Hong Kong cricket team against Nepal in Sri Lanka in 2014–15

The Hong Kong and Nepal national cricket teams toured Sri Lanka from 9 November to 3 December 2014.[1][2] The series, hosted by Sri Lanka Cricket, was part of a program organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to benefit non-Test-playing ACC members.

Hong Kong cricket team against Nepal in Sri Lanka in 2014–15
 
  Hong Kong Nepal
Dates 9 November – 3 December 2014
Captains Jamie Atkinson Paras Khadka
Twenty20 International series
Results Hong Kong won the 4-match series 1–0
Most runs 21 (Aizaz Khan, Anas Khan) 40 (Sompal Kami)
Most wickets 2 (Aizaz Khan, Irfan Ahmed, Nadeem Ahmed, Tanwir Afzal) 2 (Shakti Gauchan, Sagar Pun)

The series was initially planned to feature three Twenty20 Internationals and a List A match between the two teams, along with two three-day matches against a Sri Lanka Cricket XI,[3] with the matches played in Dambulla and Kurunegala[4] However, due to regular rain in Dambulla, the T20I series was shortened and rescheduled to one match, and the List A match moved a day earlier, with both matches being scheduled in Colombo. The T20I match was won by Hong Kong.

Squads
 Hong Kong    Nepal

Tour matches

Three-day matches
9–11 November 2014
Scorecard
Nepal   
v
187 (56.1 overs)
Paras Khadka 59 (110)
Mohamed Shiraz 3/28 (11.1 overs)
347 (97.3 overs)
Minod Bhanuka 113 (133)
Sompal Kami 5/64 (16.3 overs)
211 (70.2 overs)
Rajesh Pulami 95 (173)
Chamikara Edirisinghe 6/84 (28.2 overs)
138/8d (44.2 overs)
Gayan Maneeshan 63 (73)
Sompal Kami 3/21 (7.2 overs)
SLC XI won by 87 runs
Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala
Player of the match: Sompal Kami (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and chose to field
14–16 November 2014
Scorecard
Nepal   
v
193 (59.1 overs)
Subash Khakurel 55 (101)
Prabath Jayasuriya 8/68 (20.1 overs)
162 (48.2 overs)
Lahiru Jayaratne 64 (95)
Sompal Kami 6/48 (14.2 overs)
94 (29.5 overs)
Nuwan Liyanapathirana 31* (38)
Karan KC 5/21 (7.5 overs)
Match Drawn
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Chandrajith Danasinghe and Tabarak Dar
Player of the match: Sompal Kami (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and chose to field
  • Rain interrupted the Nepal's second innings
26–28 November 2014
v

T20I series

1st T20I
19 November 2014
11:00 am
Scorecard
v
   Nepal
  • Match abandoned without a ball bowled.
  • The match was initially delayed due to a wet outfield, before being called off by the umpires.[5] The match has been rescheduled for 21 November.[6]

2nd T20I
20 November 2014
11:00 am
Scorecard
v
   Nepal
  • Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

2nd T20I (re-scheduled)
21 November 2014
11:00 am
Scorecard
v
   Nepal
  • Match abandoned without a ball bowled.
  • Re-scheduled

3rd T20I
22 November 2014
02:00 pm (D/N)
Scorecard
v
   Nepal

List A series

Only List A
23 November 2014
v
   Nepal
No result
Colombo

T20I series (rescheduled)

Only T20I
24 November 2014
10:00
Scorecard
Nepal   
72 (20 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
73/8 (19.5 overs)
Sompal Kami 40 (31)
Aizaz Khan 2/4 (4.0 overs)
Anas Khan 21* (28)
Shakti Gauchan 2/10 (4 overs)
Hong Kong won by 2 wickets
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguru (Sri Lanka) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match: Aizaz Khan (Hong Kong)

References
  1. "ACC SCHOLARSHIPS CONTINUE FOR UMPIRES AND ANALYSTS". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. "Nepal, Hong Kong to tour Sri Lanka in November". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. "Nepal's three-day match with Kurunegala to have first class status". CricketLok. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  4. "Hong Kong and Nepal tour to Sri Lanka". Asian Cricket Council.
  5. "Hong Kong vs Nepal 1st T20I abandoned". Cricket Country. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  6. "Nepal's first T20I series uncertain". My Republica. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. "Nepal, HK likely to play T20I in Colombo". My Republica. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
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