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| Dates | 1 – 3 November 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket Hong Kong, China |
| Cricket format | Six-a-side |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  Hong Kong |
| Participants | 12 |
| Official website | Official website |
The 2024 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes will be the twentieth edition of the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes that is scheduled to take place at Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. The tournament will host 12 nations that will be competing across three days from the 1 to 3 November 2024. This will mark a 7-year hiatus since the tournament was last played.[1][2][3]
Background
[edit]The 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 1993 and was last played in 2017.[4][5] The tournament is set to return in 2024 after a 7-year hiatus and will expand to 12 nations 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
[edit]All standard laws of the game as laid down by the M. C. C. applied with the following significant differences:[citation needed]
- Games are played between two teams of six players, and consist of five overs of six balls, with the exception of the final which consists of five overs of eight balls.
- Each member of the fielding side, with the exception of the wicket-keeper shall bowl one over.
- Wides and no-balls count as two runs to the batting side, plus an extra ball.
- If five wickets fall (not including batsmen retiring not out) before the allocated overs have been completed, the remaining batsman continues, with the last batsman out remaining as a runner. The not out batsman shall always face strike and shall be declared out if his partner is declared out.
- A batsman must retire not out on reaching 31 runs, but not before. He may complete all runs scored on the ball on which he reaches his 31 and retire immediately after. If one of the last pair of batsmen is out, any remaining not out batsman may resume his innings. In the case where there is more than one, they must return in the order they retired.
Teams and squads
[edit] Bangladesh
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 Nepal
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 New Zealand
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 South Africa
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 Sri Lanka
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References
[edit]- ^ World, Republic (11 August 2024). "Republic World". www.republicworld.com (in US). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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- ^ "The Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes Set to Make a Comeback". The Week.
- ^ "HKG Sixes | 2017/18 HKG Sixes | Live Score, Schedule, News". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Hong Kong World Sixes, 2017/18 - Stats and Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "The Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes Set To Make A Comeback". Cricket Hong Kong, China. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Hong Kong Sixes set to return after 7-year absence". www.cricket.com. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ OneCricket; Sharma, Sakshi (6 August 2024). "Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes All Set To Return After Seven-Year Hiatus". OneCricket. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes set to Make a Comeback - News18". www.news18.com. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Cricket World | Latest cricket news, live scores and video". Cricket World. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Results | Global | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "South Africa beat Pakistan, South Africa won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)". ESPNcricinfo. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2024.