# 2024 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes

The 2024 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes was the 20th edition of the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes that took place at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. The tournament consisted of 12 nations that competed across three days from 1 to 3 November 2024. This marked a return of the tournament after a 7-year hiatus.
Sri Lanka won the tournament after defeating Pakistan in the final.

## Background

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 1992 and was last played in 2017. The tournament returned in 2024 after a 7-year hiatus and the number of competitiors was increased to 12 from 8 in previous editions. South Africa are the defending champions, having defeated Pakistan in the previous cup final.

### Rules and regulations

All standard laws of the game as laid down by the MCC applied with the following significant differences:
* Games are played between two teams of six players.
* Games consist of six overs of six balls.
* Each member of the fielding side, except for the wicket-keeper, shall bowl one over with only one member bowling two overs non consecutively.
* Wides and no-balls count as the usual extra run to the batting side, plus an extra ball, with no free hit for no-balls.
* A batter must retire 'not out' on reaching a personal score of 50 runs but may not retire before reaching 50 runs. If one of the last pair of batters is out, any retired 'not out' batter may resume his innings.
* If five wickets fall before 6 overs are completed, the last remaining batter shall bat on with the 5th out batter acting as a runner. The last remaining batter must always be the striker, and shall be declared out if his partner gets out (run out or obstructing the field). The innings shall be completed at the fall of the sixth wicket.

### Format

The tournament featured 12 teams divided into four pools, each containing three teams. After the round-robin stage, the top two teams from each group competed in the Cup finals round, while all third-placed teams participated in the Bowl League finals.
Cup Finals: The top two teams from each group played in the quarter-final round of the Cup finals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The losing teams of the four quarter-finals competed in the Plate semi-finals.
Plate Finals: The losing teams of the four quarter-finals played in the Plate semi-finals. The winners of these semi-finals advanced to the Plate finals.
Bowl League Finals: All four third-placed teams competed in the Bowl League in a round-robin format, with the top two teams qualifying for the Bowl final.

## Teams and squads

| Pool A | Pool A | Pool A | Pool B | Pool B | Pool B |
| Hong Kong | New Zealand | South Africa | Australia | England | Nepal |
| Nizakat Khan (c) Zeeshan Ali Imran Arif Ehsan Khan Jason Lui Sahal Malvernkar Benny Paras | Todd Astle (c) Xavier Bell Sam Cassidy Siddhesh Dixit Raunaq Kapur Henry McIntyre Harmeet Singh | JJ Smuts (c) Matthew Boast Evan Jones Luthando Midiri Don Radebe Jacques Snyman Aubrey Swanepoel | Dan Christian (c) Fawad Ahmed Andrew Fekete Sam Heazlett James Pattinson Alex Ross Jack Wood | Ravi Bopara (c) Ed Barnard Ethan Brookes James Coles Alex Davies Samit Patel Jordan Thompson | Sundeep Jora (c) Lokesh Bam Pratis GC Narayan Joshi Rashid Khan Dipendra Rawat Bibek Yadav |
| Pool C | Pool C | Pool C | Pool D | Pool D | Pool D |
| India | Pakistan | United Arab Emirates | Bangladesh | Oman | Sri Lanka |
| Robin Uthappa (c) Manoj Tiwari Stuart Binny Shreevats Goswami Kedar Jadhav Bharat Chipli Shahbaz Nadeem | Faheem Ashraf (c) Muhammad Akhlaq Asif Ali Danish Aziz Shahab Khan Hussain Talat Aamer Yamin | Asif Khan (c) Akif Raja Khalid Shah Sanchit Sharma Ansh Tandon Zuhaib Zubair | Yasir Ali (c) Abdullah Al Mamun Jishan Alam Sohag Gazi Abu Hider Nahidul Islam Mohammad Saifuddin | Sandeep Goud (c) Mujibur Ali Shoaib Al Balushi Zikria Islam Asif Khan Hassnain Shah Vinayak Shukla | Lahiru Madushanka (c) Thanuka Dabare Dhananjaya Lakshan Tharindu Rathnayake Lahiru Samarakoon Nimesh Vimukthi Sandun Weerakkody |

## Group stage

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| Hong Kong  New Zealand  South Africa | Australia  England  Nepal | India  Pakistan  United Arab Emirates | Bangladesh  Oman  Sri Lanka |

