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What Are the Cricket Sixes?

The Sixes started in 1992 but it’s been seven years since the last tournament, so here’s a brief guide to what’s going on!

It’s just like traditional cricket and all the regular laws of game apply except that each match only takes around 50 minutes to complete.

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Why? As the name suggests the game is six players per side compared with the usual 11, which means once the bowler and wicket-keeper are in position there aren’t many fieldsmen that the batting team need to evade to hit lots of boundaries, so scoring should be fast and furious.

Each team faces five overs each, and everyone (except for the wicketkeeper) is required to bowl one over each.

Batsmen are forced to retire at 31, but can come back in once all other batsmen have been dismissed or have retired. This can make for some interesting situations at the end of the innings with the lower-order taking risky singles knowing that if they are out, their in-form batsman can come back in.

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This year at the Hong Kong Sixes, eleven international teams plus hosts Hong Kong will play 30 matches over three days. The teams are split into four pools, with the results determining the seeding positions for the knockout matches.

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Finals day includes four quarter-finals, with the four losers heading into the plate tournament, while the remaining four teams compete for the major title.

There’ll also be a women’s exhibition match on Sunday.

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South Africa are the defending champions and they will face Hong Kong in the opening game at 8:30am on Friday morning.

Hong Kong will be captained by Nizakat Khan.

Hong Kong Squad:
Nizakat Khan (Captain), Ehsan Khan, Benny Singh Paras, Imran Arif, Jason Lui, Sahal Malvernkar, Zeeshan Ali

HK Cricket Sixes
Date: 1-3 November, 2024
Venue: Kowloon Cricket Club
Tickets: $1,200, $700, $600, $350 from HKticketing

Cricket Sixes Return

After a seven-year absence, the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes return to the Tin Kwong Road Cricket Ground on 1-3 November, 2024. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, England, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Oman, UAE, and Hong Kong will compete in 50-minute matches.

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“Between 1992 and 2017, the Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes was a highlight of our sporting calendar. We are excited to bring it back, not just as a cricket event, but as a celebration of our city and its potential in the world of sports. With cricket’s inclusion in the LA Games 2028 and possibly Brisbane 2032, this event will help propel the sport’s growth in East Asia,” said Burji Shroff, Chairperson of Cricket Hong Kong.

HK Cricket Sixes
Date: 1-3 November, 2024
Venue: Kowloon Cricket Club
Tickets: $1,200, $700, $600, $350 from HKticketing

Ladies Day @ Kowloon Cricket Club – 17 February 2019

Kowloon Cricket Club hosted its second annual Ladies Day on the 17 February 2019 at it’s Cox Road home. KCC‘s Ladies Day looks to raise awareness of women’s cricket locally and this year to raise money for the McGrath Foundation – a breast cancer support and education charity in Australia.
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HK Sixes Returns in October

Cricket Hong Kong have announced that after a gap of five years the Hong Kong Sixes will return to the local sporting calendar on the 28-29 October 2017 at Kowloon Cricket Club.

The ‘fastest’ cricket format in the world will see eight international teams participating in matches that take just 45 minutes to complete. The Sixes will also look to take advantage of technology changes as Cricket Hong Kong aims to create a tournament with a distinct identity.

“Everyone in the cricket community here in Hong Kong is delighted to have the Sixes confirmed as being back on our calendar,” Cricket Hong Kong Director Jonathan Cummings said. “We love what the Sixes were and are passionate about bringing the best bits with us, but we won’t be satisfied putting on the same show as in 2012.”

“This will be the Sixes 2.0 and over time, we want to make this the most hi-tech, innovative cricket tournament in the world. The emergence of Twenty20 leagues around the world is great, but this is an opportunity to create a different a experience for cricket lovers and to engage new fans to the sport.”

“It’s a format where we aren’t bound by the traditional rules of the game, so we will be designing everything to provide maximum entertainment value and engagement.” Cummings said.

“We’ve already launched the Junior Cricket Sixes into local schools and we look forward to connecting that programme with the October event. Anyone can enjoy Sixes cricket, lots of big hits and great entertainment with no breaks.”

The Sixes will be held at the Kowloon Cricket Club with KCC President David Brettell commenting that “KCC is in full support of Cricket Hong Kong’s efforts to reinstate the event. We are delighted to welcome back the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes to the KCC and we are excited to be partnering with Cricket Hong Kong in their endeavour to bring a world class sporting event to Hong Kong”.

“We’d like to extend our thanks to Kowloon Cricket Club,” Cummings said. “The venue is perfect for Sixes cricket and they have the experience in providing world class hospitality and service and will host spectators to an outstanding weekend.”

Teams for the event will be confirmed within the next month with a minimum of six full member nations to participate.

HK Cricket Sixes
Date: 28-29 October, 2017
Venue: Kowloon Cricket Club
Tickets: tbc

Additional reporting and image: HK Cricket

Kowloon Cricket Club Lift Hancock Shield

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On a green surface at Hong Kong Cricket Club, 40 wickets fell in two days and at the end of it all, Kowloon Cricket Club emerged victorious in the Hancock Shield, a traditional Premier League fixture.

Sent in to bat first on day one, KCC recovered from being 68-6 to reach 165 in the first innings thanks to an even half-century from Dan Pascoe. Pascoe also received support from Aizaz Khan (38), but it was HKCC’s opening bowlers Gareth Harte (4-43) and Raag Kapur (3-45) who gave the home side an edge.

But that advantaged quickly evaporated as HKCC collapsed to 62-7 by stumps, still trailing by 105.

On day two, they were able to eek out another 49 runs thanks to an unbeaten 48 from Ryan Buckley. Aizaz Khan backed up his contribution with the bat with 4-43. Ehsan Nawaz took 3-21.

With a lead of 54 runs, KCC merely needed to bat time and see out the game to claim the Shield. Easier said than done.

This time, they found themselves 49-6 and the lower order could not entirely bail them out on this occasion as they were bowled out for 91. Gareth Harte continued his brilliant game with the ball, taking 5-36 to claim match figures of 9-79.

That left HKCC with 146 to win in a maximum of 41 overs and they had the perfect man to do it.

Nizakat Khan, who had a flight to catch to the Centre of Excellence in Australia, opened the batting and dominated the bowling. However, his team mates were not finding it so easy and when Nizakat was dismissed for 61 off 50 balls, HKCC were 74-5.

The lower order fought hard and took the match to the final 15 minutes until Tanveer Ahmed (3-42) took the final wicket with HKCC still 14 runs shy of their victory target.

Aizaz Khan pick up another four wickets in the second innings to finish with match figures of 8-83.

Scorecard
https://www.crichq.com/#fixtures/470168/1st_innings