2022–23 Hong Kong Quadrangular Series
# 2022–23 Hong Kong Quadrangular Series

The 2022–23 Hong Kong Quadrangular Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament, that took place in Hong Kong in March 2023. The participating teams were the hosts Hong Kong along with Bahrain, Kuwait and Malaysia. Shortly before the tournament, Cricket Hong Kong announced that former Kent County Cricket Club player Simon Willis became the new head coach of their senior men's team.

Malaysia and Hong Kong won their matches on the opening day of the series. Both sides won again on the following day to confirm that they would meet again in the final.

Hong Kong defeated Malaysia in the final by 39 runs to win the tournament.

The T20I tournament was followed by a 50-over One Day tri-series between Hong Kong, Kuwait and Malaysia. All competing teams used the 50-over event as preparation for the 2023 Men's Premier Cup.

## Squads

| Bahrain | Hong Kong | Kuwait | Malaysia |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sarfaraz Ali (c) Zeeshan Abbas Sohail Ahmed Imran Anwar Junaid Aziz Shahbaz Badar (wk) Ahmer Bin Nisar (wk) Haider Butt Rizwan Butt Ali Dawood Prashant Kurup Abdul Majid Yasser Nazir Abid Ullah Shah Sathaiya Veerapathiran | Nizakat Khan (c) Zeeshan Ali (wk) Haroon Arshad Mohammad Ghazanfar Adit Gorawara (wk) Babar Hayat Raag Kapur Aizaz Khan Ehsan Khan Yasim Murtaza Nasrulla Rana Anshuman Rath Kinchit Shah Shahid Wasif | Mohammed Aslam (c) Ilyas Ahmed Mohammad Amin Meet Bhavsar (wk) Adnan Idrees Shiraz Khan Sayed Monib Usman Patel (wk) Yasin Patel Shahrukh Quddus Ravija Sandaruwan Mohamed Shafeeq Bilal Tahir Ali Zaheer | Ahmad Faiz (c) Virandeep Singh (vc, wk) Muhammad Amir Mohamed Arief Wan Azam (wk) Syed Aziz Rizwan Haider Syazrul Idrus Aslam Khan Rahim Khan Sharvin Muniandy Fitri Sham Vijay Unni Muhammad Wafiq Zubaidi Zulkifle |

## Round-robin

### Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.580 |
| 2 | Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.951 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.958 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.594 |

Qualified for the final  Advanced to the third place play-off

### Fixtures

* 8 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard

| Kuwait 158/9 (20 overs) | v | Malaysia 163/7 (19 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Meet Bhavsar 67 (41) Vijay Unni 3/15 (4 overs) | | Virandeep Singh 58* (52) Sayed Monib 3/32 (3 overs) |

* Malaysia won by 3 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Shiroy Vachha (HK) Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)
* Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
* 8 March 2023 13:40 Scorecard

| Hong Kong 153/4 (20 overs) | v | Bahrain 138 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Aizaz Khan 42* (26) Abdul Majid 1/13 (3 overs) Sarfaraz Ali 1/13 (3 overs) | | Imran Anwar 29 (15) Ehsan Khan 3/16 (3.1 overs) |

* Hong Kong won by 15 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Aizaz Khan (HK)
* Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
* Abdul Majid and Ali Dawood (Bhr) both made their T20I debuts.
* 9 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard

| Malaysia 200/6 (20 overs) | v | Bahrain 147/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Muhammad Amir 80 (52) Sathaiya Veerapathiran 2/29 (4 overs) | | Sohail Ahmed 65 (46) Rizwan Haider 4/34 (4 overs) |

* Malaysia won by 53 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: John Prakash (HK) and Gandhimathinathan Sankaranarayanan (HK) Player of the match: Muhammad Amir (Mas)
* Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
* 9 March 2023 13:40 Scorecard

| Hong Kong 161/7 (20 overs) | v | Kuwait 150/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Anshuman Rath 57 (42) Mohamed Shafeeq 2/35 (4 overs) | | Bilal Tahir 35* (20) Haroon Arshad 3/19 (4 overs) |

* Hong Kong won by 11 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK) Player of the match: Haroon Arshad (HK)
* Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
* Adit Gorawara (HK) made his T20I debut.
* 11 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard

| Kuwait 156/8 (20 overs) | v | Bahrain 159/6 (19 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Shiraz Khan 50* (24) Imran Anwar 3/22 (4 overs) | | Imran Anwar 87 (52) Mohammad Aslam 2/27 (4 overs) |

* Bahrain won by 4 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and Tabarak Dar (HK) Player of the match: Imran Anwar (Bhr)
* Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
* Yasser Nazir (Bhr) made his T20I debut.
* 11 March 2023 13:40 Scorecard

| Malaysia 95 (18.4 overs) | v | Hong Kong 98/6 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sharvin Muniandy 26 (30) Haroon Arshad 2/6 (2 overs) | | Aizaz Khan 44* (46) Fitri Sham 2/18 (4 overs) |

* Hong Kong won by 4 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Aizaz Khan (HK)
* Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

## Third-place play-off

* 12 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard

| Bahrain 135/9 (20 overs) | v | Kuwait 136/4 (18.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Prashant Kurup 33 (35) Sayed Monib 2/30 (4 overs) | | Ravija Sandaruwan 37 (33) Imran Anwar 3/19 (4 overs) |

* Kuwait won by 6 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and Gandhimathinathan Sankaranarayanan (HK) Player of the match: Sayed Monib (Kuw)
* Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

## Final

* 12 March 2023 13:40 Scorecard

| Hong Kong 182/8 (20 overs) | v | Malaysia 143 (17.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Anshuman Rath 49 (40) Sharvin Muniandy 3/30 (4 overs) | | Zubaidi Zulkifle 29 (13) Aizaz Khan 4/26 (3 overs) |

* Hong Kong won by 39 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and John Prakash (HK) Player of the match: Yasim Murtaza (HK)
* Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.

## One Day Series

| Match | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st Match | 15 March | Hong Kong | Nizakat Khan | Kuwait | Mohammed Aslam | Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok | Hong Kong won by 39 runs |
| 2nd Match | 16 March | Kuwait | Mohammed Aslam | Malaysia | Ahmad Faiz | Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok | Kuwait won by 8 wickets |
| 3rd Match | 18 March | Hong Kong | Nizakat Khan | Malaysia | Ahmad Faiz | Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok | Hong Kong won by 97 runs |
| Final | 19 March | Hong Kong | Nizakat Khan | Kuwait | Mohammed Aslam | Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok | Hong Kong won by 5 runs |
| 3rd Place Play-off | 20 March | Hong Kong A | Scott McKechnie | Malaysia | Ahmad Faiz | Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok | Malaysia won by 8 wickets |
