The Hong Kong Sixes

[PY]

:O

Summary Of Scores

Courtesy of Cricinfo

Sri Lanka - 109 runs of 5 overs with one guy scoring almost 5 runs a ball

Can't seem to find what the format is i.e pitch sizes and such like.....

[gibbsnsmith]

i used to watch these

the pitches were about school size....hehe

[luckyeddie]

Originally posted by gibbsnsmith
i used to watch these

the pitches were about school size....hehe

Years ago, we got televised coverage of it - fun.

[Magrat Garlick]

G Chapple's bowling figures against South Africa:

1-0-33-0

OK. It's a tiny pitch, but that bloke should never have bowled at all...poor bloke, seeing every ball being hit for sixes...

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Is it just me, or has CricInfo not been working for the last day or so?

[Tim]

NZ have done well considering they haven't played in the tournament for awhile.

Beating the favourites Pakistan & also India.

[Mr. P]

Whenever i see the live scores for this on cricinfo every year, i think the same thing. Damn, i wanna see this! It sounds so awesome and would be quick to watch. Why isnt it on air!?

[gibbsnsmith]

Originally posted by Mr Mxyzptlk
Is it just me, or has CricInfo not been working for the last day or so?

maybe its just me who it has been working for?

[Mr. P]

nope, me too. i am so great.

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

It works sometimes (like now 12:49 am) but most of the last 30 hours or so, it hasn't.

[Mr. P]

Kenya (63 all out) just defeated Hong Kong (61/3)

Think that was Kenyas first win, and only just.:P

[Richard]

Why would anyone be bothered about being slogged for 33 off 1 over in a meaningless tournament? It doesn't reflect on his cricketing ability - it's just a tournament where cricketing ability counts for about 50% of what happens. Swing and miss, swing and hit - it's a lottery, and a highly boring one at that IMO.
If it was televised I wouldn't bother with it.

[Craig]

I saw the final a couple of years ago when it was on cable and man it was entertaining.

[luckyeddie]

Originally posted by Richard
Why would anyone be bothered about being slogged for 33 off 1 over in a meaningless tournament? It doesn't reflect on his cricketing ability - it's just a tournament where cricketing ability counts for about 50% of what happens. Swing and miss, swing and hit - it's a lottery, and a highly boring one at that IMO.
If it was televised I wouldn't bother with it.

It's a bit of 'fun' - and in the end isn't that what cricket is supposed to be?

I find these types of event to be highly entertaining but totally irrelevant - consequently the players perform in an uninhibited manner.

Ability DOES count for a little - Aravinda is quite exceptional in this form of 'cricket'.

Whilst I can see that it's not a game for the purist (did they choke on their Pimm's during Twenty20?), it frequently puts bums on seats - and in these days of GCC/ICC disputes over the odd $50 million, isn't widening the games fan base a good idea?

[Neil Pickup]

Who cares what it is so long as England win?

http://www.cricket.org/link_to_datab...02NOV2003.html

Robert Croft gave David Graveney, the chairman of selectors, who was watching on from the sidelines, a timely reminder of his allround talents with a matchwinning performance in the final against Pakistan. With the bat he set off like a train, hammering 31 runs from 14 balls to give England a lightening start, but it was with the ball that he clinched the game. Brought into the attack with Imran Nazir in full song and Pakistan racing home on 35 without loss after two overs, Croft lulled Nazir into a false shot and then sprinted 50 yards to take a diving catch at full stretch. Two balls later Abdul Razzaq was caught on the boundary edge by Dougie Brown on tiptoes. He finished with 2 for 4 and left Pakistan on the ropes. Pakistan were thrown further out of kilter by a bizarre four-run penalty when Razzaq and Moin Khan failed to cross on the field. Despite complaints from the Pakistani's, the umpires stood firm and Pakistan were left needing to score 52 from the last 12 balls. England, cheered on by most of Hong Kong and all of India, duly sealed their triumph, hugged like they had won the World Cup and embarked on a victory lap. Croft was rightly adjudged man of the final - he could also have been adjudged man of the tournament for his 5 wickets and 125 runs but that award went to Saman Jayantha for his 152 runs and 3 wickets - but England's was a team performance: Kabir Ali was revelation with the bat; Darren Maddy nerveless with the ball; Dougie Brown scored 96 priceless runs without being dismissed and clung onto crucial catches; Chris Silverwood and Glen Chapple both threatened with the ball and Matthew Maynard's leadership was always assured. They fully deserved their USD$90,000 winners cheque.

Croft, Maynard, Maddy, Kabir, Brown, Chapple and Silverwood - heroes all