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| Association | Cricket Hong Kong, China 香港板球 | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Yasim Murtaza | |||||||||
| Coach | Kaushal Silva | |||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||
| City | Hong Kong | |||||||||
| Home ground | Mission Road Ground | |||||||||
| Capacity | 3,500 | |||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong Sixes wins | 0 | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (1969) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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| One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First ODI | v Bangladesh atSinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground,Colombo; 16 July 2004 | |||||||||
| Last ODI | v India atDubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai; 18 September 2018 | |||||||||
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| World Cup Qualifier appearances | 8 (first in1982) | |||||||||
| Best result | 3rd (2014) | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Nepal atZohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium,Chittagong; 16 March 2014 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Qatar atUDST Cricket Ground,Doha; 13 November 2025 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 2 (first in2014) | |||||||||
| Best result | Group stage (2014,2016) | |||||||||
| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 6[a] (first in2012) | |||||||||
| Best result | 4th (2015) | |||||||||
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| As of 13 November 2025 | ||||||||||
TheHong Kong men's cricket team (Chinese:香港国家板球队), officiallyHong Kong, China,[6] representsHong Kong in internationalcricket competitions. It played its first match in 1866[7] and has been anassociate member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) since 1969.[8]
Hong Kong played its firstOne Day Internationals in the2004 Asia Cup,[9] and in January 2014 was granted ODI status until 2018, as a result of finishing third in the2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[10] The team gainedTwenty20 International status in November 2013, as a result of qualifying for the2014 ICC World Twenty20.[11] Hong Kong lost their ODI status in March 2018 after losing to the Netherlands in a play-off match during the2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[12] They did, however, play two further ODI matches at the2018 Asia Cup in September 2018 after winning the2018 Asia Cup Qualifier, as the ICC announced that all matches played at the finals would have ODI status.[13]
Hong Kong has played in everyICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier tournament, with the exceptions of the1979 and2005 editions.[14] It has also taken part in twoICC Intercontinental Cup tournaments, in2005[15] and in2015–17, and in two ICC T20 World Cup tournaments, in2014 and2016.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant fullTwenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Hong Kong and otherICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[16]
The sport was introduced to Hong Kong by the British, with the first recorded game taking place in 1841, and theHong Kong Cricket Club being founded ten years later. The Cricket Club (playing as Hong Kong) played a number ofInterport matches against sides on the Chinese mainland, the first taking place against Shanghai in 1866, and in 1890 playedCeylon (nowSri Lanka) for the first time.[7]
1892 saw disaster when theSS Bokhara, which was carrying the team back from Shanghai, sank in atyphoon 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 cricketerJohn Dunn.[17]
1948 saw the last game against Shanghai.[7]Jack Chegwyn led the first international team to Hong Kong in 1952, and the first tour by anMCC team was in 1966.[7] The MCC, captained byMike Smith played one match against the national side, winning by 74 runs.[18] In 1969 the Hong Kong Cricket Association became an associate member of theInternational Cricket Council, cricket's global ruling body.[8]
The year after gaining ICC membership, the Hong Kong national side played against an MCC side captained byTony Lewis, drawing the game,[19] but it was not until the 1982 ICC Trophy when the Hong Kong team next played.[7] At that tournament the Hong Kong team, which featured futureEnglandTest cricketerDermot Reeve, failed to progress beyond the first round.[20]
Hong Kong took part in the following three ICC Trophy tournaments, again failing to progress beyond the first round in1986,[21] reaching the plate competition in1990[22] and the second round in1994.[23] They then played in theinaugural ACC Trophy tournament in 1996,[7] failing to progress beyond the group stage after losing toBangladesh andFiji.[24]
In 1997, Hong Kongreturned to Chinese control. In the same year, the national team finished eighth in theICC Trophy.[25] They played in the ACC Trophy again in1998, losing toMalaysia in the semi-finals.[26]
In 2000, Hong Kong reached the final of theACC Trophy, where they lost to theUnited Arab Emirates.[27] 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.[7]
Hong Kong fared poorly in the2001 ICC Trophy, going out in the group stage having achieved only one win, againstPapua New Guinea.[28] In 2002, they reached the semi-finals of theACC Trophy, again losing to the United Arab Emirates.[29]
At the2004 Asia Cup, held inSri Lanka, Hong Kong were drawn alongside Test nations Bangladesh andPakistan. They lost both matches heavily, despite restricting Bangladesh to 221/9 in the first match.[30][31]
