31 October 2017
In the wake of a successful Hong Kong World Sixes tournament, the 2018 Hong Kong T20 Blitz fixtures have been released, with the event to be played from February 6-11.
2017 finalists City Kaitak will face off against Hung Hom JD Jaguars in the tournament opener on Tuesday the 6th at 2pm, with the tournament extended to a sixth day to remove the triple-header of games previously played on the Saturday.
City Kaitak will back up on the morning of the second day's action against HKI United, while defending champions Kowloon Cantons will begin their tournament defence against Galaxy Gladiators Lantau in the Wednesday afternoon match.
The tournament final will be played between the top two sides at 2pm on Sunday February 11.
"Everyone at Cricket Hong Kong is on a high after the Sixes and we're excited to get to work on the Blitz now to take that up another level," Head of Major Tournaments Max Abbott said.
"The draw sees each team play two morning and two afternoon matches and the decision to extend the event to six days was taken after feedback from players and staff that the three-game day, which required a 7.45am start on Saturday was a bit taxing."
"The matches are evenly spaced out now and it gives us a big opportunity during the week to get as many schools in as possible."
The domestic player draft will take place on Thursday November 2, with City Kaitak drawing top selection.
The Jaguars drew pick two and will be followed by HKI United, Kowloon Cantons and Galaxy Gladiators Lantau. Lantau will get the benefit of pick number one in the second round of selections.
The full list of available players is on the Hong Kong T20 Blitz section of this page.
Full Name Club/Team
Aarush Bhagwat KCC
Adeel Ahmad Shafrique MCC Young Cricketers
Adit Gorawara KCC
Aftab Hussain DLSWCC
Ahsan Ali Abbsai USRC
Amandeep Singh DLSWC
Ankur Vasishta Infidels
Anton Buntin HKCC
Asad Mahmood Vagabonds Cricket Club
Ashley Caddy KCC
Awais Mohammad USRC
Chan Ka Ming CCC Hung See
Christopher White HKCC - Wanderers
Courtney Kruger HKCC
Daljeet Singh HKCC
Damien Yee CHK Dragons
Daniel Pascoe KCC
Daniyal Bukhari PACC
Daood Ashfag KCC
Deveng Bulsara KCC
Edwin Ang CHK Dragons
Etesham Mohammad Rawaid Vagabonds Cricket Club
Hamed Khan PACC
Harpreet Singh DLSWCC
Hassan Khan HKCC
Hiren Patel DLSWCC JKN
Imran Arif PACC
Iqbal Ateeg Ul Rehman KCC
Isaac Poole HKCC
Ishaq, Ibraheem Mohammad DLSWCC
Ishtiaq Muhammad PACC
Jamie Atkinson KCC
Jason Lui CCC Hung See/CHK Dragons
Junaid Mohammad Vagabonds Cricket Club
Ka-U Lynn CHK Dragons
Kalhan Marc Challu KCC
Khalid Hussain Butt PACC
Khan Mohammad Vagabonds Cricket Club
Martin Versfeld Hkcc Optimists
Matt Stiller KCC
Minhas Mohammed Osama DLSWCC
Mohammad Ghazanfar DLSWCC
Mohammad Hamaz PACC
Mohammad Huzafah Vagabonds Cricket Club
Mohammad Kamran PACC
Mohammad Nabeel Javed PACC
Mohammad Usman USRC
Mohammed Ali KCC
Mohammod Saad Mahmood Vagabonds Cricket Club
Mohsin Khan DLSWCC
Mudassar Hussain DLSWCC
Muhammad Balal PACC
Muhammad Moner Ahmed DLSWCC
Muhammad Umar USRC
Niaz Ali USRC
Ninad Deveng Shah KCC
Raag Kapur HKCC
Rana Nasrulla PACC
Rory Caines HKCC Scorpions
Ryan Sean Buckley HKCC
Safaraz Khan DLSWCC
Saqib Mahmood DLSWCC
Sarwar Shan USRC
Scott Mckechnie KCC
Seigfried Wai CHK Dragons
Shah Shak S DLSWCC
Sheryar Saeed DLSW DTC
Sikandar Zafar USRC
Singh Gurjunder KCC Crusaiders
Singh Manjinder PACC
Singh Simandeep Pansotra KCC
Skhawat Ali PACC
Suhaib Ahmad KCC
Sunny Bhimsaria KCC
Tim Cutler HKCC
Tom Ingram HKCC
Umair Khan DLSWCC
Wajid Shah Mohammad Hk U19, Kent CC (UK)
Waqar Dawood PACC
Yasim Murtaza PACC
Zeeshan Ali PACC
Available National Squad
Nadeem Ahmed
Tanveer Ahmed
Chris Carter
Adil Mehmood
Waqas Khan
Giacomo Lamplough
Anshuman Rath
Shahid Wasif
Kyle Christie
Retained
Babar Hayat (KC)
Ehsan Nawaz (KC)
Aizaz Khan (CK)
Waqas Barkat (CK)
Nizakat Khan (HHJ)
Kinchit Shah (HHJ)
Tanwir Afzal (HKI)
Ehsan Khan (HKI)
Karandeep Singh (GGL)
Haroon Arshad (GGL)