The traditional season opening fixture between the best of the Clubs (KCC and HKCC) and the best of the Independents, will be played on 18th September 2005. This year sees two matches being played - the men's match will be played at the Hong Kong Cricket Club while the women's match will be played at Kowloon Cricket Club.

Men's Teams

• Clubs XI: Mark Eames (Captain) (Hong Kong Cricket Club), Mark Fuzes(Hong Kong Cricket Club), Timothy Smart (Hong Kong Cricket Club), Adam Gunthorp (Hong Kong Cricket Club), Mark Edwards (Hong Kong Cricket Club), Henry Vera (Hong Kong Cricket Club), Rahul Sharma (Kowloon Cricket Club), Manoj Cherruparambil (Kowloon Cricket Club), Afzaal Haider (Kowloon Cricket Club), Skhawat Ali (Kowloon Cricket Club), Naeem Ashraf (Kowloon Cricket Club), Mustafa Iqbal (12th Man) (Kowloon Cricket Club)
  
  
• Independents XI: Tabarak Dar (Captain) (Little Sai Wan), Ilyas Gul (Pakistan Association), Nasir Hameed (Wicket Keeper) (Pakistan Association), Toby White (Lamma Cricket Club), Jawaid Iqbal (Little Sai Wan), Tauseef Bukhari (Pakistan Association Green), Aftab Ahmed (Millennium CC), Khalid Khan(Pakistan Association), Irfan Ahmed (Little Sai Wan), Moner Ahmed (Little Sai Wan), Rafaqat Ali (Centaurs), Khan Zar (12th Man) (Millennium CC)
  Manager - Nisar Khusro
• Umpires: Trevor Warburton and Glyn Davies

Women's Teams

• Clubs XI: Sarah Eames (Captain) (Kowloon Cricket Club), Renee Montgomery (Kowloon Cricket Club), Ruqia Naqi (Kowloon Cricket Club), Wajida Asam (Kowloon Cricket Club), Anita Miles (Hong Kong Cricket Club), Natasha Miles (Hong Kong Cricket Club), Jessica Park (Hong Kong Cricket Club), Maggie Sung (Hong Kong Cricket Club), Betty Chan (Hong Kong Cricket Club), Sophie Davidson (Hong Kong Cricket Club), Julie Atkinson (Kowloon Cricket Club)
  
  
• Independents XI: Neisha Pratt (Captain) (Lamma), Kim Leung (WK) (Lamma), Agnes Ng (Lamma), Kylie Knott (Lamma), Sam McIlwraith (Lamma), Kaori Iida (Lamma), Emma Phillips (Lamma), Walter Yau (Lamma), Lakmali Premasiri Samarappulige (LSWCC), Upuli Dabare Hewage (LSWCC), Shaminda Wickramasinghe (LSWCC),
  Subs: Kumuduni Warnasuriyage (LSWCC), Kay Beadman (Lamma), Florenda Madriaga (Lamma)
  Manager - Ravi Nagdev

Results

At Hong Kong Cricket Club: Independents' XI 129 from 40 overs (Nasir Hameed 29, Munir Dar 29; Mark Fuzes 6.3-0-28-3) lost to Club XI 131-2 from 25 overs (Mark Eames 59*, Tim Smart 27*) by 8 wkts

At Kowloon Cricket Club: Clubs' XI 177-2 from 35 overs (Natasha Miles 59*, Renee Montgomery 47) lost to Independents' XI 88-7 from 18 overs. ICCA won on better run rate