Hong Kong cricket team in Ireland in 2016
{{short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = Hong Kong cricket team in Ireland 2016
| team1_image = Cricket Ireland flag.svg
| team1_name = Ireland
| team2_image = Flag of Hong Kong.svg
| team2_name = Hong Kong
| from_date = 30 August 2016
| to_date = 6 September 2016
| team1_captain = William Porterfield
| team2_captain = Babar Hayat
| no_of_twenty20s = 2
| team1_twenty20s_won = 0
| team2_twenty20s_won = 1
| team1_twenty20s_most_runs = Greg Thompson (44)
| team2_twenty20s_most_runs = Nizakat Khan (62)
| team1_twenty20s_most_wickets = Four players with 1 wicket
| team2_twenty20s_most_wickets = Aizaz Khan (3)
| player_of_twenty20_series = Nizakat Khan (HK)
}}
The Hong Kong cricket team toured Ireland in August and September 2016 to play two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) matches at Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason as well as a first-class match at Stormont, Belfast.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2016/articles/000007/000702.shtml|title=Double fixture boost for Irish cricket|publisher=|accessdate=26 April 2016|archive-date=13 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513232124/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2016/articles/000007/000702.shtml|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/cricket/2016/0426/784383-cricket-ireland/|title=Cricket Ireland initiative looks to broaden appeal|date=26 April 2016|work=RTÉ Sport|accessdate=26 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.newstalk.com/reader/47.302/71234/0/|title=Cricket Ireland hope the sport will rival football, rugby and...|work=newstalk.com|accessdate=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731185733/http://www.newstalk.com/reader/47.302/71234/0/|archive-date=31 July 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/cricket-ireland-sponsor-2736266-Apr2016/|title=Big bucks! Irish cricket has secured a major sponsor for the next 3 years|author=Ryan Bailey|work=The42|accessdate=26 April 2016}}[http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/news/94755/fixtures-for-round-4-of-icc-i-cup-and-icc-wcl-championship-announced Fixtures for Round 4 of ICC I-Cup and ICC WCL Championship announced] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429090333/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/news/94755/fixtures-for-round-4-of-icc-i-cup-and-icc-wcl-championship-announced |date=29 April 2016 }} [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1004323.html Hong Kong confirm fixtures against Ireland and Scotland]
The first-class match was part of the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup, with Ireland winning by 70 runs. Hong Kong won the T20I series 1–0, after a 40-run victory in the first match and the second match being abandoned without a ball being bowled.{{cite news |title=Ireland's T20 match against Hong Kong abandoned |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/37289670 |work=BBC Sport |date=6 September 2016 |accessdate=6 September 2016 }}
Squads
Jacob Mulder was added to the squad as a replacement for Barry McCarthy, who was recalled back to Durham for the County Championship.{{cite news |title=Mulder Called Into Ireland Squad For T20 Series |url=http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/mulder-called-into-ireland-squad-for-t20-series |work=Cricket Ireland |date=6 September 2016 |accessdate=6 September 2016 }}
Intercontinental Cup
{{main|2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup#Round 4}}
T20I series
=1st T20I=
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 5 September 2016
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| team1 = {{cr-rt|HK}}
| team2 = {{cr|IRE}}
| score1 = 169/5 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Nizakat Khan 62 (43)
| wickets1 = Andy McBrine 1/22 (4 overs)
| score2 = 129 (19.3 overs)
| runs2 = Greg Thompson 44 (32)
| wickets2 = Aizaz Khan 3/10 (3 overs)
| result = Hong Kong won by 40 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1004729.html Scorecard]
| venue = Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
| umpires = Roland Black (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire)
| motm =
| toss = Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Roland Black (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire) both stood in their first T20I match as umpires.
- Ehsan Khan, Shahid Wasif (HK); Josh Little, Jacob Mulder, Sean Terry, Greg Thompson and Lorcan Tucker (Ire) all made their T20I debuts.
}}
=2nd T20I=
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 6 September 2016
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| team1 = {{cr-rt|IRE}}
| team2 = {{cr|HK}}
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| result = Match abandoned
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1004731.html Scorecard]
| venue = Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
| umpires = Roland Black (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire)
| motm =
| toss = No toss.
| rain = The match was abandoned without a ball bowled due to a wet outfield.
| notes =
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References
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{{International cricket in 2016}}
{{International cricket tours of Ireland}}
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