Cricket Hong Kong (CHK) will be hosting the Men’s National teams from Nepal and Papua New Guinea (PNG) for a T20 International (with ranking points) series at the Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground from March 10th – 13th, 2024. Papua New Guinea are returning to Hong Kong, China after their last visit for the South China Cup and West Pacific Cup in 2018, and will be coming from Oman, where they will be playing a bi-lateral series as part of their T20 World Cup preparatory tour of Asia (India, Oman, Hong Kong and Malaysia).
Both Nepal and Hong Kong, China will be part of the 2024 Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Premier Cup in Oman in April 2024, which is the qualification tournament towards ACC Men’s Asia Cup 2025. Both teams will also play a one-off T20I before the start of the Tri-series, to celebrate the relationship between Cricket Hong Kong, China and Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN). All matches will be live streamed on CHK’s YouTube Channel or on FanCode in India.
Hong Kong Men’s T20I Series Friendship Cup
09th March 2024: Hong Kong, China vs Nepal – T20I (Scorecard)
Hong Kong Men’s T20I Series Schedule
10th March 2024: Hong Kong, China vs Nepal (Scorecard)
12th March 2024: Papua New Guinea vs Nepal (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong, China vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard)
13th March 2024: 3rd Place Game – 3rd Place vs Hong Kong, China ‘A’ (Scorecard) ; FINAL (Scorecard)
Papua New Guinea: Assadollah Vala (Captain), Tony Ura, Lega Siaka, Kipling Doriga, Sese Bau, Charles Jordan Amini, Hiri Hiri, Norman Vanua, Sema Kamea, Nosaina Pokana, Kabua Vagi Morea, Alei Nao, Hila Vare, Jack Gardner, Chad Soper and John Kariko
Hong Kong, China: Nizakat Khan (Captain), Yasim Murtaza, Aizaz Khan, Anas Khan, Anshuman Rath, Ateeq Iqbal, Ayush Shukla, Babar Hayat, Dhananjay Rao, Ehsan Khan, Jamie Atkinson, Martin Coetzee, Nasrulla Rana and Zeeshan Ali
Nepal: Rohit Paudel (Captain), Rashid Khan, Kushal Bhurtel, Karan KC, Binod Bhandari, Sagar Dhakal, Gulshan Jha, Pratis GC, Sundeep Jora, Lokesh Bam, Aarif Sheikh, Aakash Chand, Bibek Yadav and Abinash Bohara