Also in 2004, Hong Kong failed to progress beyond the first round of the ACC Trophy after losing in the group stages toOman andBahrain, missing out on qualification for the2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland.[32] They also reached the final of theACC Fast Track Countries Tournament, losing to the United Arab Emirates.[7] Hong Kong played in the Intercontinental Cup for the first time in 2005. They lost to the UAE and drew withNepal, failing to reach the semi-finals.[15] They finished last in the fast-track nations tournament the same year.[33]
In 2006, Hong Kong again lost to the United Arab Emirates in the final of the ACC Trophy,[34] and finished fourth in theACC Premier League.[35] The following year, they travelled toDarwin, Australia to take part inDivision Three of theWorld Cricket League, finishing fifth,[36] relegating them toDivision Four for 2008.[37]
In October/November 2007, Hong Kong took part in the inauguralACC Twenty20 Cup held inKuwait, where they played in Group B against the United Arab Emirates,Singapore,Kuwait andSaudi 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 theAsia 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 againstIndia andPakistan convincingly.[38]
In October 2008, Hong Kong travelled toDar-es-Salaam, Tanzania to participate inDivision Four of theWorld Cricket League. Hong Kong won four group matches against;Fiji,Italy,Jersey andthe hosts but lost twice toAfghanistan in their group match and the Final.[39] Hong Kong's top two finish resulted in their promotion back to Division Three.[40]
In 2011 they hosted theDivision Three and won it defeatingPapua New Guinea in the finals to qualify forDivision Two to be held in the United Arab Emirates.[41] Then inDivision Two they came 4th qualifying as HPP member and for2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand. .[42]
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 hostBangladesh in the2014 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 toAfghanistan andNepal[43]
Hong Kong first ODI win against a full member came on 8 March 2018 defeating Afghanistan in2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[44]
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Hong Kong won by 30 runs (D/L method) Bulawayo Athletic Club,Bulawayo Umpires:Gregory Brathwaite (WI) andPaul Wilson (Aus) Player of the match:Ehsan Khan (HK) |
| ICC T20 World Cup records | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
 2007 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 2009 | |||||||
 2010 | |||||||
 2012 | |||||||
| 2014 | Group stage | 15/16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Group stage | 16/16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  2021 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 2022 | |||||||
 2024 | |||||||
| 2026 | |||||||
| Total | 2/9 | 0 Title | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | A |
| 1979 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 1982 | Group stage | 8/16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1986 | Group stage | 8/16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 1990 | Plate round | 11/17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 1994 | Second round | 8/20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 1997 | Second round | 8/22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 2001 | Group stage | 17/24 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 2005 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2009 | ||||||||
 2014 | Super Sixes | 3/10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 2018 | Playoffs | 10/10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Total | 57 | 25 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| ICC Intercontinental Cup records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | D | T | NR |
| 2004 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2005 | Group stage | 11/12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006–07 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2007–08 | ||||||||
| 2009–10 | ||||||||
| 2011–13 | ||||||||
| 2015–17 | Round Robin | 4/8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 7/7 | 0 Title | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Asia Cup records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 1984 | 1983 to 1995 inclusive: Did not participate[9] | |||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||
| 1988 | ||||||||
| 1991 | ||||||||
| 1995 | ||||||||
| 1997 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2000 | ||||||||
| 2004 | Group stage | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
 2008 | Group stage | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||
| 2018 | Group stage | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Group stage | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2025 | Group stage | 7/8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 5/17 | 0 Titles | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cricket at the Asian Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2010 | Quarter-finals | 5/9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
 2014 | 4th-place | 5/10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Quarter-finals | 5/12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
 2026 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 3/3 | 0 Title | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
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 14 April 2024.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Forms | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||
| Nizakat Khan | 33 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | One-day & T20I | Captain |
