Scottish cricket team in Hong Kong in 2015–16

Scottish cricket team in Hong Kong in 2015–16
 
  Hong Kong Scotland
Dates 21 January 2016 – 31 January 2016
Captains Tanwir Afzal Preston Mommsen
Twenty20 International series
Results 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Tanwir Afzal (56) Kyle Coetzer (70)
Most wickets Haseeb Amjad (4)
Nadeem Ahmed (4)		 Richie Berrington (3)
Safyaan Sharif (3)
Bradley Wheal (3)

The Scotland cricket team toured Hong Kong in January 2016. The tour consisted of a first-class match, two One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) match. The first-class match was part of the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup and the ODIs were part of the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship.

The ICC Intercontinental Cup match was abandoned without a ball bowled, due to a waterlogged pitch. The ODI was the first one to be played in Hong Kong, with Hong Kong beating Scotland by 109 runs. The T20I series was drawn 1–1.

Squads

 Hong Kong  Scotland

Intercontinental Cup

Main article: 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup § Round 3

ODI series

Main article: 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship § Round 3

T20I series

1st T20I

30 January 2016
Scorecard
Scotland 
66/7 (10 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
72/1 (6.2 overs)
George Munsey 17 (10)
Haseeb Amjad 1/8 (2 overs)
Babar Hayat 26* (14)
Safyaan Sharif 1/15 (1 over)
Hong Kong won by 9 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Sarika Prasad (Sin) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Babar Hayat (HK)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
  • Play was delayed due to a wet outfield with the match being reduced to 10 overs per-side.
  • Bradley Wheal (Sco) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

31 January 2016
Scorecard
Scotland 
161/9 (20 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
124 (18.4 overs)
Kyle Coetzer 70 (40)
Haseeb Amjad 3/21 (4 overs)
Tanwir Afzal 56 (22)
Bradley Wheal 3/20 (4 overs)
Scotland won by 37 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Sarika Prasad (Sin) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Kyle Coetzer (Sco)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

References

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