- Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes
The Hong Kong Cricket Sixes is an annual 10-team international
cricket tournament held at theKowloon Cricket Club and fully sanctioned by theInternational Cricket Council . The tournament is made fortelevision , with rules and a venue that encourage aggressive batting and high scoring. Because every player (except the wicket-keeper) is required to bowl one over, the format suits all-rounders.The 2008 event will take place from November 8-9 and will see the return of the All-Stars team that in 2007 featured such cricketing luminaries as
Brian Lara andShane Warne . West Indies batting greatShivnarine Chanderpaul and inspirational New Zealand captainStephen Fleming are the first star players to sign up for the 2008 showpiece event. The All-Stars will join nine representative international teams in the tournament – 2007 champions Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, England, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Bangladesh and hosts Hong Kong.History
The first tournament was held in 1992 and, after a four year hiatus, returned in 2001. Over the years the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes has attracted a veritable "Who's Who" of world cricket, including stars such as
Viv Richards ,Andrew Flintoff ,Sachin Tendulkar , the Waugh brothers ( Steve and Mark),Inzamam-ul-Haq ,Adam Gilchrist ,Jonty Rhodes andWasim Akram .In 2007, Sri Lanka defeated the much-fancied All-Stars team, while in 2006 South Africa beat four-time champions Pakistan.
Match rules
The
Laws of Cricket apply, except:
*Games are played between two teams of six players, and each game consisted of a maximum of five six-ball overs bowled by each side (eight-ball overs in the Final match)
*Each member of the fielding side bowls one over, with the exception of the wicketkeeper.
*Wide s andno-ball s count as two runs.
*If five wickets fall before 5 overs are completed, the last remaining batsman bats on with the 5th batsman acting as runner. He always takes strike. The innings is complete when the sixth wicket falls.
*Batsmen retire "not out" on reaching 31 runs. The idea being to reach 36 runs by hitting 6 sixes. A tournament points system awards two points for each match won.Past winners
Players of the tournament
This is a list of players who have been judged as the best player in each tournament. Since 2002, the
Ben Hollioake Trophy has been awarded to the winner.
=See also=
*Short form cricket External links
* [http://www.hkcricketsixes.com/index.html Hong Kong Cricket Sixes official homepage]
* [http://www.hkcricketsixes.com/tournament.html Cricket Sixes Tournament Rules]
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