| Babar Hayat | 33 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | One-day & T20I | |
| Anshuman Rath | 28 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | One-day & T20I | |
| Martin Coetzee | 37 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | One-day & T20I | |
| All-rounders | |||||
| Yasim Murtaza | 34 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | One-day & T20I | |
| Aizaz Khan | 32 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | One-day & T20I | |
| Haroon Arshad | 26 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | One-day | |
| Kinchit Shah | 29 | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | One-day | Vice-captain |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Zeeshan Ali | 36 | Right-handed | One-day & T20I | ||
| Adit Gorawara | 23 | Right-handed | One-day & T20I | ||
| Spin Bowlers | |||||
| Ehsan Khan | 40 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | One-day & T20I | |
| Mohammad Ghazanfar | 30 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | T20I | |
| Dan Pascoe | 42 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | One-day | |
| Raunaq Kapur | 21 | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | One-day & T20I | |
| Pace Bowlers | |||||
| Ayush Shukla | 23 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | One-day & T20I | |
| Nasrulla Rana | 23 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | One-day & T20I | |
| Ehsan Nawaz | 30 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | One-day | |
| Sheryar Khan | 30 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | One-day | |
| Dhananjay Rao | 23 | Right-handed | Left-armmedium-fast | T20I | |
| Ateeq Iqbal | 33 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | T20I | |
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | Kaushal Silva |
| Assistant Coach | Moner Dar |
| Team Analyst | Chris Pickett |
| Specialist Coach | Richard das Neves |
Dermot ReeveDavid TristAdam Hollioake[49]Andy MolesLal JayasingheRobin SinghSameer DigheAftab Habib
Afzaal Haider[50]Charlie BurkeSimon Cook
Trent JohnstonSimon WillisKaushal Silva
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International Match Summary – Hong Kong[51][52]
Last updated 13 November 2025.
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Day Internationals | 26 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 16 July 2004 |
| Twenty20 Internationals | 121 | 54 | 62 | 2 | 3 | 16 March 2014 |
Most ODI runs for Hong Kong[56]
| Most ODI wickets for Hong Kong[57]
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Highest individual innings in ODI[58]
| Best bowling figures in an innings in ODI[59]
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ODI record versus other nations[51]
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 |
Most T20I runs for Hong Kong[63]
| Most T20I wickets for Hong Kong[64]
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T20I record versus other nations[52]
Records complete to T20I #3577. Last updated 13 November 2025.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs Test nations | |||||||
| Afghanistan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 March 2014 | 21 July 2015 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 March 2014 | |
| India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 August 2022 | |
| Ireland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 July 2015 | |
| Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 September 2022 | |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 September 2025 | |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 March 2016 | |
| vs Associate Members | |||||||
 Bahrain | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 March 2023 | |
 Cambodia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 September 2023 | |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 October 2019 | |
| China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 February 2024 | |
| Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 October 2023 | |
 Jersey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 October 2019 | |
 Kuwait | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 August 2022 | |
| Malaysia | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 February 2020 | 6 March 2020 |
 Maldives | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 September 2024 | 3 September 2024 |
 Mongolia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 August 2024 | |
 Myanmar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 August 2024 | |
 Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 October 2019 | |
| Nepal | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 March 2014 | 24 November 2014 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 January 2017 | |
| Oman | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 November 2015 | 26 November 2015 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 July 2022 | |
| Qatar | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 February 2024 | |
 Samoa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 July 2025 | |
 Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 April 2024 | |
| Scotland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 July 2015 | 30 January 2016 |
 Singapore | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 March 2020 | 15 July 2022 |
 Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 March 2020 | |
 Uganda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 July 2022 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 February 2016 | 24 August 2022 |
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