National cricket team in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
|
|
Association
| Cricket Hong Kong, China
|
---|
|
Captain
| Nizakat Khan
|
---|
Coach
| Simon Willis
|
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|
City
| Hong Kong
|
---|
Home ground
| Mission Road Ground
|
---|
Capacity
| 3,500
|
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|
ICC status
| Associate member (1969)
|
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ICC region
| Asia
|
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ICC Rankings
|
Current
[1]
|
Best-ever
|
---|
T20I
|
22nd
|
11th
(31 Aug 2015)
|
---|
|
|
First ODI
| v
Bangladesh
at
Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground
,
Colombo
; 16 July 2004
|
---|
Last ODI
| v
Kuwait
at
Mulpani Cricket Stadium
,
Mulpani
; 27 April 2023
|
---|
ODIs
|
Played
|
Won/Lost
|
---|
Total
[2]
|
30
|
11/17
(0 ties, 2 no result)
|
---|
|
World Cup Qualifier
appearances
| 8 (
first in
1982
)
|
---|
Best result
| 3rd (
2014
)
|
---|
|
First T20I
| v
Nepal
at
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
,
Chittagong
; 16 March 2014
|
---|
Last T20I
| v
Nepal
at
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1
,
Al Amarat
; 20 April 2024
|
---|
T20Is
|
Played
|
Won/Lost
|
---|
Total
[4]
|
89
|
39/48
(1 tie, 1 no result)
|
---|
This year
[5]
|
17
|
10/5
(1 tie, 1 no result)
|
---|
|
T20 World Cup
appearances
| 2 (
first in
2014
)
|
---|
Best result
| Group stage (2014,
2016
)
|
---|
T20 World Cup Qualifier
appearances
| 6
[a]
(
first in
2012
)
|
---|
Best result
| 4th (
2015
)
|
---|
|
|
|
As of 20 April 2024
|
The
Hong Kong men's national cricket team
is the team that represents
Hong Kong
in international competitions. It played its first match in 1866
[6]
and has been an associate member of the
International Cricket Council
(ICC) since 1969.
[7]
Hong Kong played its first
One Day Internationals
in the
2004 Asia Cup
,
[8]
and in January 2014 was granted ODI status until 2018, as a result of finishing third in the
2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
.
[9]
The team gained
Twenty20 International
status in November 2013, as a result of qualifying for the
2014 ICC World Twenty20
.
[10]
Hong Kong lost their ODI status in March 2018 after losing to the Netherlands in a play-off match during the
2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
.
[11]
They did, however, play two further ODI matches at the
2018 Asia Cup
in September 2018 after winning the
2018 Asia Cup Qualifier
, as the ICC announced that all matches played at the finals would have ODI status.
[12]
Hong Kong has played in every
ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier
tournament, with the exceptions of the
1979
and
2005
events.
[13]
It has also taken part in two
ICC Intercontinental Cup
tournaments, in
2005
[14]
and in
2015?17
, and in two ICC T20 World Cup tournaments, in 2014 and
2016
.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full
Twenty20 International
(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all
Twenty20
matches played between Hong Kong and other
ICC members
after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.
[15]
History
[
edit
]
Early years
[
edit
]
The sport was introduced to Hong Kong by the British, with the first recorded game taking place in 1841, and the Hong Kong Cricket Club being founded ten years later. The Cricket Club (playing as Hong Kong) played a number of
Interport matches
against sides on the Chinese mainland, the first taking place against Shanghai in 1866, and in 1890 played
Ceylon
(now
Sri Lanka
) for the first time.
[6]
1892 saw disaster when the
SS
Bokhara
, which was carrying the team back from Shanghai, sank in a
typhoon
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 cricketer
John Dunn
.
[16]
1948 saw the last game against Shanghai.
[6]
Jack Chegwyn
led the first international team to Hong Kong in 1952, and the first tour by an
MCC
team was in 1966.
[6]
The MCC, captained by
Mike Smith
played one match against the national side, winning by 74 runs.
[17]
In 1969 the Hong Kong Cricket Association became an associate member of the
International Cricket Council
, cricket's global ruling body.
[7]
ICC membership
[
edit
]
The year after gaining ICC membership, the Hong Kong national side played against an MCC side captained by
Tony Lewis
, drawing the game,
[18]
but it was not until the 1982 ICC Trophy when the Hong Kong team next played.
[6]
At that tournament the Hong Kong team, which featured future
England
Test cricketer
Dermot Reeve
, failed to progress beyond the first round.
[19]
Hong Kong took part in the following three ICC Trophy tournaments, again failing to progress beyond the first round in
1986
,
[20]
reaching the plate competition in
1990
[21]
and the second round in
1994
.
