2024 Hong Kong Tri-Nation Series

2024 Hong Kong Tri-Nation Series
Date	10–13 March 2024
Location	Hong Kong
Result	Papua New Guinea won the tournament
Player of the series	Tony Ura
Teams   Hong Kong     Nepal   Papua New Guinea Captains Nizakat Khan Rohit Paudel Assad Vala Most runs Anshuman Rath (92) Sundeep Jora (73) Tony Ura (125) Most wickets Nasrulla Rana (3) Kushal Bhurtel (7) Assad Vala (4) Sese Bau (4) Kabua Morea (4)
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The 2024 Hong Kong Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International cricket tournament that was played in March 2024 in Hong Kong. ^[1] The participating teams were Hong Kong, Nepal and Papua New Guinea. ^{[2] [3]}

The tournament was played in a single round-robin format. ^[4] The top two sides in the group stage proceeded to the final, while the last team played in a third-place game against Hong Kong A. All of the matches were played at the Mission Road Ground. ^[5]

The hosts failed to progress to the final after their match against Nepal ended in no result due to rain, and they lost to Papua New Guinea by 10 wickets. ^[6] Hong Kong defeated Hong Kong A in the 3rd place play-off by 70 runs. ^[7] Papua New Guinea defeated Nepal in the final by 86 runs. ^{[8] [9]}

Squads

Hong Kong [10]	Nepal [11]	Papua New Guinea [12]
Nizakat Khan (c) Yasim Murtaza (vc) Zeeshan Ali (wk) Jamie Atkinson (wk) Martin Coetzee Babar Hayat Ateeq Iqbal Aizaz Khan Anas Khan Ehsan Khan Nasrulla Rana Dhananjay Rao Anshuman Rath Ayush Shukla	Rohit Paudel (c) Lokesh Bam Binod Bhandari (wk) Kushal Bhurtel Abinash Bohara Aakash Chand Sagar Dhakal Pratis GC Gulshan Jha Sundeep Jora Karan KC Rashid Khan Aarif Sheikh Bibek Yadav	Assad Vala (c) Charles Amini Sese Bau Kiplin Doriga (wk) Jack Gardner John Kariko Semo Kamea Hiri Hiri Kabua Morea Alei Nao Nosaina Pokana Chad Soper Lega Siaka Tony Ura (wk) Hila Vare (wk) Norman Vanua

Friendship Cup

Friendship Cup
	Hong Kong	Nepal
Date	9 March 2024
Captains	Nizakat Khan	Rohit Paudel
Twenty20 International series
Results	Hong Kong won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Babar Hayat (110)	Binod Bhandari (42)
Most wickets	Aizaz Khan (4)	Aakash Chand (3)

Hong Kong and Nepal played a one-off Twenty20 International match on 9 March 2024 for the Friendship Cup, celebrating the relationship between Cricket Hong Kong, China and the Cricket Association of Nepal. ^[2] Hong Kong won the match by 73 runs. ^[13]

Only T20I

9 March 2024 13:30 Scorecard

Hong Kong   212/6 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 139 (16.4 overs)
Babar Hayat 110 (49) Aakash Chand 3/27 (3 overs)		Binod Bhandari 42 (22) Aizaz Khan 4/26 (3.4 overs)

Hong Kong won by 73 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Babar Hayat (HK)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
• Aakash Chand (Nep) made his T20I debut.

Round-robin

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Nepal	2	1	0	1	3	4.250	Advanced to the final
2	Papua New Guinea	2	1	1	0	2	−0.720
3	Hong Kong	2	0	1	1	1	−3.739

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[14]

Fixtures

10 March 2024 13:30 Scorecard

Hong Kong   65/2 (8 overs)	v	Nepal
Anshuman Rath 36* (24) Gulsan Jha 1/18 (2 overs)

No result Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

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12 March 2024 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal     198/6 (20 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 113 (16.1 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 59 (39) Assad Vala 2/18 (3 overs)		Hiri Hiri 28 (19) Kushal Bhurtel 4/12 (4 overs)

Nepal won by 85 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
• Kushal Bhurtel (Nep) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is. ^[15]

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12 March 2024 14:00 Scorecard

Hong Kong   121 (18.3 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 124/0 (12.4 overs)
Zeeshan Ali 55* (29) Sese Bau 2/10 (2 overs)		Sese Bau 61* (43)

Papua New Guinea won by 10 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Sese Bau (PNG)

• Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd place play-off

13 March 2024 09:00 Scorecard

Hong Kong   235/4 (20 overs)	v	Hong Kong A 165/7 (20 overs)
Anshuman Rath 55 (26) Rajab Hussain 2/14 (2 overs)		Jason Lui 58 (40) Nasrulla Rana 3/34 (4 overs)

Hong Kong won by 70 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: John Prakash (HK) and Hemant Tukrul (HK) Player of the match: Anshuman Rath (HK)

• Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

13 March 2024 14:00 Scorecard

Papua New Guinea   171/8 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 85 (16.3 overs)
Tony Ura 61 (37) Kushal Bhurtel 3/24 (4 overs)		Sundeep Jora 17 (13) Sese Bau 2/10 (2 overs)

Papua New Guinea won by 86 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Tony Ura (PNG)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Hong Kong's men set for tough T20 test against Nepal, Papua New Guinea in latest tri series". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
2. "Hong Kong, China to host two T20 World Cup Teams in the Hong Kong Men's T20I Series 2024!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
3. "Nepal gears up for Tri-Nation T20 Series in Hong Kong". Khabarhub. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
4. "Cricket Hong Kong to host Nepal and PNG for T20I in March". Czarsportz. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
5. @CricketNep (2 March 2024). "Fixtures Announcement Get ready for more T20I Cricket Action. Keep your eyes upon the #Rhinos as take against the hosts Cricket Hong Kong and PNG, starting 9th of March" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
6. "Sloppy Hong Kong suffer bruising defeat against Papua New Guinea to miss out on own T20 tri-series final". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
7. "Young Hong Kong cricketers give several reasons for optimism while their senior counterparts show what should have been". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
8. "Nepal batting collapse hands PNG T20I series trophy". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
9. "Papua New Guinea avenge round-robin loss to Nepal, win Hong Kong T20I tri-series". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
10. "Hong Kong, China selectors announce Hong Kong, China squad for T20I Series". Cricket Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
11. "Nepal's squad announced for Tri-Nation T20 Series in Hong Kong". Khabarhub. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
12. "Cricket PNG announce Kumul Petroleum PNG Barramundis team to tour India, Oman and Malaysia". Cricket PNG. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
13. "Nepal lose one-off T20I to Hong Kong by 73 runs". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
14. "Hong Kong Men's T20I Series 2023/24". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
15. "Nepal face PNG in Hong Kong T20I series final". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Friendship Cup)
• Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Tri-nation series)