Cricket Hong Kong will host National Men’s teams of China and Japan for the 2024 Men’s East Asia Cup tournament from February 13th – 17th, 2024. The previous Men’s edition of the East Asia Cup was held in 2018 in Hong Kong, in which the Japanese team were the Champions. Korea Men’s team are not participating in the tournament, who are also part of the East Asia Cup agreement between the four (4) cricket boards. This will be an opportunity for back-to-back tournaments for both the Chinese and the Japanese teams, as both will be involved in the 2024 ACC Men’s Asia Cup pathway tournament in Thailand in January/February.
Squads
Hong Kong, China: Nizakat Khan (Captain), Yasim Murtaza, Aizaz Khan, Anas Khan, Anshuman Rath, Ateeq Iqbal, Babar Hayat, Dhananjay Rao, Ehsan Khan, Haroon Arshad, Jamie Atkinson, Jason Lui, Martin Coetzee, Mohammad Ghazanfar, Nasrulla Rana and Zeeshan Ali
Japan Men: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Captain), Ryan Drake, Koji Hardgrave-Abe, Charles Hinze, Kazuma Kato-Stafford, Muneeb Siddique Mian, Wataru Miyauchi, Sabaorish Ravichandran, Reo Sakurano-Thomas, Marcus Thurgatr, Declan Suzuki-McComb, Ibrahim Takahashi, Makoto Taniyama and Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake
East Asia Cup 2024 Schedule
14th February 2024: Hong Kong, China vs Japan (Scorecard) ; China vs Hong Kong, China (Scorecard)
15th February 2024: Japan vs China (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong, China vs Japan (Scorecard)
16th February 2024: Japan vs China (Scorecard) ; China vs Hong Kong, China (Scorecard)
17th February 2024: FINAL (Scorecard)
