(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – Simon Cook, coach of the Hong Kong Cricket team, unveiled the men’s squads on Tuesday (May 23) that will form the pool of players competing for a place in the ICC Cricket World Cup qualifiers in 2019.
The squad has 16 players who have earned full-time contracts with Cricket Hong Kong or Hong Kong Sports Institute which will fund full-time training for 11 of the 16 players. Apart from the contracted players, there are 13 more in the National squad while 15 players are part of the Hong Kong A team.
“As a group of selectors we believe these 44 players are the best players in Hong Kong and are the next in line for the immediate future,” coach Cook said.
“There are three under-16s in there who might be more long term and there are others that could come into consideration but we are confident in this group. The national squad will train up to 30 hours a week and the ‘A’ squad will generally train around 8 hours a week, which includes Conditioning and technical sessions,” he added.