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9.467 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.063 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −9.500 | Advanced to Bowl finals |

#### Fixtures

* 1 November 2024 08:30 Scorecard
| Hong Kong 92/0 (6 overs) | v | South Africa 94/3 (4.4 overs) |
| Nizakat Khan 45* (18) | | Jacques Snyman 27 (10) Benny Paras 2/25 (1 over) |
* South Africa won by 3 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: JJ Smuts (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* 1 November 2024 12:10 Scorecard
| Hong Kong 127/4 (6 overs) | v | New Zealand 100/4 (6 overs) |
| Nizakat Khan 62* (16) Henry McIntyre 1/49 (2 overs) | | Siddhesh Dixit (10) Nizakat Khan 1/7 (1 over) |
* Hong Kong won by 27 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Nizakat Khan (HK)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* 1 November 2024 15:45 Scorecard
| New Zealand 41 (4.1 overs) | v | South Africa 43/1 (2 overs) |
| Todd Astle 22 (8) Matthew Boast 3/3 (1.1 overs) | | Modiri Litheko 30* (6) Siddhesh Dixit 1/22 (1 over) |
* South Africa won by 5 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Matthew Boast (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Nepal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.906 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.917 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | England | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −6.306 | Advance to Bowl finals |

#### Fixtures

* 1 November 2024 09:25 Scorecard
| England 97 (5.5 overs) | v | Nepal 99/0 (4.2 overs) |
| Ravi Bopara 49 (12) Pratis GC 3/18 (2 overs) | | Sundeep Jora 50* (12) |
* Nepal won by 6 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK) Player of the match: Sundeep Jora (Nep)
* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
* 1 November 2024 14:55 Scorecard
| Australia 147/1 (6 overs) | v | England 113/5 (6 overs) |
| Dan Christian 51* (13) Jordan Thompson 1/31 (1 over) | | Ethan Brookes 35* (8) Jack Wood 2/31 (2 overs) |
* Australia won by 34 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK) Player of the match: Dan Christian (Aus)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* 2 November 2024 08:30 Scorecard
| Nepal 111/2 (6 Overs) | v | Australia 100/5 (6 overs) |
| Sundeep Jora 51*(16) Jack Wood 2/37 (2 overs) | | Jack Wood 55* (16) Pratis GC 3/24 (2 overs) |
* Nepal won by 11 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Pratis GC (Nep)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.136 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.000 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −2.152 | Advance to Bowl finals |

#### Fixtures

* 1 November 2024 10:20 Scorecard
| Pakistan 128/0 (6 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 115/5 (6 overs) |
| Muhammad Akhlaq 52* (15) | | Zuhaib Zubair 53 (14) Asif Ali 2/6 (1 over) |
* Pakistan won by 13 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Asif Ali (Pak)
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
* 1 November 2024 14:00 Scorecard
| India 119/2 (6 overs) | v | Pakistan 121/0 (5 overs) |
| Bharat Chipli 53* (16) Faheem Ashraf 2/50 (2 overs) | | Asif Ali 55* (14) |
* Pakistan won by 6 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Asif Ali (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* 2 November 2024 09:25 Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 130/5 (6 overs) | v | India 129/4 (6 overs) |
| Khalid Shah 42 (10) Stuart Binny 3/31 (2 overs) | | Stuart Binny 44 (11) Akif Raja 1/21 (1 over) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 1 run Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK) Player of the match: Khalid Shah (UAE)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.507 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.333 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Oman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −6.441 | Advance to Bowl finals |

#### Fixtures

* 1 November 2024 11:15 Scorecard
| Oman 80/2 (6 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 82/2 (4.1 overs) |
| Vinayak Shukla 50* (18) Dhananjaya Lakshan 1/4 (1 over) | | Sandun Weerakkody 28 (7) Jiten Ramanandi 1/10 (1 over) |
* Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK) Player of the match: Dhananjaya Lakshan (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* 1 November 2024 13:05 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 147/0 (6 overs) | v | Oman 113/5 (6 overs) |
| Jishan Alam 55* (12) Mohammad Saifuddin 55* (12) | | Vinayak Shukla 29 (8) Jishan Alam 2/12 (1 over) |
* Bangladesh won by 34 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK) Player of the match: Mohammad Saifuddin (Ban)
* Oman won the toss and elected to field.
* 1 November 2024 16:40 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 107/3 (6) | v | Bangladesh 89/3 (6 overs) |
| Lahiru Madushanka 48* (17) Jishan Alam 2/6 (1 over) | | Mohammad Saifuddin 42* (17) Lahiru Samarakoon 2/26 (2 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 18 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK) Player of the match: Lahiru Madushanka (SL)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

