2009 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes

The 2009 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes was the fifteenth contesting of the tournament, taking place at Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong. Eight nations competed in twenty-two matches over two days, 31 October – 1 November 2009. South Africa won the tournament, narrowly defeating hosts Hong Kong in the final, after Farhaan Behardien hit the required six off the last ball of the match.[1]

Hong Kong Cricket Sixes 2009
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatSix-a-side
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s) Hong Kong
Champions South Africa (3rd title)
Participants8
Matches22
Player of the seriesHong Kong Irfan Ahmed
Most runsEngland Peter Trego (184)
Most wicketsSouth Africa David Wiese (7)
Official websiteHomepage
2008
2010

Despite losing in the final, Hong Kong's Irfan Ahmed was awarded the Ben Hollioake Trophy, given to the player of the tournament.[1] He played in all seven of Hong Kong's matches, and finished with 163 runs, which was bettered only by England's Peter Trego.[2] He also claimed three wickets in the tournament, at an economy of 13.63 runs per over, ranking him fifth of all bowlers for economy.[3] South Africa's David Wiese claimed the most wickets, taking seven in his seven matches.[4] Peter Trego topped the batting charts with 184 runs, boosted by a top-score of 65* after returning to bat in England's third match after they'd lost four wickets.[5] His 21 sixes were also the most scored by a batsman in the tournament.[2]

Squads

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Northern Hemisphere
  England   India   Pakistan   Sri Lanka
Chris Read † (capt) Anil Kumble (capt) Faisal Iqbal † (capt) Jeevantha Kulatunga (capt)
Darren Stevens Jagadeesh Arunkumar Abdur Rauf Kaushal Lokuarachchi
Graham Wagg Lakshmipathy Balaji Ahmed Shehzad Chinthaka Jayasinghe
Graham Napier Manish Pandey Anwar Ali Dilhara Lokuhettige
Jamie Dalrymple Reetinder Sodhi Junaid Zia Hasantha Fernando
Peter Trego Sridharan Sriram Sohail Khan Indika de Saram
Rory Hamilton-Brown Stuart Binny Yasir Hameed Nuwan Zoysa
Southern Hemisphere
  Australia   Hong Kong   New Zealand   South Africa
Greg Moller † (capt) Najeeb Amar (capt) Craig McMillan (capt) Davey Jacobs (capt)
Glenn Maxwell Hussain Butt Anaru Kitchen David Wiese
Jeremy Smith Irfan Ahmed Corey Anderson Farhaan Behardien
Josh Hazlewood Mark Wright Craig Spearman Loots Bosman
Marcus Stoinis Munir Dar Peter Fulton Rory Kleinveldt
Michael Cranmer Nadeem Ahmed Shanan Stewart Ryan Bailey
Simon Keen Tanvir Afzal   Werner Coetsee

Rules and regulations

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All standard laws of the game as laid down by the MCC applied with the following significant differences:

General

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Games are played between two teams of six players, and consist of five overs of six balls, with the exception of the final which consists of five overs of eight balls. Each member of the fielding side, with the exception of the wicket-keeper shall bowl one over. Wides and no-balls count as two runs to the batting side, plus an extra ball.[6]

Last man stands

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If five wickets fall (not including batsmen retiring not out) before the allocated overs have been completed, the remaining batsman continues, with the last batsman out remaining as a runner. The not out batsman shall always face strike, and shall be declared out if his partner is declared out.[6]

Batsman retire

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A batsman must retire not out on reaching 31 runs, but not before. He may complete all runs scored on the ball on which he reaches his 31, and retire immediately after. If one of the last pair of batsmen is out, any remaining not out batsman may resume his innings. In the case where there is more than one, they must return in the order they retired.[6]

Group stage

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Northern Hemisphere

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Team Pld W L Pts RR
  England 3 2 1 4 18.750
  Sri Lanka 3 2 1 4 18.628
  Pakistan 3 1 2 2 17.556
  India 3 1 2 2 16.067
31 October 2009
Scorecard
India  
88/2 (5 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
82/3 (5 overs)
J Arunkumar 36** (11)
CU Jayasinghe 1/13 [1]
KS Lokuarachchi 1/13 [1]
CU Jayasinghe 24 (14)
RS Sodhi 1/6 [1]
India won by 6 runs
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

31 October 2009
Scorecard
England  
92/0 (5 overs)
v
  Pakistan
89/3 (5 overs)
PD Trego 35** (15)
Abdur Rauf 0/7 [1]
Anwar Ali 35* (13)
JWM Dalrymple 1/10 [1]
England won by 3 runs
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

