Hong Kong Under-19s
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The Hong Kong national under-19 cricket team represents the Special Administrative Region of China in international under-19 cricket. It has qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup on one occasion, in 2010.

History

Hong Kong was originally part of the ICC East Asia-Pacific region, and finished runner-up to Papua New Guinea u19 for the 2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy.[1]

At the 2009 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Canada, the team placed sixth overall to become the last team to qualify for the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. They won only three out of nine games at the tournament, finishing above Uganda u19 and Netherlands u19 on net run rate. Irfan Ahmed was the team's leading run-scorer at the qualifier.[2]

Jamie Atkinson was named as the squad's captain for the 2010 World Cup.[3] The team failed to win a game in the first round, losing to England u19, India u19 and Afghanistan u19 (also in its first World Cup). The team was bowled out on each occasion but did not disgrace itself.[4] Later, in the plate stage, Hong Kong lost to Bangladesh u19 but then got revenge over Afghanistan, defeating them by four wickets. In the final game, the 13th place play-off, Hong Kong lost heavily to Zimbabwe u19, being bowled out for 98 to record its lowest score of the tournament.[4]

For the 2019 ACC Under-19 Eastern Region tournament, former national team player Jawaid Iqbal was appointed as the coach.[5] As of 2020, there was a national under-19 50-over cup used to select the national team squad.[6]

Under-19 World Cup record

Hong Kong'sU19 World Cup record
Year Result Pos № Pld W L T NR
Australia 1988 Did not enter
South Africa 1998 Did not qualify
Sri Lanka 2000
New Zealand 2002
Bangladesh 2004
Sri Lanka 2006
Malaysia 2008
New Zealand 2010 First round 14th 14 5 1 4 0 0
Australia 2012 Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2014
Bangladesh 2016
New Zealand 2018
South Africa 2020
Cricket West Indies 2022
Total 5 1 4 0 0

References

  1. ↑ East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2001/02 Table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Hong Kong clinch U-19 World Cup spot". ESPNcricinfo. 14 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Hong Kong squad named for ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2010". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. 1 2 "Hong Kong Under-19s tour of New Zealand 2009/10". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ↑ "ACC U19 Eastern Asia Cup Qualifier". HK Cricket. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cricket returns to Hong Kong as U19 players battle for places in World Cup qualifying squad". South China MOrning Post. 13 July 2020.


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