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Hong Kong have won their Twenty20 International series against Ireland – but not in the manner they’d hoped - with a wet outfield seeing the second and final match abandoned without any play.

The no-result meant Hong Kong won the series 1-0 after their 40-run win in the first T20 International played on Monday.

The team will now travel to Edinburgh for a two-game One Day International series against Scotland, starting Thursday night (HKT).

Hong Kong will enter that series as holders of the Braidwood Cup after defeating Scotland at home in January this year.

Nizakat Khan was named player of the series following his innings of 62 off 43 balls in the first T20i.

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“The outfield was already soft yesterday and there was heavy overnight rain. We didn’t have very good drying conditions so bowlers take offs were the main area of concern.”

“You take the result and we played good cricket in the first game. That’s what we will focus on rather than the series victory and taking that forward into the games against Scotland. We spoke about what we want to try and improve on from the first T20 which was our fielding. So we want better commitment in the field for those matches.”

“It’s another opportunity for us to play against quality opposition on a different surface in a One-Day International Series."

“Against Scotland having the Braidwood Cup does add another dimension to the series and we hope the relationship we are building with them can allow us to play against each other more often.”

“It will be an interesting series – Scotland will want to get us back for earlier in the year in Hong Kong and we want to get a bit back for our World T20 loss to them – hopefully the weather will hold and we will get some good cricket in.”