Hong Kong national cricket team
The Hong Kong men's national cricket team is the team that represents Hong Kong in international competitions. It played its first match in 1866 and has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1969.
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| Association | Cricket Hong Kong, China | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Nizakat Khan | |||||||||
| Coach | Simon Willis | |||||||||
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| City | Hong Kong | |||||||||
| Home ground | Mission Road Ground | |||||||||
| Capacity | 3,500 | |||||||||
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| ICC status | Associate member (1969) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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| One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First ODI | v Bangladesh at Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo; 16 July 2004 | |||||||||
| Last ODI | v Kuwait at Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Mulpani; 27 April 2023 | |||||||||
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| World Cup Qualifier appearances | 8 (first in 1982) | |||||||||
| Best result | 3rd (2014) | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Nepal at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong; 16 March 2014 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Nepal at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat; 20 April 2024 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 2 (first in 2014) | |||||||||
| Best result | Group stage (2014, 2016) | |||||||||
| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 6 (first in 2012) | |||||||||
| Best result | 4th (2015) | |||||||||
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| As of 20 April 2024 | ||||||||||
Hong Kong played its first One Day Internationals in the 2004 Asia Cup, 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 status in November 2013, as a result of qualifying for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. 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 2005 events. It has also taken part in two ICC Intercontinental Cup tournaments, in 2005 and in 2015–17, and in two ICC T20 World Cup tournaments, in 2014 and 2016.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Hong Kong and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.