Cricket Hong Kong, China to host second round of CWC Challenge League Group B in February 2025

Cricket Hong Kong, China (CHK) will be hosting the second (2nd) round of 2027 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League Group B from February 07th – 17th, 2025. CHK will host the Men’s National teams of Bahrain, Uganda, Italy, Singapore and Tanzania in the second of the three (3) scheduled rounds for both the groups, at the conclusion of which the top two (2) teams from both the groups will advance to the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off tournament.

The 2nd round will be crucial for Tanzania and Singapore teams to stay in the hunt for the top two (2) places, along with the table toppers. Similarly, Uganda, Italy and Hong Kong, China will be looking forward to creating a sizeable lead over the other teams, heading into the final round, and then compete for the two (2) spots.

CWC Challenge League Group B (2nd Round) Schedule

06th February 2025: Hong Kong, China vs Singapore – List-A (Scorecard)

07th February 2025: Uganda vs Bahrain –  List-A (Scorecard) ; Italy vs Tanzania –  List-A (Scorecard)

09th February 2025: Singapore vs Italy –  List-A (Scorecard) ; Bahrain vs Hong Kong, China –  List-A (Scorecard)

10th February 2025: Tanzania vs Bahrain –  List-A (Scorecard) ; Uganda vs Singapore –  List-A (Scorecard)

12th February 2025: Hong Kong, China vs Tanzania –  List-A ; Italy vs Uganda –  List-A

13th February 2025: Singapore vs Bahrain –  List-A (Scorecard) ; Uganda vs Hong Kong, China –  List-A (Scorecard)

15th February 2025: Tanzania vs Uganda –  List-A (Scorecard) ; Bahrain vs Italy –  List-A (Scorecard)

16th February 2025: Italy vs Hong Kong, China –  List-A (Scorecard) ; Singapore vs Tanzania – List-A (Scorecard)

CWC Challenge League Group B Squads

Tanzania: Kassim Chete (Captain), Ally Kimote, Akhil Anil, Amal Rajeevan, Arshaan Jasani, Ivan Selemani, Khalidy Juma, Laksh Bakrania, Mohamed Omari Kitunda, Mohammedi Simba Mbaki, Mohamed Yunusu Issa, Mukesh Maker, Rajendra Maringanti and Sivaraj Selvaraj

Uganda: Riazat Ali Shah (Captain), Dinesh Nakrani, Alpesh Ramjani, Raghav Dhawan, Juma Miyagi, Cosmas Kyewuta, Kenneth Waiswa, Joseph Baguma, Cyrus Kakuru, Fred Achellam, Henry Ssenyondo, Frank Nsubuga, Shrideep Mangela and Robinson Obuya

Italy: Marcus Campopiano (Cap), Gareth Berg, Wayne Madsen, Jaspreet Singh, Stefano Di Bartolomeo, Anthony Mosca, Justin Mosca , Rakibul Hassan, Thomas Draca, Nicolas Maiolo, Grant Stewart, Crishan Kalumagage, Gian-Piero Meade and Zain Ali

Singapore: Manpreet Singh (Captain), Aman Desai, Amartya Kaul, Aryaveer Chaudhry, Hari Krishna Kukreja, Harsha Bharadwaj, Ishaan Swaney, Janak Prakash, Pranav Sudarshan, Raoul Sharma, Riaan Naik, Suryansh Gulecha, Thilipan Omaidurai and Vinoth Baskaran

Hong Kong, China: Yasim Murtaza (Captain), Nizakat Khan, Anshuman Rath, Martin Coetzee, Babar Hayat, Aizaz Khan, Shiv Mathur, Waqas Barkat, Ateequl Rehman Iqbal, Nasrulla Rana, Shahid Wasif, Ehsan Khan, Haroon Arshad and Ayush Shukla

Bahrain: Ahmer Bin Nasir (Captain), Badul Majid Abbassi, Abid Ullah, Asif Ali, Asif Shaikh, Fiaz Ahmed, Imran Khan, Imran Javed Anwar, Junaid Aziz Niazi, Muhammad Basil, Rizwan Butt, Prashant Kurup, Rishab Ramesh, Sai Sarthak, Shahbaz Badar and Sohail Ahmed

Warm-up Fixtures Schedule

03rd February 2025: Italy vs Tanzania (Scorecard)

04th February 2025: Tanzania vs Hong Kong, China A (Scorecard)