Hong Kong are buoyed by the return of captain Anshuman Rath for the upcoming ACC Emerging Nations Cup to be jointly hosted by Sri Lanka and Pakistan from 3rd to 17th December.

Rath, who missed the recent South China Cup defeat to Papua New Guinea, returns with the squad being drawn in Group B alongside Pakistan, Bangladesh and UAE. Group B will be played in Pakistan.

India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Oman are drawn in Group A with their matches being played in Sri Lanka.

The top 2 from each group will progress to the next stage with the semi-finals and finals to be played in Sri Lanka. The Full-Members will be fielding U-23 sides, with 4 over-age players permitted per team.

Hong Kong Squad:

1. Anshuman Rath (Captain) Hong Kong Cricket Club
2. Aizaz Khan (Vice Captain) Kowloon Cricket Club
3. Nizakat Khan - Hong Kong Cricket Club
4. Raag Kapur - Hong Kong Cricket Club
5. Kinchit Shah - Hong Kong Cricket Club
6. Babar Hayat - Pakistan Association Cricket Club
7. Waqas Khan- Diasqua Little Sai Wan Cricket Club
8. Ehsan Nawaz - Pakistan Association Cricket Club
9. Ehsan Khan - Diasqua Little Sai Wan Cricket Club
10. Ghazanfer Mohammad - Diasqua Little Sai Wan Cricket Club
11. Tanwir Afzal - Pakistan Association Cricket Club
12. Tanveer Ahmed - Hong Kong Cricket Club
13. Hassan Mohammad - Diasqua Little Sai Wan Cricket Club
14. Shahid Wasif - Diasqua Little Sai Wan Cricket Club
15. Haroon Arshad - Diasqua Little Sai Wan Cricket Club

Reserves:

1. Nasrullah Rana - Pakistan Association Cricket Club
2. Aftab Hussain - Diasqua Little Sai Wan Cricket Club
3. Hamed Khan - Pakistan Association Cricket Club

Quotes:

Tabarak Dar (CHK Chairman of Selectors):

“The Tournament will provide Hong Kong some great opportunities to play against some quality teams”

“Babar Hayat and Tanwir Afzal are back in the squad which will further strengthen the squad especially in our batting department. Talented youngsters, Haroon Arshad, Ghazanfer Muhammad & Raag Kapur have been rewarded for their performances in the recently concluded South China Cup"

Simon Cook (HK National Men's Head Coach):

"The recent tour to PNG and return series in Hong Kong has been really good for Hong Kong Cricket as a whole. We have seen players like Waqas Khan and Ghazanfer Mohammad really take steps forward and start to own their place in the side which starts to strengthen the playing squad. There is now fierce competition for places within the starting 11."

"The Emerging Nations tournament is another great chance to learn and bench mark ourselves as a team and as individuals which is critically important for us with the World Cricket League Division 2 tournament coming up in April next year."