Hong Kong targets top four finish at Twenty20 with sights on World Cup qualifier
Jamie Atkinson will lead a 14-strong squad for the 10-team Asian qualifiers in Kathmandu from March 26 to April 3 where two teams will join Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates at the world qualifiers in Dubai in November.
Hong Kong aim to finish in the top four at the Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup in Nepal next month to remain in contention for a berth at the 2015 World Cup qualifying competition later this year.
Jamie Atkinson will lead a 14-strong squad for the 10-team Asian qualifiers in Kathmandu from March 26 to April 3 where two teams will join Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates at the world qualifiers in Dubai in November.
"Presuming that UAE [who as hosts gain automatic entry] and Afghanistan [included because they are a one-day international side] top their group, our target will be to make it through to the semi-finals to qualify for Dubai," said Hong Kong coach Charlie Burke.
"We are in a separate preliminary round group to UAE and Afghanistan and as such an easier one. We need to finish in the top two of our group to ensure we will be in with a chance of qualifying for the World Cup."
We need to finish in the top two of our group to ensure we will be in with a chance of qualifying for the World Cup
Hong Kong are drawn with Nepal, Malaysia, Maldives and Singapore. Nepal are likely to provide the stiffest competition in the group stage.