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HK Cricket Match Report: Women’s Twenty20 Cup – 28 February 2016

Shanzeen Shaz - 28 Feb 2016

Women’s Twenty20 Cup – 28th February 2016

Only two of the three Women’s T20 Cup games were played this weekend with PACC unable to field a team against USRC while HKCC Willow Wielders enjoyed a bye.

KCC Maidens v CCC Fung Wong
In the early game, played in sunny conditions, KCC Maidens beat CCC Fung Wong by 40 runs.

The CCC women elected to field first but they spent the next twenty overs chasing leather as KCC notched up a score of 7/146 from their 20 overs. Keenu Gill top scored with 74.

In reply, Kary Chan and Pull To both hit 31 but their efforts weren’t enough to overcome the KCC team’s score. In the end, CCC Fung Wong reached 6/106 off their twenty overs.
At PKVR Reservoir: KCC Maidens 7/146 from 20 overs beat CCC Fung Wong 6/106 from 20 overs by 40 runs.

DLSWCC Wasps v HKCC Cavaliers
In the second match, between DLSWCC Wasps and HKCC Cavaliers, the Wasps took first use of the crease after winning the toss. They managed to score 4/118 from their 20 overs with Wasps’ skipper Shanzeen Shahzad hitting an unbeaten on 68 while Jaswinder Kaur also scored 21.

In reply, Natural Yip hit 57 and Mary Henderson scored 34 in an opening partnership of 92 that effectively won the game for HKCC Cavaliers. However, the HKCC team still managed to lose four wickets in knocking off the remaining runs in 15 overs.
At PKVR Reservoir: DLSWCC Wasps 4/118 from 20 overs lost to HKCC Cavaliers 4/119 from 15 overs by six wickets.

photo: Takumi Photography
source: HK Cricket Association

HK Cricket Match Reports: Sunday 28 February, 2016

Sunday Championship – 28th February 2016

DLSWCC JKN v HKCC Optimists
DLSWCC JKN scored a bonus point victory over HKCC Optimists in their Sunday Championship match played at Hong Kong Cricket Club.

Optimists elected to bat first after winning the toss and they were well placed at 1/79 when George Clarke was dismissed for 42. Miles Richardson scored 34 but the rest of the top order failed as Optimists slipped to 6/95 and then 8/117. Some dogged resistance from the tail-enders, nurtured along by their skipper David Jacquier who finished on 51 not out, got Optimists to 171 all out in the 50^th over. Ehsan Khan was the pick of the bowlers for DLSWCC JKN with figures of 3/18 from his ten over spell.

Ehsan Khan then hit an unbeaten 50 as DLSWCC JKN knocked off the runs in just 29.2 overs. Waqas Khan scored 30 while Babar Hayat and Moner Ahmed also made valuable contributions. Miles Richardson’s 4/67 went in vain for HKCC Optimists.
At HKCC: HKCC Optimists 171 from 49.2 overs lost to DLSWCC JKN 5/175 from 29.2 overs by five wickets.

KCC Templars v HKCA Dragons
KCC Templars also picked up a bonus point following their demolition of HKCA Dragons at Kowloon Cricket Club.

The HKCA Dragons opted to bowl first after winning the toss and they were rewarded with the early wicket of Ninad Shah. Thereafter, the Templars’ batsmen dominated with Roy Lamsam (42) and Dylan Dearing (151) sharing a second wicket partnership of 123. Dearing was the third wicket to fall at 240 before Templars’ middle order added another 90 runs in double-quick time to see them through to a score of 330.

The Dragons’ top-order struggled against the pace of Aditya Kanthan and they were quickly reduced to 4/17. James Chan (28) and Damien Yee (25) resisted briefly before Dan Pascoe wrapped things up for Templars. Kanthan claimed 3/11 from five overs while Pascoe picked up 3/20 from seven as Dragons were all out for 95.
At KCC: KCC Templars 6/330 from 50 overs beat HKCA Dragons 95 from 34.1 overs by 235 runs.

KCC Infidels v USRC/MCC
At Mission Road, KCC Infidels scored a bonus point in beating USRC/MCC by seven wickets.

