# 2009 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes

The 2009 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes was the fifteenth contesting of the tournament, taking place at Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong. Eight nations competed in twenty-two matches over two days, 31 October – 1 November 2009. South Africa won the tournament, narrowly defeating hosts Hong Kong in the final, after Farhaan Behardien hit the required six off the last ball of the match.
Despite losing in the final, Hong Kong's Irfan Ahmed was awarded the Ben Hollioake Trophy, given to the player of the tournament. He played in all seven of Hong Kong's matches, and finished with 163 runs, which was bettered only by England's Peter Trego. He also claimed three wickets in the tournament, at an economy of 13.63 runs per over, ranking him fifth of all bowlers for economy. South Africa's David Wiese claimed the most wickets, taking seven in his seven matches. Peter Trego topped the batting charts with 184 runs, boosted by a top-score of 65* after returning to bat in England's third match after they'd lost four wickets. His 21 sixes were also the most scored by a batsman in the tournament.

## Squads

Northern Hemisphere :
| England | India | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
| Chris Read † (capt) | Anil Kumble (capt) | Faisal Iqbal † (capt) | Jeevantha Kulatunga (capt) |
| Darren Stevens | Jagadeesh Arunkumar † | Abdur Rauf | Kaushal Lokuarachchi |
| Graham Wagg | Lakshmipathy Balaji | Ahmed Shehzad | Chinthaka Jayasinghe |
| Graham Napier | Manish Pandey | Anwar Ali | Dilhara Lokuhettige |
| Jamie Dalrymple | Reetinder Sodhi | Junaid Zia | Hasantha Fernando |
| Peter Trego | Sridharan Sriram | Sohail Khan | Indika de Saram † |
| Rory Hamilton-Brown | Stuart Binny | Yasir Hameed | Nuwan Zoysa |
| Southern Hemisphere ||||
| Australia | Hong Kong | New Zealand | South Africa |
| Greg Moller † (capt) | Najeeb Amar (capt) | Craig McMillan (capt) | Davey Jacobs (capt) |
| Glenn Maxwell | Hussain Butt † | Anaru Kitchen | David Wiese |
| Jeremy Smith | Irfan Ahmed | Corey Anderson | Farhaan Behardien |
| Josh Hazlewood | Mark Wright | Craig Spearman † | Loots Bosman † |
| Marcus Stoinis | Munir Dar | Peter Fulton | Rory Kleinveldt |
| Michael Cranmer | Nadeem Ahmed | Shanan Stewart | Ryan Bailey |
| Simon Keen | Tanvir Afzal | | Werner Coetsee |

## Rules and regulations

All standard laws of the game as laid down by the MCC applied with the following significant differences:

### General

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.

### Last man stands

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.

### Batsman retire

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.

## Group stage
### Northern Hemisphere

| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | RR |
| England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18.750 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18.628 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17.556 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16.067 |
* 31 October 2009 Scorecard
| India 88/2 (5 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 82/3 (5 overs) |
| J Arunkumar 36** (11) CU Jayasinghe 1/13 [1] KS Lokuarachchi 1/13 [1] | | CU Jayasinghe 24 (14) RS Sodhi 1/6 [1] |
* India won by 6 runs Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani
* 31 October 2009 Scorecard
| England 92/0 (5 overs) | v | Pakistan 89/3 (5 overs) |
| PD Trego 35** (15) Abdur Rauf 0/7 [1] | | Anwar Ali 35* (13) JWM Dalrymple 1/10 [1] |
* England won by 3 runs Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani
* 31 October 2009 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 88/2 (5 overs) | v | Pakistan 82/2 (5 overs) |
| DNT Zoysa 36** (10) Sohail Khan 1/14 [1] | | Abdur Rauf 30 (9) DNT Zoysa 1/12 [1] |
* Sri Lanka won by 6 runs Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard
* 31 October 2009 Scorecard
| India 88/4 (5 overs) | v | England 89/2 (4.4 overs) |
| STR Binny 54* (15) DI Stevens 2/9 [1] | | PD Trego 35** (9) STR Binny 2/5 [0.4] |
* England won by 4 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani
* 31 October 2009 Scorecard
| India 65/1 (5 overs) | v | Pakistan 66/0 (3.3 overs) |
| MK Pandey 28* (14) Junaid Zia 1/13 [1] | | Ahmed Shehzad 31** (9) S Sriram 0/9 [0/3] |
* Pakistan won by 6 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Sudhir Gidwani
* 31 October 2009 Scorecard
| England 94/4 (5 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 97/1 (4.2 overs) |
| PD Trego 65* (14) KS Lokuarachchi 2/7 [1] | | HGJM Kulatunga 32** (10) GR Napier 1/14 [1] |
* Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

