 |
| India to participate in Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament |
It was year 1992 when the
exciting six hitting tournament of cricket made its existence – The Hong Kong
cricket sixes. It is organised by cricket Hong Kong and sanctioned by
International Cricket Council. The exciting six hitting tournament is making
its way back to the scene after 7 years and what is more exciting for Indian
fans is that India are going to participate in this tournament after 12 long
years.
All the editions of this tournament are played
at Kowloon Cricket Club except 1996 & 1997 which were held at Hong Kong
stadium. It is to be noted that South Africa are the current champions of Hong
Kong cricket sixes which was last held in 2017 and have won 5 titles in total
along with England who have the same number of titles to their name.
About Hong Kong Sixes
Tournament
Hong Kong cricket sixes is played
in round-robin format and the games are played between two teams of six players
each. A match consists of maximum Five overs (6 balls over) per side except in
the final match which consists of maximum Five 8 balls over per side.
Except the wicket keeper, each player
has to ball one over and if five wicket falls before the completion of five
overs then the last remaining batsmen bats with the fifth batsmen who acts as a
runner. The maximum individual batsman can score is 31 runs after which a
batsman has to retire. One more distinctive thing in this tournament is wide
and no-balls which costs 2 runs to the fielding side instead of one run. Winning
team gets two points to their name.
What happened in the
past?
In the last edition of Hong Kong
cricket sixes tournament, South Africa clinched their fifth title by beating
Pakistan and became joint most successful team along with England. India have
tasted success just once in this tournament under the captaincy of Robin Singh
in 2005 where he played the captain’s knock to help India chase 72 by scoring
34 of 15 balls against West Indies. India got close to the title in 1996 edition
but faced a setback against the West Indies. India’s neighbour Pakistan have four titles to their name whereas Sri Lanka, Australia and West Indies have one
title each.
Return of raining Sixes
Finally after a long gap of seven
years, six hitting tournament is making its way back and we can expect some fireworks
in the come-back edition of this tournament. The participation of India will
bring the audience to the stadiums and will help to get this tournament its own
identity again.
When will the tournament begin?
The tournament will be played
from 1-3 November 2024 between twelve nations with six players each side.
Format of the tournament
Twelve teams will be divided into
four pools of three teams each. Top two teams will enter the quarter-finals of
the tournament. Winners of the quarter-finals will enter semi-finals whereas
the losing teams will compete for the plate semi-finals.
Bottom team from each pool will
play the bowl competition. Total 29 matches will be played during three day tournament.
Pools
Pool A – South Africa, New Zealand & Hong Kong
Pool B – Australia, England & Nepal
Pool C – India, Pakistan & UAE
Pool D – Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & Nepal
India will face Pakistan in their first Match on November 1 and will face
UAE on November 2. Quarter finals will be played on November 2 whereas semi-finals
and finals will be played on November 3 along with bowl and plate semifinals
and finals.
No comments:
Post a Comment