[22]
They then played in the
inaugural ACC Trophy tournament
in 1996,
[6]
failing to progress beyond the group stage after losing to
Bangladesh
and
Fiji
.
[23]
In 1997, Hong Kong
returned to Chinese control
. In the same year, the national team finished eighth in the
ICC Trophy
.
[24]
They played in the ACC Trophy again in
1998
, losing to
Malaysia
in the semi-finals.
[25]
21st century
[
edit
]
2000?2009
[
edit
]
In 2000, Hong Kong reached the final of the
ACC Trophy
, where they lost to the
United Arab Emirates
.
[26]
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.
[6]
Hong Kong fared poorly in the
2001 ICC Trophy
, going out in the group stage having achieved only one win, against
Papua New Guinea
.
[27]
In 2002, they reached the semi-finals of the
ACC Trophy
, again losing to the United Arab Emirates.
[28]
At the
2004 Asia Cup
, held in
Sri Lanka
, Hong Kong were drawn alongside Test nations Bangladesh and
Pakistan
. They lost both matches heavily, despite restricting Bangladesh to 221/9 in the first match.
[29]
[30]
Also in 2004, Hong Kong failed to progress beyond the first round of the ACC Trophy after losing in the group stages to
Oman
and
Bahrain
, missing out on qualification for the
2005 ICC Trophy
in Ireland.
[31]
They also reached the final of the
ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament
, losing to the United Arab Emirates.
[6]
Hong Kong played in the Intercontinental Cup for the first time in 2005. They lost to the UAE and drew with
Nepal
, failing to reach the semi-finals.
[14]
They finished last in the fast-track nations tournament the same year.
[32]
In 2006, Hong Kong again lost to the United Arab Emirates in the final of the ACC Trophy,
[33]
and finished fourth in the
ACC Premier League
.
[34]
The following year, they travelled to
Darwin
, Australia to take part in
Division Three
of the
World Cricket League
, finishing fifth,
[35]
relegating them to
Division Four
for 2008.
[36]
In October/November 2007, Hong Kong took part in the inaugural
ACC Twenty20 Cup
held in
Kuwait
, where they played in Group B against the United Arab Emirates,
Singapore
,
Kuwait
and
Saudi 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 the
Asia 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 against
India
and
Pakistan
convincingly.
[37]
In October 2008, Hong Kong travelled to
Dar-es-Salaam
, Tanzania to participate in
Division Four
of the
World Cricket League
. Hong Kong won four group matches against;
Fiji
,
Italy
,
Jersey
and
the hosts
but lost twice to
Afghanistan
in their group match and the Final.
[38]
Hong Kong's top two finish resulted in their promotion back to Division Three.
[39]
2010?present
[
edit
]
In 2011 they hosted the
Division Three
and won it defeating
Papua New Guinea
in the finals to qualify for
Division Two
to be held in the United Arab Emirates.
[40]
Then in
Division Two
they came 4th qualifying as HPP member and for
2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
in New Zealand. .
[41]
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 host
Bangladesh
in the
2014 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 to
Afghanistan
and
Nepal
[42]
Hong Kong first ODI win against a full member came on 8 March 2018 defeating Afghanistan in
2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
.
[43]
- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Afghanistan were set a revised target of 226 runs from 46 overs due to rain.
- This was Hong Kong's first win against a
Full Member side
in ODIs.
Grounds
[
edit
]
Tournament history
[
edit
]
T20 World Cup
[
edit
]
ICC Trophy / World Cup Qualifier
[
edit
]
T20 World Cup Qualifier
[
edit
]
- 2012
: 11th place
- 2013
: 6th place
- 2015
: 4th place
- 2019
: 8th place
- 2022
: 6th place
- 2023
(T20 WC Asia Qualifier): Group Stage
ICC Intercontinental Cup
[
edit
]
World Cricket League
[
edit
]
Asia Cup
[
edit
]
Asia Cup Qualifier
[
edit
]
ACC Eastern Region T20
[
edit
]
ACC Trophy
[
edit
]
ACC Premier League
[
edit
]
ACC Twenty20 Cup
[
edit
]
ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament
[
edit
]
- 2004/05: Runners-up
[6]
- 2005/06: 5th place
[32]
- 2006/07: 4th place
[34]
East Asia Cup
[
edit
]
- 2016
: 3rd place (as HK Dragons)
- 2018
: Runners-up (as HK Dragons)
- 2024
:
Winners
- 2010
: Quarter-finals
- 2014
: 4th place
- 2022
: Quarter-finals
Current squad
[
edit
]
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.
