2000-01 International Season HK Cricket

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For full coverge of the 2001 ICC Trophy, please visit our special tournament page. [2001 ICC Trophy]

Hong Kong wins the 2001 Tuanku Ja'afar Cup, in Thailand, despite only playing one match. [Summary of Results | Squad]

Teams named for 2001 Tuanku Ja'afar Cup and U13 South East Asian Championships.

Hong Kong's expected debut at the Asia Cup will have to wait a bit longer, as the tournament organisers defer the event until 2002. [More]

Team named for the U15 South East Asian Championships [Team].

Hong Kong qualifies for the ACC Trophy final after beating Nepal by 179 runs. By reaching the final, Hong Kong qualifies for the 2001 Asia Cup, where they will face the test playing nations of Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The team also collects US$100,000 to help in their preparations for the Asia Cup tournament.

US$100,000 payday for ACC Trophy finalists. [Report]

England international Adam Hollioake appointed Hong Kong's National Team Coach for the 2000 ACC Trophy. [Report]

Fixtures

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Schedules & Results

For coverge of the 2001 ICC Trophy, please visit our special tournament page. [2001 ICC Trophy]

South East Asian Championships, Thailand, 7-11 March 2001

Schedule and results:

Date	Match	Venue	Result
7/3/2001	Hong Kong v. Singapore	RBSC	Hong Kong 320-8 (S Brew 86, M Hussain 83, D Chaudhuri 35; J Dearing 2-64) beat Singapore 130 (Z Renchun 45, J Pieris 33; M Hussain 2-11, Lama 2-5, J Iqbal 2-9) by 190 runs
8/3/2001	Rest Day
9/3/2001	Hong Kong v. Malaysia	Polo Club	Washed out.
10/3/2001	Hong Kong v. Thailand	RBSC	Washed out.
11/3/2001	Final - Hong Kong v. Malaysia		Washed out. Hong Kong awarded title on a better net run-rate from the opening round games.

ACC Trophy, UAE, 15-24 November 2000

Group A - Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Kuwait
Group B - UAE, Japan, Nepal, Maldives

Date	Match	Venue	Result
15/11/2000	Malaysia v. Hong Kong	Sharjah Stadium	Hong Kong 209 (S Brew 59, S Malik 55, A French 34; V Suppiah 3-32) beat Malaysia 192 (Y Imran 55, M Muniandy 33; S Brew 3-43, S Lama 3-27) by 17 runs [Full Scorecard][Report]
16/11/2000	Hong Kong v. Singapore	Dubai Cricket Council II	Hong Kong 270-8 (R Sharma 95, S Malik 55, S Brew 50; R Kaul 3-48) beat Singapore 217-6 (A Scott 58, J Dearing 42, Z Rengchun 48, K Deshpande 41; A French 3-43, S Brew 2-24) by 53 runs [Full Scorecard][Report]
18/11/2000	Kuwait v. Hong Kong	Dubai Cricket Council II	Hong Kong 132-2 (S Malik 58, M Cheruparambil 37, M Davies 26*; Z Butt 2-32) beat Kuwait 128 (M Nawaz 55;J Iqbal 3-30, R Sharma 2-3) by 8 wickets [Full Scorecard][Report]
21/11/2000	Semi-final 1: Hong Kong v. Nepal	Sharjah Stadium	Hong Kong 268-3 (R Sharma 145, S Brew 63, M Davies 36) beat Nepal 89 (S Brew 4-20, S Lama 2-27, J Iqbal 2-7) by 179 runs [Full Scorecard][Report][Run Rate Comparisons]
22/11/2000	Semi-final 2: UAE v. Malaysia	Sharjah Stadium	UAE 204-4 beat Malaysia 201 by 6 wickets [Full Scorecard][Report][Run Rate Comparisons]
24/11/2000	FINAL	Sharjah Stadium	UAE 191-7 (A Saeed 24, Saeed-Al-Saffar 22, N Siddiqui 25, M Pirbaksch 56, M Khaliq 42*; M Zubair 4-30) beat Hong Kong 186 (R Sharma 78; A Saeed 4-32) by 3 wickets [Full Scorecard][Report][Run Rate Comparisons][Over Graphs]

[Hong Kong Team Statistics][Photos]

ACC Trophy Tournament Coverage at CricInfo:
[Schedule][Squads][Points Tables][News & Articles][Scorecards][Statistics]

Other coverage of the ACC Trophy: [UAE Cricket - Official Tournament Site]

Hong Kong Squad

For coverge of the 2001 ICC Trophy, please visit our special tournament page. [2001 ICC Trophy]

2001 Tuanku Ja'afar Cup (South East Asian Championships), Thailand 2001

The Hong Kong squad for the 2001 Tuanku Ja'afar Cup is as follows:

Stewart Brew (Capt) - Optimists
Rahul Sharma - Templars
Tabarak Dar - LSWCC
Ravi Sujanani - Infidels
Jawaid Iqbal - Friends XI
Sher Lama - Templars
M Jamshaid - LSWCC
Saleem Malik - Pakistan Association
Munir Hussain - Pakistan Association
Dyutish Chaudhuri - Colts
Rohan Boghani - Colts
Kieran Kumaria - Colts
Coach: Lal Jayasinghe
Manager: Clive Howard

