The 2024 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes was the 20th edition of the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes that took place at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. The tournament consisted of 12 nations that competed across three days from 1 to 3 November 2024. This marked a return of the tournament after a 7-year hiatus.[1][2]
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| Dates | 1 – 3 November 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket Hong Kong, China |
| Cricket format | Six-a-side 6 overs Match |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockouts |
| Host(s) |  Hong Kong |
| Champions |  Sri Lanka (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Pakistan |
| Participants | 12 |
| Matches | 30 |
| Player of the series | Tharindu Rathnayake |
| Most runs |  Vinayak Shukla (275) |
| Most wickets | Tharindu Rathnayake (8) |
| Official website | Official website |
Sri Lanka won the tournament after defeating Pakistan in the final.[3]
Background
editThe Hong Kong Cricket Sixes is a six-a-side international cricket tournament held at the Kowloon Cricket Club. It is organised by the Cricket Hong Kong and sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. The first edition was played in 1992 and was last played in 2017.[4][5] The tournament returned in 2024 after a 7-year hiatus and the number of competitiors was increased to 12 from 8 in previous editions.[6][7][8][9] South Africa are the defending champions, having defeated Pakistan in the previous cup final.[10][11][12]
Rules and regulations
editAll standard laws of the game as laid down by the MCC applied with the following significant differences:[13]
- Games are played between two teams of six players.
- Games consist of six overs of six balls.
- Each member of the fielding side, except for the wicket-keeper, shall bowl one over and only one bowler can bowl two overs.
- Wides and no-balls count as the usual extra run to the batting side, plus an extra ball. But there are no free hits for no balls.
- A batter must retire 'not out' on reaching a personal score of 50 runs but may not retire before reaching 50 runs. If one of the last pair of batters is out, any retired 'not out' batter may resume his innings.
- If five wickets fall before 6 overs are completed, the last remaining batter shall bat on with the 5th out batter acting only as a runner. The last remaining batter must always take strike. He shall be declared out if his partner is declared out (run out or obstructing the field). The innings shall be completed at the fall of the sixth wicket.
Format
editThe tournament featured 12 teams divided into four pools, each containing three teams. After the round-robin stage, the top two teams from each group competed in the Cup finals round, while all third-placed teams participated in the Bowl League finals.
Cup Finals: The top two teams from each group played in the quarter-final round of the Cup finals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The losing teams of the four quarter-finals competed in the Plate semi-finals.
Plate Finals: The losing teams of the four quarter-finals played in the Plate semi-finals. The winners of these semi-finals advanced to the Plate finals.
Bowl League Finals: All four third-placed teams competed in the Bowl League in a round-robin format, with the top two teams qualifying for the Bowl final.[14]
Teams and squads
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| Hong Kong[15]
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 New Zealand
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 South Africa[16]
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 Australia
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 England
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 Nepal
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 India[17][18]
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Pakistan[19]
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 United Arab Emirates
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 Bangladesh
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Oman[20]
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Sri Lanka[21]
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Group stage
edit| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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Pool A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Africa
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9.467 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Hong Kong
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.063 | |
| 3 | New Zealand
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −9.500 | Advanced to Bowl finals |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Fixtures
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Nizakat Khan 45* (18)
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Jacques Snyman 27 (10)
Benny Paras 2/25 (1 over) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
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Modiri Litheko 30* (6)
Siddhesh Dixit 1/22 (1 over) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
Pool B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Nepal
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.906 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Australia
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.917 | |
| 3 | England
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −6.306 | Advance to Bowl finals |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
Pool C
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Pakistan
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.136 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.000 | |
| 3 | India
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −2.152 | Advance to Bowl finals |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
Pool D
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Sri Lanka
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.507 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Bangladesh
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.333 | |
| 3 | Oman
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −6.441 | Advance to Bowl finals |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Fixtures
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Sandun Weerakkody 28 (7)
Jiten Ramanandi 1/10 (1 over) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
Quarter-finals
editQuarter-final 1
editQuarter-final 2
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
Quarter-final 3
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
Quarter-final 4
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to bad light.
Bowl finals
editPoints table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Oman
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.388 | Advanced to Bowl Final |
| 2 | England
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −2.444 | |
| 3 | New Zealand
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.556 | |
| 4 | India
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −5.522 |
Fixtures
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
Bowl Final
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
Plate finals
editPlate Semi-finals
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Sahal Malvernkar 25 (6)
JJ Smuts 1/8 (1 over) |
Modiri Litheko 41* (15)
Sahal Malvernkar 1/8 (0.3 over) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
Plate Final
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Asif Khan 26 (9)
Matthew Boast 2/23 (2 overs) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
Cup finals
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Semi-final 2
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
Final standings
edit| Position | Team | Result |
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| 1st | Sri Lanka
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| 2nd | Pakistan
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| Semi-finalists | Australia
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| 5th | South Africa
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Plate Champions |
| 6th | United Arab Emirates
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| Plate Semi-finalists | Nepal
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| 9th | Oman
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Bowl Champions |
| 10th | England
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| 11th | New Zealand
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| 12th | India
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Women's exhibition match
editA women’s exhibition match was held on the final day of the tournament to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.[22]
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