Hong Kong T20 Blitz

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Hong Kong T20 Blitz
香港快閃板球賽 (Chinese)
Hong Kong T20 Blitz logo.png
Hong Kong T20 Blitz Logo
Countries Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
Administrator Cricket Hong Kong
Format Twenty20
First edition 2016
Latest edition 2018
Tournament format Round-robin and finals
Number of teams5
Current champion Hung Hom JD Jaguars (1st title)
Most successful Kowloon Cantons (2 titles)
Most runs WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Dwayne Smith (259) [1]
Most wickets Flag of Pakistan.svg Saeed Ajmal (11) [2]
TV List of broadcasters
Website Hong Kong T20 Blitz

The Hong Kong T20 Blitz was a cricket competition in Hong Kong that was first played in 2016. The inaugural event consisted of four franchised teams playing in a Twenty20 format only. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Kowloon Cantons and Woodworm Island Warriors were joint winners of the inaugural DTC Hong Kong T20 Blitz after rain washed out finals day. [8]

Contents

In July 2019, the competition was cancelled, due to ongoing financial issues. [9]

History

The Cricket Hong Kong (CHK) announced their plans for the event in April 2016, stating they would invest in a Twenty20 cricket league for the development cricket in Hong Kong as well as in nearby countries. The competition would launch with four teams playing in a Twenty20 format. Cricket Hong Kong announced that DTC Mobiles will sponsor the tournament. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] The Agence France-Presse said, "A burgeoning Twenty20 tournament and growing interest from abroad is turning Hong Kong into one of Asia's fastest-rising cricketing destinations – and could help the sport make inroads into mainland China." [16]

Before the second season, Leonine Sports Group acquired the Woodworm Island Warriors, changing the name to Hong Kong Island (HKI) United. A new fifth franchise was also added and named City KaiTak.

Teams

Cricket Hong Kong announced the four hosts for the Hong Kong T20 Blitz League in April 2016, with hosting rights awarded for the first years of the competition. Team names, along with the fixtures and venues for the 2016 season, were announced in April 2016. The allocation of domestic players was decided by a draft held on April 28, 2016. All four franchises also subsequently signed a number of international players. [17] [18] [19] Tanwir Afzal, captain of the Hong Kong national cricket team, was selected as the first pick in the inaugural draft for tournament by Woodworm Island Warriors. [20] [21] [22] [23] Since 2017 a fifth team has been added [24] & five Chinese players were taken up by the five franchises in their squad, [25] although as of 2018 [26] they are yet to be given any significant role or opportunity in the playing XI.

TeamCityHome groundCaptain
Kowloon Cantons Kowloon Mission Road Ground Flag of Hong Kong.svg Babar Hayat
Hung Hom JD Jaguars Hung Hom Mission Road Ground Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kinchit Shah
Galaxy Gladiators Lantau Lantau Mission Road Ground Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kumar Sangakkara
HK Island United Hong Kong Island Mission Road Ground Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tanwir Afzal
City KaiTak Kai Tak Mission Road Ground Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Rayad Emrit

Tournament results

Hong Kong T20 Blitz season results
SeasonFinalFinal venueNumber of teamsPlayer of the series
WinnerWinning marginRunner-up
2016
Details 		Hong Kong Island Warriors
and
Kowloon Cantons
declared
co-champions		Match abandonedNone/Joint Winners Mission Road Ground 4Not awarded
2017
Details 		Kowloon Cantons Won by 25 runs City KaiTak Mission Road Ground 5 Flag of England.svg Chris Jordan
2018
Details 		Hung Hom JD Jaguars Won by 6 runs Galaxy Gladiators Lantau Mission Road Ground 5 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kumar Sangakkara

Format

The 2016 event took place on 29 and 30 May. The four teams played each other once in a round-robin format, followed by a finals day. All the matches were played at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok.

The 2017 event took place from 8 to 12 March. The five teams played each other once in a round-robin format, followed by a finals day. All the matches were played at the Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok.

Media coverage

Coverage of Hong Kong T20 Blitz 2016 was broadcast live on Hong Kong Cricket Association’s YouTube channel. Dean Jones, Jack Richards and Fox Sports’ Katherine Loughnan were hosts and also part of the commentary team. [27]

International broadcasters

TerritoryNetwork
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BT Sport
[28]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Fox Cricket
[29]
Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab world OSN Sports
[30]
Asian Countries
Neo Sports
[31]
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies ESPN Caribbean
[32]
African Countries StarTimes
[33]

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  8. ↑ Results 1st Match Feb 06, 2018 City Kaitak vs Hung Hom Jaguars City Kaitak 132/6 (20 overs) Aizaz Khan 52(37) Waqas Barkat 30(22)* Ben Laughlin 2/19(4) Hung Hom Jaguars 138/4 (17.4 overs) Nizakat Khan 48 (38) Kinchit Shah 22 (26) Aizaz Khan 1/16 (1) Hung Hom Jaguars won by 6 wickets (14 balls remaining) Man of the Match: Ben Laughlin Warriors, Cantons joint winners of inaugural Blitz after rain washes out finals day Archived 2 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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