A NEW format will be used for the final day of the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes - almost eliminating the series of ''dead'' matches that plagued last year's inaugural tournament.
Organisers of the Cathay Pacific and Wharf Holdings-sponsored event yesterday revealed the new format which, in its worse-case scenario, would feature only Cup competition match which would have no bearing on outcome.
The first day remains the same with the nine teams divided into three groups of three in a round-robin competition.
But this year the three group winners will qualify for the knock-out semi-finals, while the vacant semi-final place will be decided after a round-robin Cup Eliminator competition featuring the three group runners-up.
The bottom team in each group are relegated to the consolation Plate event.
In last year's tournament the six finalists - the winners and runners-up of preliminary groups - were divided into two groups of three.
