Hong Kong T20 Blitz

Hong Kong T20 Blitz

Countries	Hong Kong
Administrator	Hong Kong Cricket Association
Format	Twenty20
First tournament	2016
Next tournament	2017
Tournament format	Round-robin and finals
Number of teams	4
Current champion	Kowloon Cantons Woodworm Island Warriors
Most successful	Kowloon Cantons Woodworm Island Warriors (1 each)
Most runs	Ryan Campbell (88)
Most wickets	Nadeem Ahmed (4)
Website	Hong Kong T20 Blitz
2016 Hong Kong T20 Blitz

The Hong Kong T20 Blitz known as the DTC HK T20 Blitz for sponsorship reasons, is a cricket competition in Hong Kong that is scheduled to play its inaugural season in 2016. It will launch with six teams playing in a Twenty20 format only.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Kowloon Cantons and Woodworm Island Warriors won the inaugural DTC Hong Kong T20 Blitz as rain washes out finals day.^[6]

History

The Hong Kong Cricket Association (HKCA) announced their plans for the Women's Cricket Super League in April 2016, stating they would invest in Twenty20 cricket league for the development cricket in Hong Kong as well as in nearby countries.. The competition would launch with four teams playing in a Twenty20 format. Hong Kong Cricket Association announced that DTC Mobiles will sponsor the tournament.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Teams

The HKCA announced the four hosts for the Hong Kong T20 Blitz League in April 2016, with hosting rights awarded for the first years of the competition. Team names, along with the fixtures and venues for the 2016 season, were announced in April 2016. The allocation of players will be like each team would also be able to choose players in a draft on April 28, 2016 along with several overseas players who are interested as well as the draft will also feature 12 players from the Hong Kong national cricket team and will be divided among the four franchises.^[13][14][15] Tanwir Afzal captain of Hong Kong national cricket team was selected as the first pick in the inaugural draft for tournament by Woodworm Island Warriors.^{[16][17][18][19]}

Team		City	Home ground	Coach	Captain	Overseas players
	Kowloon Cantons	Kowloon	Mission Road Ground	n/a	n/a	Michael Clarke Sandeep Lamichhane
	Hung Hom JD Jaguars	Sha Tin	Mission Road Ground	n/a	Kinchit Shah	Craig Simmons Mohammad Naveed Jonathan Foo
	GII Lantau Galaxy Riders	Lantau	Mission Road Ground	n/a	Munir Dar	Saurabh Passi Neel Mani Jha Harshit Verma Narendra Chauhan
	HK Island United	Hong Kong Island	Mission Road Ground	n/a	Jamie Atkinson	Michael Swart Will Sheridan Michael Hill

Squads

Format

The 2016 season will take place on May 29 and 30. The four teams will play each other once in a round robin format; this will be followed by a finals day. All the matches will played on Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

Venue

Mission Road Ground

Mission Road Ground will host all the matches of the tournament

Media coverage

The coverage of Hong Kong T20 Blitz will be broadcast live on Hong Kong Cricket Association’s YouTube channel. Dean Jones, Jack Richards and Fox Sports’ Katherine Loughnan will host and also be part of the commentary team.^[20]

Sponsorship

The HKCA announced a year title sponsorship agreement for the Hong Kong T20 Blitz League with DTC Mobiles in April 2016. As a result, the competition will be known as the DTC HK T20 Blitz.^[21]

References

External links

• Cricinfo Home