Players
[
edit
]
Coaching staff
[
edit
]
Coaching history
[
edit
]
Records
[
edit
]
International Match Summary ? Hong Kong
[52]
[53]
Last updated 20 April 2024.
Playing Record
|
Format
|
M
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
NR
|
Inaugural Match
|
One Day Internationals
|
26
|
9
|
16
|
0
|
1
|
16 July 2004
|
Twenty20 Internationals
|
89
|
39
|
48
|
1
|
1
|
16 March 2014
|
One Day Internationals
[
edit
]
Most ODI runs for Hong Kong
[57]
|
Most ODI wickets for Hong Kong
[58]
|
Highest individual innings in ODI
[59]
|
Best bowling figures in an innings in ODI
[60]
|
ODI record versus other nations
[52]
Records complete to ODI #4039. Last updated 18 September 2018.
Twenty20 Internationals
[
edit
]
Most T20I runs for Hong Kong
[64]
|
Most T20I wickets for Hong Kong
[65]
|
T20I record versus other nations
[53]
Records complete to T20I #2578. Last updated 20 April 2024.
Opponent
|
M
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
NR
|
First match
|
First win
|
vs Test nations
|
Afghanistan
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
18 March 2014
|
21 July 2015
|
Bangladesh
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
20 March 2014
|
20 March 2014
|
India
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
31 August 2022
|
|
Ireland
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
17 July 2015
|
17 July 2015
|
Pakistan
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2 September 2022
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
8 March 2016
|
|
vs Associate Members
|
Bahrain
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
8 March 2023
|
8 March 2023
|
Cambodia
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
28 September 2023
|
28 September 2023
|
Canada
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
24 October 2019
|
24 October 2019
|
China
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
14 February 2024
|
14 February 2024
|
Japan
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1 October 2023
|
1 October 2023
|
Jersey
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
23 October 2019
|
23 October 2019
|
Kuwait
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
23 August 2022
|
23 August 2022
|
Malaysia
|
11
|
4
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
20 February 2020
|
6 March 2020
|
Nigeria
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
27 October 2019
|
27 October 2019
|
Nepal
|
11
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
16 March 2014
|
24 November 2014
|
Netherlands
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
18 January 2017
|
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
|
14 July 2022
|
Qatar
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
27 February 2024
|
27 February 2024
|
Saudi Arabia
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
14 April 2024
|
|
Scotland
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
25 July 2015
|
30 January 2016
|
Singapore
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4 March 2020
|
15 July 2022
|
Thailand
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3 March 2020
|
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
|
International records/World records
[
edit
]
See also
[
edit
]
Notes
[
edit
]
- ^
T20 World Cup Qualifier refers to the Regional Final of the ICC Asia region from the 2023 edition.
References
[
edit
]
- ^
"ICC Rankings"
. International Cricket Council.
- ^
"ODI matches - Team records"
.
ESPNcricinfo
.
- ^
"ODI matches - 2024 Team records"
.
ESPNcricinfo
.
- ^
"T20I matches - Team records"
.
ESPNcricinfo
.
- ^
"T20I matches - 2024 Team records"
.
ESPNcricinfo
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
Chronology of Hong Kong cricket
- ^
a
b
Hong Kong
at CricketArchive
- ^
a
b
c
d
List of Hong Kong ODIs
at CricketArchive
- ^
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. International Cricket Council. 31 January 2014. Archived from
the original
on 31 January 2014
. Retrieved
31 January
2014
.
- ^
"Hong Kong, Netherlands through to World T20"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. 28 November 2013
. Retrieved
26 July
2015
.
- ^
"CWCQ 2018 Report Card: Hong Kong"
.
International Cricket Council
. Retrieved
18 March
2018
.
- ^
"ICC awards Asia Cup ODI status"
.
International Cricket Council
. Retrieved
11 September
2018
.
- ^
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at CricketArchive
- ^
a
b
2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup
Archived
2 February 2014 at the
Wayback Machine
at CricketEurope
- ^
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.
International Cricket Council
. 26 April 2018
. Retrieved
1 September
2018
.
- ^
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, Hong Kong Cricket Association official site
- ^
Scorecard
of Hong Kong v MCC, 19 March 1966 at CricketArchive
- ^
Scorecard
of Hong Kong v MCC, 15 March 1970 at CricketArchive
- ^
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.
uk.cricinfo.com
. Retrieved
8 September
2018
.
- ^
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at Cricinfo
- ^
1990 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo
- ^
1994 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo
- ^
a
b
1996 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope
- ^
1997 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo
- ^
a
b
1998 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope
- ^
a
b
2000 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope
- ^
2001 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo
- ^
a
b
2002 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope
- ^
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.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
2 February
2016
.
