2025 Cricket World Cup Challenge League B (Hong Kong)
| Dates | 6 – 16 February 2025 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | List A |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) |  Hong Kong |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 15 |
The 2025 Hong Kong Cricket World Cup Challenge League B will be the second round of Group B matches of the 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a cricket tournament which forms part of the qualification pathway to the 2027 Cricket World Cup.[1] The tournament is scheduled to be hosted by Cricket Hong Kong, China from 6 to 16 February 2025, with all matches having List A status.[2]
Warm-up matches
[edit]Tri-series
[edit]| 2025 Hong Kong Tri-Nation Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 28 January–3 February 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Hong Kong won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bahrain, Hong Kong and Uganda played a tri-nation series in preparation for the Challenge League matches.[3]
Round-robin
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Uganda
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.540 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | Hong Kong
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.827 | |
| 3 |  Bahrain
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.445 | Advanced to the 3rd place play-off |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[4]
Fixtures
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
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Cyrus Kakuru 69 (79)
Asif Ali 5/11 (2.5 overs) |
Rishabh Ramesh 45 (79)
Alpesh Ramjani 5/15 (6.2 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
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Asif Ali 29 (50)
Nasrulla Rana 4/22 (10 overs) |
Babar Hayat 61 (71)
Imran Khan 2/22 (8 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
3rd place play-off
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Hong Kong A 79/3 (18.3 overs) | |
Rizwan Butt 17 (16)
Sheryar Khan 5/29 (9.2 overs) |
Shahid Wasif 31* (32)
Asif Mohammad 2/19 (3 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
Other matches
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Justin Mosca 52 (26)
Laksh Bakrania 2/38 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
Hong Kong A
243 (49.5 overs) |
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Sahal Malvernkar 64 (89)
Khalidy Juma 3/27 (7 overs) |
Kassim Nassoro 25 (49)
Daniel Mapp 5/18 (7 overs) |
- Hong Kong A won the toss and elected to bat.
Squads
[edit]| Bahrain[5]
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Hong Kong
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 Italy[6]
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 Singapore
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 Tanzania[7]
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Uganda[8]
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Fixtures
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Cricket Hong Kong, China selected to host second round of CWC Challenge Legaue B in February 2025". Czarsportz. 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Hong Kong match-winner Murtaza relishing home advantage in Cricket World Cup bid". South China Morning Post. 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Uganda and Bahrain Set to Compete in the Men's One Day Tri-Series 2025". Cricket Hong Kong, China. 22 January 2025.
- ^ "HK TRI 2025 Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "Get ready for an epic showdown as Bahrain's national cricket team gears up for the ICC CWC Challenge League B 50-over competition in Hong Kong". 25 January 2025 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Squad-La nostra squadra per la CWC Challenge League di Hong Kong. Una squadra forte pronta ad affrontare il torneo, guidata da Marcus Campopiano. Attualmente siamo al 2° posto" [Squad-Our team for the CWC Challenge League in Hong Kong. A strong team ready to face the tournament, led by Marcus Campopiano. We are currently in 2nd place.] (in Italian). 29 January 2025 – via Instagram.
- ^ @TanzaniaCricket (14 January 2025). "Tanzania Men's National Team for the ICC Men's CWC Challenge League B – Hong Kong Leg!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Musali, Denis (21 January 2025). "Cricket Cranes: Two changes made for Second Round of Challenge League B". Kawowo Sports.