### Southern Hemisphere

| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | RR |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 20.838 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 19.500 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17.925 |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18.286 |
* 31 October 2009 Scorecard
| South Africa 71/2 (5 overs) | v | Hong Kong 73/1 (3.4 overs) |
| DJ Jacobs 32** (14) Munir Dar 1/6 [1] | | Irfan Ahmed 33** (7) David Wiese 1/17 [1] |
* Hong Kong won by 5 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard
* 31 October 2009 Scorecard
| New Zealand 92/3 (5 overs) | v | Hong Kong 95/2 (4.1 overs) |
| CM Spearman 31** (8) Irfan Ahmed 1/7 [1] | | Irfan Ahmed 32** (6) CJ Anderson 2/20 [1] |
* Hong Kong won by 4 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard
* 31 October 2009 Scorecard
| Australia 110/2 (5 overs) | v | South Africa 112/2 (4.4 overs) |
| GJ Maxwell 34** (10) D Wiese 1/16 [1] | | DJ Jacobs 33** (7) MP Stoinis 1/16 [1] |
* South Africa won by 4 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard
* 31 October 2009 Scorecard
| Australia 86/3 (5 overs) | v | Hong Kong 89/2 (4.3 overs) |
| GJ Maxwell 29 (10) Najeeb Amar 2/13 [1] | | Munir Dar 33** (7) MP Stoinis 2/10 [1] |
* Hong Kong won by 4 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani
* 31 October 2009 Scorecard
| South Africa 103/3 (5 overs) | v | New Zealand 83/2 (5 overs) |
| RK Kleinveldt 34** (9) SL Stewart 1/18 [1] | | SL Stewart 33** (11) D Wiese 2/11 [1] |
* South Africa won by 20 runs Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard
* 31 October 2009 Scorecard
| Australia 60 (4 overs) | v | New Zealand 64/2 (3.2 overs) |
| MP Stoinis 35 (12) CD McMillan 3/11 [1] | | AK Kitchen 32** (8) MP Stoinis 1/16 [1] |
* New Zealand won by 4 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

## Cup round-robin stage

| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | RR |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18.711 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 19.636 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16.537 |
| England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16.933 |
* 1 November 2009 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 86/4 (5 overs) | v | South Africa 88/5 (4.5 overs) |
| KS Lokuarachchi 34** (8) D Wiese 1/14 [1] | | LL Bosman 44* (14) KS Lokuarachchi 1/8 [0.5] |
* South Africa won by 1 wicket Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard
* 1 November 2009 Scorecard
| England 72/5 (5 overs) | v | Hong Kong 75/0 (4.1 overs) |
| PD Trego 28 (11) Munir Dar 1/6 [1] Najeeb Amar 1/6 [1] | | Irfan Ahmed 34** (12) PD Trego 0/6 [0.1] |
* Hong Kong won by 6 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani
* 1 November 2009 Scorecard
| England 102/3 (5 overs) | v | South Africa 103/3 (4.5 overs) |
| GR Napier 36** (7) RK Kleinveldt 1/18 [1] | | DJ Jacobs 36** (8) DI Stevens 1/8 [1] |
* South Africa won by 3 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani
* 1 November 2009 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 59/5 (5 overs) | v | Hong Kong 62/0 (3.3 overs) |
| DNT Zoysa 27 (8) Irfan Ahmed 1/2 [1] | | Irfan Ahmed 32** (11) KHRK Fernando 0/8 [0.3] |
* Hong Kong won by 6 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard
* 1 November 2009 Scorecard
| South Africa 97/2 (5 overs) | v | Hong Kong 100/2 (5 overs) |
| DJ Jacobs 34** (8) MJW Wright 1/12 [1] | | KH Butt 33** (10) D Wiese 1/14 [1] |
* Hong Kong won by 4 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard
* 1 November 2009 Scorecard
| England 80/4 (5 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 81/4 (3.4 overs) |
| GG Wagg 28* (6) KHRK Fernando 2/7 [1] KS Lokuarachchi 2/7 [1] | | HGJM Kulatunga 29 (9) DI Stevens 1/13 [1] |
* Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