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a
b
2004 Asia Cup points table
at CricketArchive
- ^
a
b
2005 ICC Trophy official website ? Asian qualifying
Archived
6 February 2012 at the
Wayback Machine
- ^
a
b
2005/06 Fast-track nations tournament
Archived
25 March 2008 at the
Wayback Machine
at
Asian Cricket Council
official website
- ^
a
b
2006 ACC Trophy
at CricketEurope
- ^
a
b
2006/07 ACC Premier League
at CricketEurope
- ^
2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three
Archived
24 October 2007 at the
Wayback Machine
at CricketEurope
- ^
Uganda lift Division Three title
Archived
24 May 2011 at the
Wayback Machine
by Andrew Nixon, 2 June 2007 at CricketEurope
- ^
"Points Table - Asia Cup - ESPNcricinfo"
.
Cricinfo
. Retrieved
8 September
2018
.
- ^
"Cricinfo, Accessed 1 March 2009"
.
Archived
from the original on 8 October 2008
. Retrieved
8 September
2018
.
- ^
"Cricinfo, Accessed 1 March 2009"
.
Archived
from the original on 17 October 2008
. Retrieved
8 September
2018
.
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"Hong Kong defeat Papua New Guinea to ensure promotion to WCL Division 2"
.
CricketEurope
. 28 January 2011. Archived from
the original
on 2 February 2014
. Retrieved
2 February
2014
.
- ^
"UAE and Namibia contest final"
.
CricketEurope
. 15 April 2011. Archived from
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on 2 February 2014
. Retrieved
2 February
2014
.
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. ESPNCricinfo.
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"Afghanistan suffer massive dent to World Cup hopes"
.
ESPN Cricinfo
. Retrieved
8 March
2018
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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.
Cricinfo
. Retrieved
8 September
2018
.
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"Points Table - ICC World Cricket League (Old) - ESPNcricinfo"
.
Cricinfo
. Retrieved
8 September
2018
.
- ^
"Asia Cup 2008"
.
Cricket Archive
. Retrieved
5 November
2016
.
- ^
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of Hong Kong v UAE, 3 August 2008 at CricketArchive
- ^
"Hollioake to coach Hong Kong for ACC Trophy"
. ESPNcricinfo. 9 October 2000
. Retrieved
31 January
2023
.
- ^
"Afzaal Haider appointed temporary National Coach of Hong Kong teams"
. ESPNcricinfo. 9 October 2009
. Retrieved
31 January
2023
.
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Ball, Josh (3 March 2023).
"Cricket Hong Kong hand ex-Sri Lanka and Kent coach Willis reins of men's team, with ODI status still in their sights"
.
South China Morning Post
. Retrieved
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2023
.
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a
b
"Records / Hong Kong / One-Day Internationals / Result summary"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
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2022
.
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a
b
"Records / Hong Kong / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
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2022
.
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"Records / Hong Kong / One-Day Internationals / Highest totals"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
26 May
2019
.
- ^
"Records / Hong Kong / One-Day Internationals / High scores"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
26 May
2019
.
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"Records / Hong Kong / One-Day Internationals / Best bowling figures in an innings"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
26 May
2019
.
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"Records / Hong Kong / One-Day Internationals / Most runs"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
10 September
2016
.
- ^
"Records / Hong Kong / One-Day Internationals / Most wickets"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
10 September
2016
.
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. Cricinfo.
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"Records / Hong Kong / One-Day Internationals / Best bowling figures"
. Cricinfo.
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"Records / Hong Kong / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
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2023
.
- ^
"Records / Hong Kong / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
26 May
2019
.
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"Records / Hong Kong / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures in an innings"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
24 September
2023
.
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"Records / Hong Kong / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
29 November
2015
.
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"Records / Hong Kong / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved
29 November
2015
.
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.
ESPN
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20 September
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.
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.
BBC Sport
. 14 March 2014
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ndtvsports.com
.
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. Retrieved
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.
External links
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Tournaments
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Grounds
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Player lists
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Full members
(12)
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Associate
members
(94)
| ODI
status
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Other
associate
members
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Former members
(5)
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Dissolved members
(3)
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Non-members
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See also
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1
For
Guyana
,
Jamaica
,
Trinidad and Tobago
,
Barbados
,
Antigua and Barbuda
,
Anguilla
,
Dominica
,
Grenada
,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
,
Montserrat
,
Saint Kitts and Nevis
,
Saint Lucia
,
Sint Maarten
, the
British Virgin Islands
and the
United States Virgin Islands
the national team is the West Indies.
2
For
England and Wales
, the national team is England.
3
For the
Republic of Ireland
and
Northern Ireland
, the national team is Ireland.
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