2000–2009
In 2000, Hong Kong reached the final of the ACC Trophy, where they lost to the United Arab Emirates. [25] Nonetheless, this earned them qualification for the 2002 Asia Cup (which was subsequently moved to 2004), and thus their first taste of One Day International cricket. [5]
Hong Kong fared poorly in the 2001 ICC Trophy, going out in the group stage having achieved only one win, against Papua New Guinea. [26] In 2002, they reached the semi-finals of the ACC Trophy, again losing to the United Arab Emirates. [27]
At the 2004 Asia Cup, held in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong were drawn alongside Test nations Bangladesh and Pakistan. They lost both matches heavily, despite restricting Bangladesh to 221/9 in the first match. [28] [29]
Also in 2004, Hong Kong failed to progress beyond the first round of the ACC Trophy after losing in the group stages to Oman and Bahrain, missing out on qualification for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland. [30] They also reached the final of the ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament, losing to the United Arab Emirates. [5] Hong Kong played in the Intercontinental Cup for the first time in 2005. They lost to the UAE and drew with Nepal, failing to reach the semi-finals. [13] They finished last in the fast-track nations tournament the same year. [31]
In 2006, Hong Kong again lost to the United Arab Emirates in the final of the ACC Trophy, [32] and finished fourth in the ACC Premier League. [33] The following year, they travelled to Darwin, Australia to take part in Division Three of the World Cricket League, finishing fifth, [34] relegating them to Division Four for 2008. [35]
In October/November 2007, Hong Kong took part in the inaugural ACC Twenty20 Cup held in Kuwait, where they played in Group B against the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Hong Kong finished 4th in their group and failed to make to the semi-finals stage.
In June 2008, Hong Kong took part in the Asia Cup in Pakistan. They failed to progress beyond the group stage to the Super Four stage, as they lost both of their group A matches against India and Pakistan convincingly. [36]
In October 2008, Hong Kong travelled to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania to participate in Division Four of the World Cricket League. Hong Kong won four group matches against; Fiji, Italy, Jersey and the hosts but lost twice to Afghanistan in their group match and the Final. [37] Hong Kong's top two finish resulted in their promotion back to Division Three. [38]
2010–present
In 2011 they hosted the Division Three and won it defeating Papua New Guinea in the finals to qualify for Division Two to be held in the United Arab Emirates. [39] Then in Division Two they came 4th qualifying as HPP member and for 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand. . [40]
In 2013 the UAE hosted the ICC T20 Qualifier where Hong Kong came 6th by beating Papua New Guinea and just enough to qualify for ICC T20 World Cup 2014 held in Bangladesh.
In 2014, New Zealand hosted the ICC 50 over world cup qualifier where Hong Kong came third place despite not qualifying for 2015 ICC cricket world cup, they still achieved an ODI status with Papua New Guinea.
In March 2014 Hong Kong beat the host Bangladesh in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 by two wickets with two balls remaining but could not make it to the next stage of super 10 having lost the two earlier matches to Afghanistan and Nepal [41]
Hong Kong first ODI win against a full member came on 8 March 2018 defeating Afghanistan in 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. [42]
- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Afghanistan were set a revised target of 226 runs from 46 overs due to rain.
- This was Hong Kong's first win against a Full Member side in ODIs.
Bangladesh at Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo; 16 July 2004
India at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai; 18 September 2018
Nepal at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong; 16 March 2014
Kuwait at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi; 9 September 2024