## Plate
### Semi-finals

* 1 November 2009 Scorecard
| Pakistan 77/3 (5 overs) | v | Australia 80/0 (5 overs) |
| Faisal Iqbal 31** (14) MRC Cranmer 1/14 [1] | | GD Moller 33** (11) Abdur Rauf 1/11 [1] |
* Australia won by 6 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard
* 1 November 2009 Scorecard
| India 77/4 (5 overs) | v | New Zealand 78/0 (3.3 overs) |
| MK Pandey 34* (10) AK Kitchen 2/19 [1] | | AK Kitchen 34** (9) S Sriram 0/8 [0.3] |
* New Zealand won by 6 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

### Final

* 1 November 2009 Scorecard
| Australia 69 (4.5 overs) | v | New Zealand 70/1 (5 overs) |
| MRC Cranmer 17 (8) PG Fulton 1/7 [1] | | SL Stewart 31* (9) JR Hazlewood 1/29 [1] |
* New Zealand won by 5 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

## Cup Final

* 1 November 2009 Scorecard
| Hong Kong 97/4 (5 overs) | v | South Africa 99/4 (5 overs) |
| Munir Dar 31** (12) D Wiese 1/11 [1] | | F Behardien 37* (10) Tanvir Afzal 3/11 [1] |
* South Africa won by 2 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

## Final standings

| Position | Country | Result | Run rate |
| 1st | South Africa | Cup Champions | 3.111 |
| 2nd | Hong Kong | Cup Finalists | 3.100 |
| 3rd | Sri Lanka | Cup round-robin (2pts) | 2.935 |
| 4th | England | Cup round-robin (0pts) | 2.972 |
| 5th | New Zealand | Plate Champions | 3.121 |
| 6th | Australia | Plate Finalists | 2.547 |
| 7th | Pakistan | Run rate | 2.829 |
| 8th | India | Run rate | 2.650 |

## Records
### Most runs

| Player | Country | Runs | Average | Strike-rate | 4s | 6s |
| Peter Trego | England | 184 | 61.33 | 322.80 | 9 | 21 |
| Irfan Ahmed | Hong Kong | 163 | 54.33 | 301.85 | 15 | 15 |
| Davey Jacobs | South Africa | 161 | 53.66 | 342.55 | 10 | 18 |
| Loots Bosman | South Africa | 138 | 27.60 | 260.37 | 16 | 10 |
| Hussain Butt | Hong Kong | 136 | 68.00 | 283.33 | 10 | 14 |
| Shanan Stewart | New Zealand | 129 | 64.50 | 330.76 | 12 | 12 |
| Glenn Maxwell | Australia | 104 | 34.66 | 260.00 | 14 | 6 |
| Munir Dar | Hong Kong | 104 | – | 346.66 | 8 | 11 |
| Anaru Kitchen | New Zealand | 103 | 103.00 | 343.33 | 5 | 13 |
| Darren Stevens | England | 103 | 25.75 | 264.10 | 7 | 10 |

### Most wickets

| Player | Country | Wickets | Average | Economy | Strike-rate |
| David Wiese | South Africa | 7 | 14.85 | 14.18 | 6.2 |
| Kaushal Lokuarachchi | Sri Lanka | 6 | 11.66 | 12.00 | 5.8 |
| Shanan Stewart | New Zealand | 5 | 16.80 | 15.75 | 6.4 |
| Craig McMillan | New Zealand | 5 | 19.20 | 18.00 | 6.4 |
| Najeeb Amar | Hong Kong | 5 | 21.00 | 14.31 | 8.8 |
| Mark Wright | Hong Kong | 5 | 21.20 | 16.73 | 7.6 |
| Marcus Stoinis | Australia | 4 | 10.50 | 14.00 | 4.5 |
| Darren Stevens | England | 4 | 14.50 | 10.87 | 8.0 |
| Chinthaka Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | 4 | 20.50 | 20.50 | 6.0 |
| Tanvir Afzal | Hong Kong | 4 | 30.75 | 16.77 | 11.0 |