three: 5th place[43]
• 2008 Division Four: 2nd place[44]
• 2009 Division Three: 4th place[45]
• 2011 Division Three: Champions
• 2011 Division Two: 4th place
• 2019 Division Two:6th place

• 1983 to 1995 inclusive: Did not participate[7]
• 1997: Did not qualify[7]
• 2000: Did not qualify[7]
• 2004: First round[29]
• 2008: First round [46]
• 2010: Did not qualify
• 2012: Did not qualify
• 2014: Did not qualify
• 2016: Did not qualify
• 2018: First round

• 2018: Winner (Qualified for 2018 Asia Cup)
• 2020: Qualified

• 2018: Did not participate
• 2020: Runner up (Qualified for 2020 Asia Cup Qualifier)

• 1996: First round[22]
• 1998: semi-finals[24]
• 2000: Runners up[25]
• 2002: semi-finals[27]
• 2004: First round[30]
• 2006: Runners up[32]
• 2008 (Elite): Won[47]
• 2010 (Elite): 3rd place
• 2012: 5th place

• 2014: 5th place

• 2007: First round
• 2009: 10th place
• 2011: Runners up
• 2013: 4th place

• 2004/05: Runners-up[5]
• 2005/06: 5th place[31]
• 2006/07: 4th place[33]

• 2010: Quarter-finals
• 2014: 4th place

• Highest team total: 323/4 v Papua New Guinea, 8 December 2017 at ICC Academy Ground, Dubai[51]
• Highest individual score: 143*, Anshuman Rath v Papua New Guinea, 8 December 2017 at ICC Academy Ground, Dubai[52]
• Best individual bowling figures: 4/10, Kinchit Shah v Papua New Guinea, 17 March 2018 at Harare Sports Club, Harare[53]

Highest individual innings in ODI [56] 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 in an innings in ODI [57] 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

ODI record versus other nations[49]

Records complete to ODI #4039. Last updated 18 September 2018.

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

• Highest team total: 183/4 v. Netherlands on 18 January 2017 at ICC Academy Ground, Dubai.[58]
• Highest individual score: 122, Babar Hayat v. Oman on 19 February 2016 at Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah.[59]
• Best individual bowling figures: 5/16, Haroon Arshad v. Nepal on 1 March 2020 at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok.[60]

T20I record versus other nations[50]

Records complete to T20I #1076. Last updated 6 March 2020.

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
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	2	1	1	0	0	18 January 2017	18 January 2017
Oman	8	1	7	0	0	21 November 2015	26 November 2015
Scotland	5	1	4	0	0	25 July 2015	30 January 2016
Singapore	1	0	1	0	0	4 March 2020
Thailand	1	1	0	0	0	3 March 2020	3 March 2020
United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	0	0	21 February 2016