2024 Hong Kong Tri-Nation Series

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2024 Hong Kong Tri-Nation Series
Date10–13 March 2024
LocationHong Kong
ResultFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea won the tournament
Player of the series Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Tony Ura
Teams
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  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)

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]

Contents

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

Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong [10] Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal [11] Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea [12]

Friendship Cup

Friendship Cup
  Flag of Hong Kong.svg Flag of Nepal.svg
  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  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
212/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    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

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 210134.250Advanced to the final
2Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 21102−0.720
3Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 20111−3.739
Source: ESPNcricinfo [14]

Fixtures

10 March 2024
13:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
65/2 (8 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    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.

12 March 2024
09:00
Scorecard
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
198/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  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]

12 March 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
121 (18.3 overs)
v
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  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  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
235/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  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  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
171/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    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.

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