Hong Kong at the Men's T20 World Cup

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The Hong Kong national cricket team is one of the associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). They qualified for the 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.

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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]
YearRoundPositionPldWLTNRAb [b] CaptainPldWLTNR
Flag of South Africa.svg 2007 Did not qualifyDid not participate
Flag of England.svg 2009
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg 2010
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2012 158700
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2014 First stage15/16312000 Jamie Atkinson 149500
Flag of India.svg 2016 First stage16/16303000 Tanwir Afzal 84301
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Flag of Oman.svg 2021 Did not qualify73400
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2022 52300
Flag of the United States.svg WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg 2024 31200
Flag of India.svg Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2026 64101
Total0 Titles2/961500058312502
  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

OpponentMWLT+WT+LNRAbWin %First played
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 20200000.002014
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 11000001002014
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 10100000.002014
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 10100000.002016
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 10100000.002016
Total615000016.67-
Source: [2] Last Updated: 12 March 2016

Tournament results

Bangladesh 2014

Squad
Results
First round (Group A)Super 10SemifinalFinalOverall Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
L by 80 runs
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
L by 7 wickets
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
W by 2 wickets
4Did not advanceFirst round
Source: ESPNcricinfo [3]

India 2016

Squad
Results
First round (Group B)Super 10SemifinalFinalOverall Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
L by 14 runs
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
L by 6 wickets
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
L by 8 wickets (DLS)
4Did not advanceFirst round
Source: ESPNcricinfo [4]

Records and statistics

Team records

Highest innings totals
ScoreOpponentVenueSeason
153/8 (20 overs)Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Chattogram 2014
144/6 (20 overs)Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Nagpur 2016
127/7 (20 overs)Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Nagpur 2016
116/6 (20 overs)Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Nagpur 2016
114/8 (19.4 overs)Flag of Bangladesh.svg  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.

MatchesPlayerPeriod
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
RunsPlayerMatInnHSAvg100s50sPeriod
126 Jamie Atkinson 665321.0012014–2016
123 Mark Chapman 664020.502014–2016
62 Anshuman Rath 3328*31.002016–2016
50 Waqas Barkat 333216.662014–2014
Babar Hayat 66208.332014–2016
Last updated: 12 March 2016 [7]
Highest partnerships
RunsPlayersOppositionVenueSeason
60 (3rd wicket) Waqas Barkat (23) & Mark Chapman (30)v Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Chattogram 2014
49 (4th wicket) Mark Chapman (26) & Anshuman Rath (21)v Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Nagpur 2016
42 (2nd wicket) Waqas Barkat (9) & Jamie Atkinson (31)v Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Chattogram 2014
40 (1st wicket) Ryan Campbell (27) & Jamie Atkinson (7)v Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Nagpur 2016
34 (2nd wicket) Irfan Ahmed (26) & Jamie Atkinson (7)v Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Chattogram 2014
Last updated: 12 March 2016 [8]

Bowling statistics

Most wickets
WicketsPlayerMatchesAvg.Econ.BBI4W5WPeriod
9 Nadeem Ahmed 615.446.784/21102014–2016
5 Tanwir Afzal 621.806.412/19002014–2016
4 Aizaz Khan 529.757.932/33002014–2016
Haseeb Amjad 534.259.133/25002014–2016
3 Nizakat Khan 614.007.003/19002014–2016
Last updated: 12 March 2016 [9]

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