2025 Hong Kong Sixes
| Dates | 7 – 9 November 2025 |
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| Administrator | Cricket Hong Kong, China |
| Cricket format | Six-a-side 6 overs Match |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockouts |
| Champions | Pakistan (6th title) |
| Runners-up | Kuwait |
| Participants | 12 |
| Matches | 30 |
| Player of the series | Abbas Afridi |
| Most runs | Sundeep Jora (176) |
| Most wickets | Rashid Khan (9) |
| Official website | Official website |
The 2025 Hong Kong Sixes was the 21st edition of the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes that took place at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. The tournament consisted of 12 nations and was played across three days from 7 to 9 November 2025.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Background
The Hong Kong Cricket Sixes is a six-a-side international cricket tournament held at the Kowloon Cricket Club. It is organised by the Cricket Hong Kong and sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. The first edition was played in 1992 and was last played in 2024. The tournament returned in 2024 after a 7-year hiatus and the number of teams was increased to 12 from 8 in previous editions. Sri Lanka are the defending champions, having defeated Pakistan in the previous cup final.
Rules and regulations
All standard laws of the game as laid down by the MCC applied with the following significant differences:[9]
- Games are played between two teams of six players.
- Games consist of six overs of six balls.
- Each member of the fielding side, except for the wicket-keeper, shall bowl one over with only one member bowling two overs non consecutively.
- Wides and no-balls count as the usual extra run to the batting side, plus an extra ball, with no free hit for no-balls.
- A batter must retire 'not out' on reaching a personal score of 50 runs but may not retire before reaching 50 runs. If one of the last pair of batters is out, any retired 'not out' batter may resume his innings.
- If five wickets fall before 6 overs are completed, the last remaining batter shall bat on with the 5th out batter acting as a runner. The last remaining batter must always be the striker, and shall be declared out if his partner gets out (run out or obstructing the field). The innings shall be completed at the fall of the sixth wicket.
Format
The tournament featured 12 teams divided into four pools, each containing three teams. After the round-robin stage, the top two teams from each group competed in the Cup finals round, while all third-placed teams participated in the Bowl League finals.
Cup Finals: The top two teams from each group will play in the quarter-final round of the Cup finals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The losing teams of the four quarter-finals competed in the Plate semi-finals.
Plate Finals: The losing teams of the four quarter-finals will play in the Plate semi-finals. The winners of these semi-finals advanced to the Plate finals.
Bowl League Finals: All four third-placed teams will compete in the Bowl League in a round-robin format, with the top two teams qualifying for the Bowl final.
Teams and squads
Group stage
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Afghanistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.500 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −4.822 | |
| 3 | Nepal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −2.102 | Advanced to Bowl finals |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Fixtures
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
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Gulbadin Naib 50* (12)
Abdullah Bayoumy 2/35 (2 overs) |
Jorich Van Schalkwyk 37 (9)
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
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Rashid Khan 16 (4)
Jorich Van Schalkwyk 2/6 (0.3 overs) |
Blake Simpson 30* (9)
Lokesh Bam 2/31 (1.4 overs) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14.833 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.000 | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | −14.833 | Advanced to Bowl finals |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Fixtures
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Match abandoned with a toss.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Match abandoned with a toss.
Pool C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.683 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −0.111 | |
| 3 | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2.256 | Advanced to Bowl finals |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Fixtures
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Meet Bhavsar 41* (14)
Maaz Sadaqat 1/13 (1 over) |
Abbas Afridi 55* (12)
Mohamed Shafeeq 1/8 (1 over) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Pool D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8.651 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.694 | |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −3.497 | Advanced to Bowl finals |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Fixtures
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
Quarter-finals
Quarter-final 1
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
Quarter-final 2
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Jorich Van Schalkwyk 40 (13)
Muhammad Shahzad 3/11 (1 over) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Quarter-final 3
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
Quarter-final 4
Bowl finals
Bowl League
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.174 | Advanced to Bowl Final |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.284 | |
| 3 | Nepal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.971 | |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −8.291 |
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2025. Source: Cricbuzz
Fixtures
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
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Rashid Khan 55* (17)
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Priyank Panchal 12 (3)
Rashid Khan 3/7 (1 over) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
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Saghir Khan 24 (11)
Lahiru Madushanka 2/10 (1 over) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
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Nilansh Keswani 50 (10)
Rashid Khan 2/36 (2 overs) |
Mohammad Aadil Alam 32 (12)
Muhammad Farooq 2/15 (1 over) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
Bowl Final
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Sachitha Jayathilake 52* (13)
Saghir Khan 1/18 (1 over) |
Nilansh Keswani 44 (19)
Nimesh Vimukthi 1/6 (1 over) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
Plate finals
Plate Semi-finals
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Plate Final
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
Cup finals
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
Semi-final 2
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Meet Bhavsar 62 (15)
Ethan Brookes 3/29 (2 overs) |
James Coles 55 (18)
Bilal Tahir 1/12 (1 over) |
- England won the toss and elected to field.
Final
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Abbas Afridi 52* (11)
Meet Bhavsar 3/29 (2 overs) |
Meet Bhavsar 33 (12)
Maaz Sadaqat 3/29 (2 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
Final standings
| Position | Team | Result |
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| 1st | Pakistan | Champions |
| 2nd | Kuwait | Runners-up |
| Semi-finalists | Australia | |
| England | ||
| 5th | Hong Kong | Plate winners |
| 6th | Bangladesh | Plate runners-up |
| Plate semi-finalists | Afghanistan | |
| South Africa | ||
| 9th | Sri Lanka | Bowl winners |
| 10th | United Arab Emirates | Bowl runners-up |
| 11th | Nepal | |
| 12th | India |
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