31 October 2009
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
88/2 (5 overs)
v
  Pakistan
82/2 (5 overs)
DNT Zoysa 36** (10)
Sohail Khan 1/14 [1]
Abdur Rauf 30 (9)
DNT Zoysa 1/12 [1]
Sri Lanka won by 6 runs
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

31 October 2009
Scorecard
India  
88/4 (5 overs)
v
  England
89/2 (4.4 overs)
STR Binny 54* (15)
DI Stevens 2/9 [1]
PD Trego 35** (9)
STR Binny 2/5 [0.4]
England won by 4 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

31 October 2009
Scorecard
India  
65/1 (5 overs)
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  Pakistan
66/0 (3.3 overs)
MK Pandey 28* (14)
Junaid Zia 1/13 [1]
Ahmed Shehzad 31** (9)
S Sriram 0/9 [0/3]
Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Sudhir Gidwani

31 October 2009
Scorecard
England  
94/4 (5 overs)
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  Sri Lanka
97/1 (4.2 overs)
PD Trego 65* (14)
KS Lokuarachchi 2/7 [1]
HGJM Kulatunga 32** (10)
GR Napier 1/14 [1]
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

Southern Hemisphere

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Team Pld W L Pts RR
  Hong Kong 3 3 0 6 20.838
  South Africa 3 2 1 4 19.500
  New Zealand 3 1 2 2 17.925
  Australia 3 0 3 0 18.286
31 October 2009
Scorecard
South Africa  
71/2 (5 overs)
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  Hong Kong
73/1 (3.4 overs)
DJ Jacobs 32** (14)
Munir Dar 1/6 [1]
Irfan Ahmed 33** (7)
David Wiese 1/17 [1]
Hong Kong won by 5 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

31 October 2009
Scorecard
New Zealand  
92/3 (5 overs)
v
  Hong Kong
95/2 (4.1 overs)
CM Spearman 31** (8)
Irfan Ahmed 1/7 [1]
Irfan Ahmed 32** (6)
CJ Anderson 2/20 [1]
Hong Kong won by 4 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

31 October 2009
Scorecard
Australia  
110/2 (5 overs)
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  South Africa
112/2 (4.4 overs)
GJ Maxwell 34** (10)
D Wiese 1/16 [1]
DJ Jacobs 33** (7)
MP Stoinis 1/16 [1]
South Africa won by 4 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

31 October 2009
Scorecard
Australia  
86/3 (5 overs)
v
  Hong Kong
89/2 (4.3 overs)
GJ Maxwell 29 (10)
Najeeb Amar 2/13 [1]
Munir Dar 33** (7)
MP Stoinis 2/10 [1]
Hong Kong won by 4 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

31 October 2009
Scorecard
South Africa  
103/3 (5 overs)
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  New Zealand
83/2 (5 overs)
RK Kleinveldt 34** (9)
SL Stewart 1/18 [1]
SL Stewart 33** (11)
D Wiese 2/11 [1]
South Africa won by 20 runs
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

31 October 2009
Scorecard
Australia  
60 (4 overs)
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  New Zealand
64/2 (3.2 overs)
MP Stoinis 35 (12)
CD McMillan 3/11 [1]
AK Kitchen 32** (8)
MP Stoinis 1/16 [1]
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

Cup round-robin stage

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Team Pld W L Pts RR
  Hong Kong 3 3 0 6 18.711
  South Africa 3 2 1 4 19.636
  Sri Lanka 3 1 2 2 16.537
  England 3 0 3 0 16.933
1 November 2009
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
86/4 (5 overs)
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  South Africa
88/5 (4.5 overs)
KS Lokuarachchi 34** (8)
D Wiese 1/14 [1]
LL Bosman 44* (14)
KS Lokuarachchi 1/8 [0.5]
South Africa won by 1 wicket
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

1 November 2009
Scorecard
England  
72/5 (5 overs)
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  Hong Kong
75/0 (4.1 overs)
PD Trego 28 (11)
Munir Dar 1/6 [1]
Najeeb Amar 1/6 [1]
Irfan Ahmed 34** (12)
PD Trego 0/6 [0.1]
Hong Kong won by 6 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

1 November 2009
Scorecard
England  
102/3 (5 overs)
v
  South Africa
103/3 (4.5 overs)
GR Napier 36** (7)
RK Kleinveldt 1/18 [1]
DJ Jacobs 36** (8)
DI Stevens 1/8 [1]
South Africa won by 3 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

1 November 2009
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
59/5 (5 overs)
v
  Hong Kong
62/0 (3.3 overs)
DNT Zoysa 27 (8)
Irfan Ahmed 1/2 [1]
Irfan Ahmed 32** (11)
KHRK Fernando 0/8 [0.3]
Hong Kong won by 6 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

