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The men’s team, a mix of fearless youth and aged guile has played in the 2014 World Twenty20, achieving One Day International status on the way. The women’s team are 50% Chinese and are playing with enthusiasm and aptitude. A thriving club cricket scene for men and women provides plenty of playing opportunities. The local league structure was re-organized in 2011 to allow for more competitive cricket for the elite cricketers without compromising the social side of the game which is much cherished in Hong Kong. In 2014 coaching numbers have gone by 60% and umpires have more than doubled to manage increased cricketing activity. Along with ACC funding and ICC support, the Hong Kong Cricket Association is healthily placed to find, nurture and develop internationally competitive cricketers. One thing that has held them back for a while is the absence of a full-sized international-standard ground to join the nine other smaller turfed and mixed-use grounds in the Special Administrative Region. There are also well-developed plans to make use of the Guanggong International Cricket Stadium built specially for the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. A period of retrenchment and reform is being embarked upon, with the aim of expanding the reach of the game in the territory, particularly among those children starting secondary school. The intention is to create more cricketers in future years. The number of accredited active coaches has been doubled in recent years. “It may mean we take one step back to take two steps forward, but the benefits will become apparent in due course,” said then HKCA General Manager Danny Lai in 2011. Indeed they have, with victory in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 3 in January 2011 and a berth in the ICC High Performance Program following their top-four finish in Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 2 later in the year. The men then won through to the Final of the ACC Twenty20 Cup at the end of 2011, securing them a place in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. They made it to the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier as well, from where this time they made it to their first senior team global event. A strong performance at the World Cup Qualifier in early 2014, while just missing out on a berth in World Cup 2015, secured them ODI status which Hong Kong hold until 2018, This sustained run of excellence was capped off with a win over Bangladesh at the 2014 World Twenty20 itself. |
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HONG KONG CRICKET ASSOCIATION 1019 Olympic House 1 Stadium Path So Kon Po Causeway Bay Hong Kong Phone : + 852 2504 8101-2 Fax : + 852 2577 8486 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Web : http://www.hkcricket.org/ |
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"You should want to bowl when the opposition needs six runs off the last over." Vincent Barnes
