2025 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes

2025 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes

Dates	7 – 9 November 2025
Administrator	Cricket Hong Kong, China
Cricket format	Six-a-side 6 overs Match
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockouts
Host	Hong Kong
Participants	12
Matches	30
Official website	Official website
← 2024

The 2025 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes will be the 21st edition of the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes that will take place at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. The tournament consist of 12 nations that will run across three days from 7 to 9 November 2025. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Background

The Hong Kong Cricket Sixes is a six-a-side international cricket tournament held at the Kowloon Cricket Club. It is organised by the Cricket Hong Kong and sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. The first edition was played in 1992 and was last played in 2024. The tournament returned in 2024 after a 7-year hiatus and the number of teams was increased to 12 from 8 in previous editions. Sri Lanka are the defending champions, having defeated Pakistan in the previous cup final.

Rules and regulations

All standard laws of the game as laid down by the MCC applied with the following significant differences: ^[8]

• Games are played between two teams of six players.
• Games consist of six overs of six balls.
• Each member of the fielding side, except for the wicket-keeper, shall bowl one over with only one member bowling two overs non consecutively.
• Wides and no-balls count as the usual extra run to the batting side, plus an extra ball, with no free hit for no-balls.
• A batter must retire 'not out' on reaching a personal score of 50 runs but may not retire before reaching 50 runs. If one of the last pair of batters is out, any retired 'not out' batter may resume his innings.
• If five wickets fall before 6 overs are completed, the last remaining batter shall bat on with the 5th out batter acting as a runner. The last remaining batter must always be the striker, and shall be declared out if his partner gets out (run out or obstructing the field). The innings shall be completed at the fall of the sixth wicket.

Format

The tournament featured 12 teams divided into four pools, each containing three teams. After the round-robin stage, the top two teams from each group competed in the Cup finals round, while all third-placed teams participated in the Bowl League finals.

Cup Finals: The top two teams from each group will play in the quarter-final round of the Cup finals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The losing teams of the four quarter-finals competed in the Plate semi-finals.

Plate Finals: The losing teams of the four quarter-finals will play in the Plate semi-finals. The winners of these semi-finals advanced to the Plate finals.

Bowl League Finals: All four third-placed teams will compete in the Bowl League in a round-robin format, with the top two teams qualifying for the Bowl final.

Teams and squads

Pool A			Pool B
Afghanistan [9]	Nepal [10]	South Africa [11] [12]	Australia	England	United Arab Emirates
Gulbadin Naib (c) Noor Rehman (wk) Karim Janat Sharafuddin Ashraf Farmanullah Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai Sediqullah Pacha	Sharad Veswakar (c) Sundeep Jora Lokesh Bam (wk) Rupesh Kumar Singh Mohammad Adil Alam Rashid Khan Basir Ahamad	Jordan Morris (c) Abdullah Bayoumy (wk) Ethan Cunningham Mbulelo Dube Kashief Joseph Blake Simpson Jorich van Schalkwyk
Pool C			Pool D
India	Kuwait	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Hong Kong [13]	Sri Lanka
				Yasim Murtaza (c) Babar Hayat Anshuman Rath (wk) Aizaz Khan Nizakat Khan Ehsan Khan Nasrulla Rana	Lahiru Madushanka (c) Dhananjaya Lakshan Thanuka Dabare Nimesh Vimukthi Lahiru Samarakoon Tharindu Rathnayake Sachitha Jayathilake Movin Subasingha (Stand-by)

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Group stage

All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8:00)

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Afghanistan     Nepal   South Africa	Australia   England   United Arab Emirates	India   Kuwait   Pakistan	Bangladesh   Hong Kong   Sri Lanka

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced to Quarter-finals
2	Nepal	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced to Bowl finals

First match(es) will be played: 7 November 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Fixtures

7 November 2025 11:00

Afghanistan	v	Nepal

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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7 November 2025 13:45

South Africa	v	Afghanistan

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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8 November 2025 08:15

South Africa	v	Nepal

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced to Quarter-finals
2	England	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced to Bowl finals

First match(es) will be played: 7 November 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Fixtures

7 November 2025 09:10

England	v	United Arab Emirates

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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7 November 2025 12:50

Australia	v	United Arab Emirates

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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7 November 2025 16:30

England	v	Australia

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	India	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced to Quarter-finals
2	Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced to Bowl finals

First match(es) will be played: 7 November 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Fixtures

7 November 2025 10:05

Pakistan	v	Kuwait

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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7 November 2025 15:35

India	v	Pakistan

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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8 November 2025 09:10

India	v	Kuwait

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced to Quarter-finals
2	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced to Bowl finals

First match(es) will be played: 7 November 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Fixtures

7 November 2025 08:15

Bangladesh	v	Hong Kong

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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7 November 2025 11:55

Sri Lanka	v	Hong Kong

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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7 November 2025 14:40

Sri Lanka	v	Bangladesh

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

Quarter-finals

All times in Hong Kong Time (UTC+8:00)

Quarter-final 1

8 November 2025 11:55

B1	v	D2

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

Quarter-final 2

8 November 2025 12:50

A1	v	C2

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

Quarter-final 3

8 November 2025 15:35

D1	v	B2

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

Quarter-final 4

8 November 2025 16:30

C1	v	A2

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

Bowl finals

Bowl League

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	A3	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advanced to Bowl Final
2	B3	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	C3	0	0	0	0	0	—
4	D3	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 8 November 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Fixtures

8 November 2025 10:05

A3	v	D3

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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8 November 2025 11:00

B3	v	C3

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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8 November 2025 13:45

A3	v	C3

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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8 November 2025 14:40

B3	v	D3

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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9 November 2025 08:15

A3	v	B3

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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9 November 2025 11:00

C3	v	D3

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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Bowl Final

9 November 2025 13:45

1st placed team	v	2nd placed team

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

Plate finals

Plate Semi-finals

9 November 2025 09:10

Loser of Quarter-final 1	v	Loser of Quarter-final 2

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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9 November 2025 10:05

Loser of Quarter-final 3	v	Loser of Quarter-final 4

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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Plate Final

9 November 2025 14:40

Winner of Plate Semi-final 1	v	Winner of Plate Semi-final 2

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

Cup finals

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

9 November 2025 11:55

Winner of Quarter-final 1	v	Winner of Quarter-final 2

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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Semi-final 2

9 November 2025 12:50

Winner of Quarter-final 3	v	Winner of Quarter-final 4

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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Final

9 November 2025 15:35

Winner of Semi-final 1	v	Winner of Semi-final 2

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

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