1 November 2009
Scorecard
South Africa  
97/2 (5 overs)
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  Hong Kong
100/2 (5 overs)
DJ Jacobs 34** (8)
MJW Wright 1/12 [1]
KH Butt 33** (10)
D Wiese 1/14 [1]
Hong Kong won by 4 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

1 November 2009
Scorecard
England  
80/4 (5 overs)
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  Sri Lanka
81/4 (3.4 overs)
GG Wagg 28* (6)
KHRK Fernando 2/7 [1]
KS Lokuarachchi 2/7 [1]
HGJM Kulatunga 29 (9)
DI Stevens 1/13 [1]
Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

Plate

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Semi-finals

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1 November 2009
Scorecard
Pakistan  
77/3 (5 overs)
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  Australia
80/0 (5 overs)
Faisal Iqbal 31** (14)
MRC Cranmer 1/14 [1]
GD Moller 33** (11)
Abdur Rauf 1/11 [1]
Australia won by 6 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

1 November 2009
Scorecard
India  
77/4 (5 overs)
v
  New Zealand
78/0 (3.3 overs)
MK Pandey 34* (10)
AK Kitchen 2/19 [1]
AK Kitchen 34** (9)
S Sriram 0/8 [0.3]
New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

Final

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1 November 2009
Scorecard
Australia  
69 (4.5 overs)
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  New Zealand
70/1 (5 overs)
MRC Cranmer 17 (8)
PG Fulton 1/7 [1]
SL Stewart 31* (9)
JR Hazlewood 1/29 [1]
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Sudhir Gidwani and C Howard

Cup Final

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1 November 2009
Scorecard
Hong Kong  
97/4 (5 overs)
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  South Africa
99/4 (5 overs)
Munir Dar 31** (12)
D Wiese 1/11 [1]
F Behardien 37* (10)
Tanvir Afzal 3/11 [1]
South Africa won by 2 wickets
Kowloon Cricket Club
Umpires: Kevin Bishop and Anoop Gidwani

Final standings

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Position[7] Country Result Run rate
1st   South Africa Won Cup Final 3.111
2nd   Hong Kong Cup Finalists 3.1
3rd   Sri Lanka Cup round-robin (2pts) 2.935
4th   England Cup round-robin (0pts) 2.972
5th   New Zealand Won Plate Final 3.121
6th   Australia Plate Finalists 2.547
7th   Pakistan Run rate 2.829
8th   India Run rate 2.65

Records

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Most runs

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Player[2] Country Runs Average Strike-rate 4s 6s
Peter Trego   England 184 61.33 322.80 9 21
Irfan Ahmed   Hong Kong 163 54.33 301.85 15 15
Davey Jacobs   South Africa 161 53.66 342.55 10 18
Loots Bosman   South Africa 138 27.60 260.37 16 10
Hussain Butt   Hong Kong 136 68.00 283.33 10 14
Shanan Stewart   New Zealand 129 64.50 330.76 12 12
Glenn Maxwell   Australia 104 34.66 260.00 14 6
Munir Dar   Hong Kong 104 346.66 8 11
Anaru Kitchen   New Zealand 103 103.00 343.33 5 13
Darren Stevens   England 103 25.75 264.10 7 10

Most wickets

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Player[4] Country Wickets Average Economy Strike-rate
David Wiese   South Africa 7 14.85 14.18 6.2
Kaushal Lokuarachchi   Sri Lanka 6 11.66 12.00 5.8
Shanan Stewart   New Zealand 5 16.80 15.75 6.4
Craig McMillan   New Zealand 5 19.20 18.00 6.4
Najeeb Amar   Hong Kong 5 21.00 14.31 8.8
Mark Wright   Hong Kong 5 21.20 16.73 7.6
Marcus Stoinis   Australia 4 10.50 14.00 4.5
Darren Stevens   England 4 14.50 10.87 8.0
Chinthaka Jayasinghe   Sri Lanka 4 20.50 20.50 6.0
Tanvir Afzal   Hong Kong 4 30.75 16.77 11.0

Notes

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  • ** is used to signify that a batsman was forced to retire not out as his personal score was 31 or more.

References

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  1. ^ a b Cricinfo staff (1 November 2009). "Farhaan Berhardien takes South Africa to thrilling win". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Records / Hong Kong Cricket Sixes, 2009/10 / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Records / Hong Kong Cricket Sixes, 2009/10 / Best economy rates". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Records / Hong Kong Cricket Sixes, 2009/10 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  5. ^ "England v Sri Lanka". CricketArchive. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  6. ^ a b c "Hong Kong Cricket Sixes 2009: Rules & Regulations". China Cricket International Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Karp Group & Unirich Jewellery Hong Kong Cricket Sixes 2009". China Cricket International Ltd. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.