Hong Kong at the Men's T20 World Cup

The Hong Kong national cricket team is one of the associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). They qualified for their maiden T20 World Cup in 2014 after finishing sixth in the 2013 qualifier. ^[1] They managed to qualify for the next edition in 2016, but have not reached the global stage since then. They managed to defeat a full-member team, Bangladesh in their debut campaign.

Hong Kong did not make it past the first round in both of their appearances. They have an overall win–loss record of 1–5 from 6 matches.

T20 World Cup record

ICC T20 World Cup record											Qualification record [a]
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ab [b]	Captain		Pld	W	L	T	NR
2007	Did not qualify										Did not participate
2009
2010
2012											15	8	7	0	0
2014	First stage	15/16	3	1	2	0	0	0	Jamie Atkinson		14	9	5	0	0
2016	First stage	16/16	3	0	3	0	0	0	Tanwir Afzal		8	4	3	0	1
2021	Did not qualify										7	3	4	0	0
2022											5	2	3	0	0
2024											3	1	2	0	0
2026											6	4	1	0	1
Total	0 Titles	2/9	6	1	5	0	0	0	—		58	31	25	0	2

1. WCL Division One served as the qualifier for the 2007 edition. For subsequent events, only the final qualification event is considered.
2. Abandoned matches are not counted in the official records.

Record by opponents

Opponent	M	W	L	T+W	T+L	NR	Ab	Win %	First played
Afghanistan	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	2014
Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100	2014
Nepal	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2014
Scotland	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2016
Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2016
Total	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	16.67	-
Source: [2] Last Updated: 12 March 2016

Tournament results

Bangladesh 2014

Main article: 2014 ICC World Twenty20

Squad

• Jamie Atkinson (c)
• Waqas Barkat (vc)
• Mark Chapman
• Irfan Ahmed
• Nadeem Ahmed
• Haseeb Amjad
• Tanwir Afzal
• Babar Hayat
• Nizakat Khan
• Aizaz Khan
• Najeeb Amar
• Munir Dar
• Ehsan Nawaz
• Roy Lamsam
• Kinchit Shah

Results

First round (Group A)				Super 10		Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nepal L by 80 runs	Afghanistan L by 7 wickets	Zimbabwe W by 2 wickets	4	Did not advance				First round
Source: ESPNcricinfo [3]

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India 2016

Main article: 2016 ICC World Twenty20

Squad

• Tanwir Afzal (c)
• Mark Chapman (vc)
• Ryan Campbell
• Babar Hayat
• Aizaz Khan
• Nadeem Ahmed
• Nizakat Khan
• Waqas Barkat
• Kinchit Shah
• Haseeb Amjad
• Jamie Atkinson (wk)
• Waqas Khan
• Nadeem Ahmed
• Anshuman Rath
• Christopher Carter

Results

First round (Group B)				Super 10		Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Zimbabwe L by 14 runs	Afghanistan L by 6 wickets	Scotland L by 8 wickets (DLS)	4	Did not advance				First round
Source: ESPNcricinfo [4]

Records and statistics

Team records

Highest innings totals

Score	Opponent	Venue	Season
153/8 (20 overs)	Afghanistan	Chattogram	2014
144/6 (20 overs)	Zimbabwe	Nagpur	2016
127/7 (20 overs)	Scotland	Nagpur	2016
116/6 (20 overs)	Afghanistan	Nagpur	2016
114/8 (19.4 overs)	Bangladesh	Chattogram	2014
Last updated: 12 March 2016 [5]

Most appearances

This list consists players with most number of matches at the T20 World Cup.

Matches	Player	Period
6	Jamie Atkinson	2014-2016
	Babar Hayat	2014-2016
	Mark Chapman	2014-2016
	Nadeem Ahmed	2014-2016
	Nizakat Khan	2014-2016
	Tanwir Afzal	2014-2016
Last updated: 12 March 2016 [6]

Batting statistics

Most runs

Runs	Player	Mat	Inn	HS	Avg	100s	50s	Period
126	Jamie Atkinson	6	6	53	21.00	—	1	2014–2016
123	Mark Chapman	6	6	40	20.50	—	—	2014–2016
62	Anshuman Rath	3	3	28*	31.00	—	—	2016–2016
50	Waqas Barkat	3	3	32	16.66	—	—	2014–2014
	Babar Hayat	6	6	20	8.33	—	—	2014–2016
Last updated: 12 March 2016 [7]

Highest partnerships

Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
60 (3rd wicket)	Waqas Barkat (23) & Mark Chapman (30)	v   Afghanistan	Chattogram	2014
49 (4th wicket)	Mark Chapman (26) & Anshuman Rath (21)	v   Scotland	Nagpur	2016
42 (2nd wicket)	Waqas Barkat (9) & Jamie Atkinson (31)	v   Afghanistan	Chattogram	2014
40 (1st wicket)	Ryan Campbell (27) & Jamie Atkinson (7)	v   Afghanistan	Nagpur	2016
34 (2nd wicket)	Irfan Ahmed (26) & Jamie Atkinson (7)	v   Bangladesh	Chattogram	2014
Last updated: 12 March 2016 [8]

Bowling statistics

Most wickets

Wickets	Player	Matches	Avg.	Econ.	BBI	4W	5W	Period
9	Nadeem Ahmed	6	15.44	6.78	4/21	1	0	2014–2016
5	Tanwir Afzal	6	21.80	6.41	2/19	0	0	2014–2016
4	Aizaz Khan	5	29.75	7.93	2/33	0	0	2014–2016
	Haseeb Amjad	5	34.25	9.13	3/25	0	0	2014–2016
3	Nizakat Khan	6	14.00	7.00	3/19	0	0	2014–2016
Last updated: 12 March 2016 [9]

References

1. Shemilt, Stephan (14 March 2014). "World Twenty20 2014: Hong Kong ready to shine - Jamie Atkinson". BBC Sport.
2. "Team records | Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
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6. "Individual Most Matches Career - Hong Kong". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
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