Kyle Christie is a Hong Kong cricketer.[1] In 2016, Christie responded to an advert that Cricket Hong Kong posted on Facebook for Hong Kong-born cricketers who are overseas. Later that year, he made his international debut for the Hong Kong national cricket team.[2]

Kyle Christie
Personal information
Born (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31)
Hong Kong
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 38)6 November 2016 v PNG
T20I debut (cap 26)5 October 2019 v Oman
Last T20I30 October 2019 v Oman
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 1 11 1 2
Runs scored 0 15 15 6
Batting average 0.00 7.50 7.5 3.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 0 11* 13 6
Balls bowled 6 234 108 54
Wickets 0 10 1 1
Bowling average 29.20 90.00 46.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 0/18 2/23 1/90 1/28
Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/– 0/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 January 2020

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Papua New Guinea on 6 November 2016.[3] He made his first-class debut for Hong Kong in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 20 October 2017.[4]

In September 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series, and the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[5] He made his T20I debut for Hong Kong, against Oman, on 5 October 2019.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Kyle Christie". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Kyle Christie: The cricketer who debuted via Facebook". Cricket Country. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Papua New Guinea tour of Hong Kong, 2nd ODI: Hong Kong v Papua New Guinea at Mong Kok, Nov 6, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  4. ^ "ICC Intercontinental Cup at Mong Kok, Oct 20-23 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Men's ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers squad announcement". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  6. ^ "1st Match, Oman Pentangular T20I Series at Al Amerat, Oct 5 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

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