## Quarter-finals
### Quarter-final 1

* 2 November 2024 12:10 Scorecard
| Australia 129/3 (6 overs) | v | Hong Kong 116/0 (6 overs) |
| Dan Christian 53* (15) Imran Arif 1/14 (1 over) | | Nizakat Khan 51* (12) |
* Australia won by 13 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Dan Christian (Aus)
* Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

### Quarter-final 2

* 2 November 2024 13:05 Scorecard
| Pakistan 105/3 (6 overs) | v | South Africa 88/4 (6 overs) |
| Muhammad Akhlaq 53* (16) Evan Jones 2/14 (1 over) | | Evan Jones 41 (13) Hussain Talat 2/17 (1 over) |
* Pakistan won by 17 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK) Player of the match: Hussain Talat (Pak)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

### Quarter-final 3

* 2 November 2024 15:45 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 123/2 (6 overs) | v | Nepal 83 (5 overs) |
| Sandun Weerakkody 50* (14) Narayan Joshi 1/28 (1 over) | | Rashid Khan 55 (18) Lahiru Samarakoon 2/6 (1 over) |
* Sri Lanka won by 40 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Lahiru Samarakoon (SL)
* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

### Quarter-final 4

* 2 November 2024 16:40 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 111/1 (6 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 43/3 (3.2 overs) |
| Mohammad Saifuddin 36* (9) Zuhaib Zubair 1/13 (1 over) | | Sanchit Sharma 25 (6) Mohammad Saifuddin 2/7 (1.2 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 18 runs (DLS method) Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Mohammad Saifuddin (Ban)
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play was possible due to bad light.

## Bowl finals
### Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Oman | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.388 | Advanced to Bowl Final |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −2.444 | Advanced to Bowl Final |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.556 | |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −5.522 | |

#### Fixtures

* 2 November 2024 10:20 Scorecard
| Oman 103/3 (6 overs) | v | New Zealand 95/2 (6 overs) |
| Vinayak Shukla 53* (14) Sam Cassidy 1/9 (1 over) | | Raunaq Kapur 50* (17) Mujibur Ali 1/9 (1 over) |
* Oman won by 8 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Vinayak Shukla (Oma)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* 2 November 2024 11:15 Scorecard
| England 120/1 (6 overs) | v | India 105/3 (6 overs) |
| Ravi Bopara 53* (14) | | Kedar Jadhav 48* (15) Ravi Bopara 2/11 (1 over) |
* England won by 15 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK) Player of the match: Ravi Bopara (Eng)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* 2 November 2024 14:00 Scorecard
| New Zealand 146/3 (6 overs) | v | India 102/2 (6 overs) |
| Siddhesh Dixit 55* (12) Stuart Binny 1/14 (1 over) | | Shreevats Goswami 42* (16) Sam Cassidy 1/13 (1 over) |
* New Zealand won by 44 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Siddhesh Dixit (NZ)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* 2 November 2024 14:55 Scorecard
| Oman 159/0 (6 overs) | v | England 92/4 (6 overs) |
| Vinayak Shukla 51* (10) Hassnain Shah 51* (10) | | Ed Barnard 57* (16) Zikria Islam 1/8 (1 over) |
* Oman won by 67 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK) Player of the match: Vinayak Shukla (Oma)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* 3 November 2024 08:30 Scorecard
| England 116/4 (6 overs) | v | New Zealand 108/2 (6 overs) |
| Ravi Bopara 62* (15) Raunaq Kapur 3/13 (1 over) | | Siddhesh Dixit 45 (18) Ethan Brookes 1/26 (1 over) |
* England won by 8 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Ravi Bopara (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* 3 November 2024 11:15 Scorecard
| India 119/3 (6 overs) | v | Oman 120/0 (4.2 overs) |
| Robin Uthappa 52* (13) Asif Khan 1/17 (1 over) | | Vinayak Shukla 54* (11) |
* Oman won by 6 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Vinayak Shukla (Oma)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.