ACC Trophy, UAE, 15-24 November 2000

The Hong Kong squad for the 2000 ACC Trophy is as follows:

Name	Age	Club Team	HK Debut	HK Matches	Batting ave	HS	Bowling ave	Best
Stewart Brew (capt)	35	Optimists	1990	44	46.42	138	17.96	5 - 5
Mark Eames (vc)	39	Infidels	1991	29	19.96	56	n/a	n/a
Rahul Sharma	40	Templars	1993	38	43.9	121	16.33	6 - 3
Ravi Sujanani	30	Infidels	1994	32	18.2	64	20.45	4 - 33
Jawaid Iqbal	28	Friends XI	1994	13	4	9	24.69	3 - 38
Alex French	19	Scorpions	1997	7	23.5	61	n/a	n/a
C. Manoj	21	Templars	1997	3	11.5	19	n/a	n/a
Mark Davies	25	Claremont-Nedlands	1998	3	99	63	n/a	n/a
Mohammad Zubair	25	LSW	1996	21	8.38	22	20.07	4 - 38
Saleem Malik	33	Pakistan Assoc	1998	8	37.5	51	9.3	5 - 26
Tabarak Dar	24	LSW	1998	5	16	16	20	1 - 13
Sher Lama	27	Templars	1998	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Roy Lamsam	20	Infidels	1997	4	6	8	87	1 - 35
Mohammed Jamshaid	24	LSW	2000	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Note: Statistics compiled from 1993-1999 (as at 1st November 2000).

The team will be accompanied by National Team Coach Adam Hollioake, National Coach Co-ordinator Lal Jayasinghe and Team Manager Glyn Davies.

International Youth Teams

U13 South East Asian Championships, Malaysia, 12-15 April 2001

The Hong Kong team for Under 13 Tuanku Ja'afar Cup is as follows:

Kunal Parwani (Capt)
Robert Bacon (Vice-Capt)
John Bacon
Nigel Shroff
Daniel Fullgrabe
Jamie Atkinson
Raghav Kaushik
Saad Basir
Kanish Verghese
Alex Cribbin
Tom Ingram
Nicholas Lau
Sajid Khan
Sean Lai

Schedule & Results

Date	Match	Venue	Result
12/4/2001	Hong Kong v. Singapore	Penang Free School	Hong Kong 105-6 (J Bacon 24, S Basir 12) beat Singapore 99-9 (J Muruthi 24; K Verghese 2-21, J Bacon 3-9, R Bacon 2-12) by 6 runs
14/4/2001	Hong Kong v. Malaysia	Penang Free School	Malaysia 109-8 (Zultap 17*; K Verghese 4-12) beat Hong Kong 106-9 (S Basir 19, J Atkinson 17) by 3 runs
15/42001	Hong Kong v. Thailand	Penang Free School	Thailand 49 (K Verghese 7-6, J Bacon 2-3) lost to Hong Kong 51-1 (D Fullgrave 16, J Atkinson 11) by 9 wkts
16/4/2001	Final	Penang Sports Club	Hong Kong 130-7 (S Khan 29, N Shroff 15, J Atkinson 17, D Fullgrave 17) lost to Malaysia 131-3 ( S Ali Khan 34, A Bun Ching 23; S Khan 2-24) by 7 wkts

Awards

Best Bowler of the Tournament - Kanishk Verghese (HK)
Best Wicket-keeper of the Tournament - Jamie Atkinson (HK)
Man of the Match:HK vs Singapore - John Bacon (HK)
Man of the Match:HK vs Malaysia - Kanishk Verghese (HK)
Man of the Match:HK vs Thailand - Kanishk Verghese (HK)

U15 South East Asian Championships, Malaysia, 7-10 December 2000

The Hong Kong team for Under 15 Tuanku Ja'afar Cup is as follows:

Yogesh MAHTANI - Captain
Raj PUTATUNDA - V Captain
Zaran VACHHA
Mark BARNETT
Colin BRIDGES
Christopher SABINE
Imran Rehman KHAN
Sakhawat ALI
Mathew LIND
Deepinder Singh DHILLON
Anthony MARRIN
Dheeraj DASWANI
Sunny HATHIRAMANI
Trevor SLACK

Lal JAYASINGHE - Coach
Ronald BRIERLY - Manager

Results

At Club Aman (played 18.12.00): Singapore 71 (A Azizul 27; Skhawat Ali 8-1-23-7, Zaran Vachha 8-3-18-2) beat Hong Kong 69 (Yogesh Mahtani 37; Maxim 8-4-5-3, A Azizul 7-0-31-3, S Dayalan 8-2-14-2) by 2 runs

Skhawat Ali named Man of the Match

At Club Aman (played 19.12.00): Malaysia 81-1 (Zabri 27*, Ramly 22, Yoganraj 24*; Zaran Vachha 8-3-17-1) beat Hong Kong 80 (Mathew Lind 22, Chris Sabine 8; Arvindran 6-1-14-3, Shukri 8-5-8-2, Mahyuddin 3.3-0-13-2) by 9 wkts

Touring Teams

The following are scorecards from matches played during the Hong Kong Cricket Club's "Festival of Cricket", to commerate the club's 150th Anniversary:

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