USRC/MCC won the toss and elected to bat first but their top order failed to string any significant partnerships together as they slipped to 5/91 with Gurjant Singh grabbing 3/25 for Infidels. An 84-run sixth wicket partnership between Balal Muhammad (47) and Awais Mohammad (57*) got the total to 175 but three wickets by Najeeb Amar (3/25) stymied any late surge by the USRC/MCC batsmen and their innings finished on 8/204.

Najeeb was quickly in the action again as he hit 96 runs in a third wicket partnership with Muhammad Khan worth 125 runs. Khan finished unbeaten on 76 as Infidels ran out winners by seven wickets with twenty overs to spare.
At Mission Road: USRC/MCC 8/204 from 48 overs lost to KCC infidels 3/205 from 30 overs by seven wickets.

source: HK Cricket Association

HK Cricket Match Reports: Saturday 27 February, 2016

Saturday Championship – 27th February 2016

Saturday Championship Division 1

HKCC Witherers v Pakistan Association
HKCC Witherers got their bid for the 2015-16 championship title off to a great start by beating Pakistan Association at Hong Kong Cricket Club. A single point now separates the top four teams in Division 1.

In the game itself, Pakistan Association elected to bat first after winning the toss and their openers put on 44 runs for the first wicket. A further 55 runs were added for the second wicket with Daniyal Bukhari scoring 47. However, Bukhari’s wicket triggered a collapse that saw the visitors slip from 1/99 to 7/107 and they were eventually all out for 134. Ahan Manglik did much of the damage for Witherers by claiming 4/22 from his seven overs while Toby Raper grabbed 3/37.

In reply, Charlie Bright hit 56 at the top of the order and skipper Liam Ginnivan chipped in with 36 as Witherers eased to victory by six wickets in the 31st over.
At HKCC: Pakistan Association 134 from 29 overs lost to HKCC Witherers 4/137 from 30.5 overs by six wickets.

KCC Tartars v DLSWCC Sarjan
In a tight finish at Kowloon Cricket Club, KCC Tartars gave themselves some breathing space above the relegation zone by beating DLSWCC Sarjan by 13 runs.

Tartars batted first after winning the toss and they have Ateeq ul Rehman to thank for them recovering from a precarious 6/70 to reach 8/163 after 35 overs. Rehman top scored with 44 not out.

Rehman then completed a great double by claiming 5/28 as DLSWCC Sarjan’s reply was restricted to 9/150. Top scorer for the visitors was their captain Harpreet Singh with 50.
At KCC: KCC Tartars 8/163 from 35 overs beat DLSWCC Sarjan 9/150 from 35 overs by 13 runs.

Saturday Championship Division 2

USRC/MCC v Kai Tak CC
At Mission Road, USRC/MCC stayed within reach of division leaders Taipans with a four-wicket victory over Kai Tak CC.

Kai Tak got off to a great start with their openers putting on 67 runs for the first wicket. Haroon Arshad (44) and Tom Downey (38) scored the bulk of the runs as Kai Tak reached 161 all out in 34.2 overs. Iftikhar Ahmed was the pick of the bowlers for USRC/MCC with 4/36 from 6.2 overs.

USRC/MCC lost early wickets but recovered from 3/17 to chase down the total in less than 30 overs. Sikander Zafar top scored for USRC/MCC with 41 while Umar Mohammad hit 39 and Sher Ya Saeed scored 33.
At Mission Road: Kai Tak 161 from 34.2 overs lost to USRC/MCC 6/165 from 29.4 overs by four wickets.

