After a strong showing at the recent World T20 Hong Kong went into the Asian Cricket Council Premier League 2014 brimming with confidence and looking to do well. It’s all gone a bit pear shaped though after a third straight defeat – this time to the UAE by two wickets. For the second straight game after being asked to bat first the wickets tumbled. All the top order batsmen reached double figures but none pushed on. The bowlers did their best and keeping the team in the game, but defending totals around 150 in a 50 over game is asking a lot. Today UAE were 7-93 but sadly for Hong Kong cricket fans the an eighth wicket partnership of 29 and unbeaten ninth wicket stand of 36 saw UAE win by 2 wickets with 9 balls to spare.
scorecard courtesy of cricinfo