### Bowl Final

* 3 November 2024 14:35 Scorecard
| England 123/1 (6 overs) | v | Oman 124/2 (5.5 overs) |
| Jordan Thompson 55* (18) Mujibur Ali 1/7 (1 over) | | Asif Khan 47* (17) James Coles 1/15 (1 over) |
* Oman won by 4 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Asif Khan (Oma)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.

## Plate finals
### Plate Semi-finals

* 3 November 2024 09:25 Scorecard
| Hong Kong 92/4 (6 overs) | v | South Africa 93/2 (5.3 overs) |
| Sahal Malvernkar 25 (6) JJ Smuts 1/8 (1 over) | | Modiri Litheko 41* (15) Sahal Malvernkar 1/8 (0.3 over) |
* South Africa won by 4 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Modiri Litheko (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* 3 November 2024 10:20 Scorecard
| Nepal 94/3 (6 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 96/1 (5.2 overs) |
| Bibek Yadav 49* (16) Akif Raja 2/30 (2 overs) | | Asif Khan 55* (15) Rashid Khan 1/25 (2 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: John Prakash (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK) Player of the match: Sanchit Sharma (UAE)
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.

### Plate Final

* 3 November 2024 15:25 Scorecard
| South Africa 96/4 (6 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 95/4 (6 overs) |
| JJ Smuts 67* (18) Asif Khan 1/10 (1 over) | | Asif Khan 26 (9) Matthew Boast 2/23 (2 overs) |
* South Africa won by 1 run Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK) Player of the match: JJ Smuts (SA)
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.

## Cup finals
### Semi-finals
#### Semi-final 1

* 3 November 2024 12:50 Scorecard
| Australia 107/1 (6 overs) | v | Pakistan 109/2 (5.5 overs) |
| Dan Christian 42* (10) Faheem Ashraf 1/12 (1 over) | | Asif Ali 32 (8) Fawad Ahmed 1/18 (1 over) |
* Pakistan won by 4 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Faheem Ashraf (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

#### Semi-final 2

* 3 November 2024 13:40 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 103/5 (6 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 104/3 (5.5 overs) |
| Jishan Alam 36 (11) Tharindu Rathnayake 4/33 (2 overs) | | Sandun Weerakkody 50* (16) Jishan Alam 2/4 (1 over) |
* Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Tharindu Rathnayake (SL)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

### Final

* 3 November 2024 16:25 Scorecard
| Pakistan 72 (5.2 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 76/3 (5 overs) |
| Muhammad Akhlaq 48 (20) Dhananjaya Lakshan 2/6 (1 over) | | Sandun Weerakkody 34 (13) Hussain Talat 1/18 (1 over) |
* Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Dhananjaya Lakshan (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

## Final standings

| Position | Team | Result |
| 1st | Sri Lanka | Cup Champions |
| 2nd | Pakistan | Runners-up |
| Semi-finalists | Australia |
| Semi-finalists | Bangladesh |
| 5th | South Africa | Plate Champions |
| 6th | United Arab Emirates |
| Plate Semi-finalists | Nepal |
| Plate Semi-finalists | Hong Kong |
| 9th | Oman | Bowl Champions |
| 10th | England |
| 11th | New Zealand |
| 12th | India |

## Women's exhibition match

A women’s exhibition match was held on the final day of the tournament to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

### Squads

| China | Hong Kong |
| Shan Limin Cai Yuanyuan Yin Wenjing Lyu Zhongyuan Zhu Mingyue Chen Xinyu | Maryam Bibi Alison Siu Kary Chan Shanzeen Shahzad Natasha Miles Lemon Cheung |
* 3 November 2024 12:10 Scorecard
| Hong Kong 61/0 (5 overs) | v | China 36/3 (5 overs) |
| Natasha Miles 31* (15) | | Cai Yuanyuan 7* (6) Kary Chan 2/3 (1 over) |
* Hong Kong won by 25 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Player of the match: Kary Chan (HK)
* China won the toss and elected to field.