source: HK Cricket Association

Women’s Rugby Results – 27 February, 2016

Grand Championship

Gai Wu Falcons 76-0 Kowloon
@ Happy Valley, Kick-off: 16:30

HKFC Ice 27-12 CWB Phoenix
@ HK Football Club, Kick-off: 18:00

USRC Tigers 62-0 Tai Po Dragons
@ King’s Park, Kick-off: 19:30

National 15s

Gai Wu Fawkes v Revolution SRC
@ Happy Valley, Kick off: 18:00

USRC Tigers 7-19 City
@ King’s Park, Kick-off: 16:30

Tai Po Dragons 3-0 Police
@ King’s Park, Kick-off: 18:00

HKCC 38-10 HK Scottish
@ Aberdeen, Kick-off: 18:00

10s Grand Championship

Revolution SRC v DB Pirates
@ So Kon Po, Kick-off: 16:30

CWB Pink v University
@ So Kon Po, Kick-off: 17:15

City 54-10 HK Scottish
@ Shek Kip Mei, Kick-off: 18:00

Strida C1 HK Launch @ Spread by Gum – 27 February, 2016

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Women’s Rugby Fixtures – 27 February, 2016

Hong Kong Crash to Third Asia Cup Defeat

A disappointing Asia Cup Qualifying Tournament ended with a third defeat for Hong Kong against Afghanistan by 66 runs in Dhaka. The bowlers have leaked runs and the batsmen, Babar Hayat apart, have not found any sort of form on what have been pretty good batting wickets.

Captain Tanwir Afzal won the toss and chose to bowl first, but some costly errors in the field saw Afghanistan post 7-178 – including 32 from the penultimate over.

In response, Hong Kong got off to a great start to be 0-55 after 6 overs but the innings then fell apart. Hong Kong lost 9-33 to be all out for 112 – resulting in a 66-run loss. Anshuman Rath top scored with 41 off 38 balls.

Babar Hayat looked dangerous again but fell for just 18 off 16 balls. The pattern of good starts that went unfinished a sore point for captain Tanwir Afzal when summing up the tour. “The middle order batsmen made the same mistakes in all three games and we didn’t learn from it and that’s disappointing,” Afzal said. “We are a better team than this and we have a couple of players who were missing coming back for the World T20 so hopefully we can prove that.”

In the field, Hong Kong had restricted Afghanistan to 6-138 after 17 overs, but 40 runs off the last three saw the score blow out. Aizaz Khan was the main destroyer and finished with 3-38, while 18-year-old Tanveer Ahmed impressed on debut taking 1-27 from four overs at the death.

“As you could see, Tanveer is a future star of Hong Kong cricket,” Afzal said. “He was very impressive with the ball in death bowling and he just does the basics really well. Everybody is really disappointed with these matches but we will come back strong and do Hong Kong proud at the World Cup.”

Hong Kong will arrive in Mumbai tomorrow tonight to begin a two-week training camp ahead of their World T20 opener against Zimbabwe on March 8.

Afghanistan 7-178 (Aizaz Khan 3-38) def Hong Kong 112 (Anshuman Rath 41 Kinchit Shah 29) by 66 runs

Source: HK Cricket Association

5-try Olivia Coady Seals Valley Black’s Unbeaten Season and League Title

In the seven-team Women’s Premiership Valley Black Ladies stormed through the league undefeated for a second straight season, closing out their 2015/16 league campaign with an emphatic 49-12 win over their nearest rivals, Gai Wu Falcons.

Valley was paced by fullback and New Zealand Black Fern Olivia Coady, who scored five tries, four consecutively with two on either side of halftime, in the eight-try rout over Falcons, the last side in the Women’s Premiership to hand Valley a loss – in the 2013/14 season.

Sevens star Stephanie Cuvelier opened the scoring with an early try, but Falcons replied almost immediately through a try from their own sevens sensation, winger Aggie Poon Pak Yan leveling the scoring at 5-all early on.

After Poon’s tally it was one-way traffic for the league champions with Coady doing all of the driving, scoring two tries for Valley in the second quarter. Bella Milo added a penalty between the first two Coady tries, and a conversion on Coady’s second, to give Valley a 20-5 lead at the half.

Coady completed her natural hat-trick shortly after the re-start – securing the bonus point for Valley – before adding her fourth consecutive score to push Valley out to a 30-5 lead. Sam Scott added a fifth try for Valley, followed by Jen Mackay before Coady collected her fifth with five minutes remaining. Milo’s conversion brought the score to 49-5 before Falcons picked up a consolation try through Chong Ka Yan, the successful conversion bringing the final score to 49-12.

All the weekend’s results here

Source: HKRU