By virtue of making it to the final of the ICC World Cricket League Division 4 in Tanzania in October 2008, Hong Kong qualified for the six-team ICC World Cricket League Division 3 tournament to be played in Buenos Aires, Argentina during 24-31 January 2009. Once there, they will meet the ICC WCL Division 4 champions Afghanistan and the other teams in the division, namely Cayman Islands, Papua New Guinea, Uganda and
hosts Argentina.
Teams will be aiming to reach the tournament final, as doing so will qualify them for ICC World Cup Qualifier (formerly the ICC Trophy) - a 12-team event to be played in South Africa in April 2009 [see ICC World Cricket League Explained | ICC WCL Structure PDF 191KB]. The bottom-two placed teams in the Argentina tournament will be demoted to division four.
The Hong Kong team embarked on a pre-tournament tour to Sri Lanka as part of their preparations for the ICC World Cricket League Division 3.
News & Reports
Hong Kong Squad
The final 14-man squad for the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 tournament is:
Schedule & Results
Summary
ICC WORLD CRICKET LEAGUE DIVISION 3 - WARM-UP MATCH |
Date |
Match |
Venue |
Result |
| 21.01.2009 |
Hong Kong v. PNG |
St George's College |
Hong Kong 212 from 46.5 overs (Roy Lamsam 33, Irfan Ahmed 46 ret., Hussain Butt 34) beat PNG 160-9 from 48 overs (J Ovia 45) by 52 runs |
ICC WORLD CRICKET LEAGUE DIVISION 3 - MATCHES |
Date |
Match |
Venue |
Result |
| 24.01.2009 |
Hong Kong v. Argentina |
Hurlingham |
Argentina 107 from 47.5 overs (Matias Paterlini 26, Gary Savage 26*; Nadeem Ahmed 9.5-1-25-3) lost to Hong Kong 109-3 from 27.2 overs (Zain Abbas 34*) by 7 wkts
Player of the Match: James Atkinson (Hong Kong)
[Bulletin | Scorecard | Photos]
|
| 25.01.2009 |
Hong Kong v. Afghanistan |
Belgrano |
Afghanistan 201 from 49.5 overs (Karim Khan 36, Nooroz Mangal 35, Mohammad Nabi 40, Samiullah Shenwari 25; Irfan Ahmed 9.5-0-62-3, Roy Lamsam 10-1-33-3) beat Hong Kong 188 from 48.2 overs (Moner Ahmed 49, Nadeem Ahmed 27) by 13 runs
Player of the Match: Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)
[Bulletin | Scorecard | Photos] |
| 27.01.2009 |
Hong Kong v. Cayman Islands |
Corimayo |
Hong Kong 210 from 46.3 overs (Manoj Cheruparambil 85, Roy Lamsam 60, Moner Ahmed 25; Ryan Bovell 8.3-0-48-3) beat Cayman Islands 161 from 48 overs (Ilyas Gull 10-2-28-3, Zain Abbas 9-0-28-4) by 49 runs
Player of the Match: Manoj Cheruparambil (Hong Kong)
[Bulletin | Scorecard] |
| 28.01.2009 |
Hong Kong v. Uganda |
Corimayo |
Uganda 180 from 50 overs (Roger Mukasa 67, Kenneth Kamyuka 37; Moner Ahmed 10-0-30-4) beat Hong Kong 179 (Manoj Cheruparambil 51, Hussain Butt 52, Zain Abbas 35; Kenneth Kamyuka 10-4-21-4, Ronald Ssemanda 8.4-0-40-3) by 1 run
Player of the Match: Kenneth Kamyuka (Uganda)
[Bulletin | Scorecard | Photos] |
| 30.01.2009 |
Hong Kong v. Papua New Guinea |
Hurlingham |
Hong Kong 91 from 42.3 overs (Ilyas Gull 25; Loa Nou 7.3-1-14-3) lost to Papua New Guinea 90-1 (Vani Morea 42*, Chris Amini 38) by 9 wkts (D/L Method - PNG's revised target was 87 from 45 overs)
Player of the Match: Vani Morea (Papua New Guinea)
[Bulletin | Scorecard | Photos] |
| 31.01.2009 |
FINAL and Play-offs |
Cancelled |
The final and play-off matches will not be played following abandonment of round 5 games between Uganda v. Argentina and Afghanistan v. Cayman Islands which will be replayed on this day instead. There is no provision in the playing conditions to move the final and play-offs so the final team placings will be determined from the points table.
Update: Uganda beat Argentina and Afghanistan beat Cayman Islands in the replayed matches. The results and run-rate adjustments mean Afghanistan are the ICC WCL Division 3 champions while Uganda finish second. Both teams secure berths at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiying tournament to be played in South Africa in April 2009. PNG and Hong Kong retain their places in Division 3 while Cayman Islands and Argentina are demoted to Division 4. |
Scorecards supplied courtesy of Cricinfo.
Points Table
ICC WORLD CRICKET LEAGUE DIVISION 3 - POINTS TABLE |
Team |
Played |
Won |
Tie |
N/R |
Lost |
Points |
NRR |
| Afghanistan |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
+0.971 |
| Uganda |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
+0.768 |
| Papua New Guinea |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
+0.665 |
| Hong Kong |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
-0.005 |
| Cayman Islands |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
-1.292 |
| Argentina |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
-0.784 |
Statisics & Records
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