2022–23 Hong Kong Quadrangular Series

2022–23 Hong Kong Quadrangular Series
Dates8 – 12 March 2023
Administrator(s)Cricket Hong Kong
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
Host(s) Hong Kong
Champions Hong Kong
Runners-up Malaysia
Participants4
Matches8
Player of the seriesHong Kong Aizaz Khan
Most runsBahrain Imran Anwar (130)
Most wicketsHong Kong Ehsan Khan (8)
Hong Kong Aizaz Khan (8)
Malaysia Rizwan Haider (8)
Kuwait Sayed Monib (8)

The 2022–23 Hong Kong Quadrangular Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament, that took place in Hong Kong in March 2023.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Hong Kong along with Bahrain, Kuwait and Malaysia.[2] Shortly before the tournament, Cricket Hong Kong announced that former Kent County Cricket Club player Simon Willis became the new head coach of their senior men's team.[3]

Malaysia and Hong Kong won their matches on the opening day of the series.[4] Both sides won again on the following day to confirm that they would meet again in the final.[5]

Hong Kong defeated Malaysia in the final by 39 runs to win the tournament.[6]

The T20I tournament was followed by a 50-over One Day tri-series between Hong Kong, Kuwait and Malaysia.[7] All competing teams used the 50-over event as preparation for the 2023 Men's Premier Cup.[8]

Squads

 Bahrain  Hong Kong[9]  Kuwait[10]  Malaysia[11]

Round-robin

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Hong Kong 3 3 0 0 6 0.580
2  Malaysia 3 2 1 0 4 0.951
3  Bahrain 3 1 2 0 2 −0.958
4  Kuwait 3 0 3 0 0 −0.594
Source: ESPNcricinfo[12]

  Qualified for the final
  Advanced to the third place play-off

Fixtures

8 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Kuwait 
158/9 (20 overs)
v
 Malaysia
163/7 (19 overs)
Meet Bhavsar 67 (41)
Vijay Unni 3/15 (4 overs)
Virandeep Singh 58* (52)
Sayed Monib 3/32 (3 overs)
Malaysia won by 3 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Shiroy Vachha (HK)
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
8 March 2023
13:40
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
153/4 (20 overs)
v
 Bahrain
138 (19.1 overs)
Aizaz Khan 42* (26)
Abdul Majid 1/13 (3 overs)
Sarfaraz Ali 1/13 (3 overs)
Imran Anwar 29 (15)
Ehsan Khan 3/16 (3.1 overs)
Hong Kong won by 15 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Aizaz Khan (HK)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
  • Abdul Majid and Ali Dawood (Bhr) both made their T20I debuts.
9 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Malaysia 
200/6 (20 overs)
v
 Bahrain
147/9 (20 overs)
Muhammad Amir 80 (52)
Sathaiya Veerapathiran 2/29 (4 overs)
Sohail Ahmed 65 (46)
Rizwan Haider 4/34 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 53 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: John Prakash (HK) and Gandhimathinathan Sankaranarayanan (HK)
Player of the match: Muhammad Amir (Mas)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
9 March 2023
13:40
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
161/7 (20 overs)
v
 Kuwait
150/9 (20 overs)
Anshuman Rath 57 (42)
Mohamed Shafeeq 2/35 (4 overs)
Bilal Tahir 35* (20)
Haroon Arshad 3/19 (4 overs)
Hong Kong won by 11 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK)
Player of the match: Haroon Arshad (HK)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
  • Adit Gorawara (HK) made his T20I debut.
11 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Kuwait 
156/8 (20 overs)
v
 Bahrain
159/6 (19 overs)
Shiraz Khan 50* (24)
Imran Anwar 3/22 (4 overs)
Imran Anwar 87 (52)
Mohammad Aslam 2/27 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 4 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Imran Anwar (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
  • Yasser Nazir (Bhr) made his T20I debut.
11 March 2023
13:40
Scorecard
Malaysia 
95 (18.4 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
98/6 (19.1 overs)
Sharvin Muniandy 26 (30)
Haroon Arshad 2/6 (2 overs)
Aizaz Khan 44* (46)
Fitri Sham 2/18 (4 overs)
Hong Kong won by 4 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Aizaz Khan (HK)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

Third-place play-off

12 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Bahrain 
135/9 (20 overs)
v
 Kuwait
136/4 (18.1 overs)
Prashant Kurup 33 (35)
Sayed Monib 2/30 (4 overs)
Ravija Sandaruwan 37 (33)
Imran Anwar 3/19 (4 overs)
Kuwait won by 6 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and Gandhimathinathan Sankaranarayanan (HK)
Player of the match: Sayed Monib (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

Final

12 March 2023
13:40
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
182/8 (20 overs)
v
 Malaysia
143 (17.5 overs)
Anshuman Rath 49 (40)
Sharvin Muniandy 3/30 (4 overs)
Zubaidi Zulkifle 29 (13)
Aizaz Khan 4/26 (3 overs)
Hong Kong won by 39 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Yasim Murtaza (HK)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.

One Day Series

Match Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
1st Match 15 March  Hong Kong Nizakat Khan  Kuwait Mohammed Aslam Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok  Hong Kong won by 39 runs
2nd Match 16 March  Kuwait Mohammed Aslam  Malaysia Ahmad Faiz Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok  Kuwait won by 8 wickets
3rd Match 18 March  Hong Kong Nizakat Khan  Malaysia Ahmad Faiz Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok  Hong Kong won by 97 runs
Final 19 March  Hong Kong Nizakat Khan  Kuwait Mohammed Aslam Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok  Hong Kong won by 5 runs
3rd Place Play-off 20 March  Hong Kong A Scott McKechnie  Malaysia Ahmad Faiz Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok  Malaysia won by 8 wickets

References

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