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South China Morning Post
08-02-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
‘Sky the limit' for Hong Kong cricketers, with Bahrain next on World Cup quest
Former captain Anshy Rath said the 'sky is the limit' for Hong Kong's improving cricket, as they prepare for Sunday's Cricket World Cup Challenge League B clash with Bahrain. Opener Rath scored an unbeaten 90 in testing conditions to ease Hong Kong past Singapore at Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground on Thursday. The accomplished left-hander also made a skilful 107 in last week's tri-series final win over Uganda, too. Rath shared out credit for Hong Kong's three-match winning run, however, pointing to recent performances across the top of the order, and the control and menace of a bowling attack that has taken 30 wickets in three games. While acknowledging that Hong Kong might have to be 'smarter' when confronted with Kowloon Cricket Club's tiny boundaries this weekend, Rath said that 'if we keep doing what we are doing, the sky is the limit'. 'Our seamers have been fantastic with their lengths and they have been brilliantly supported by the spinners,' Rath added. 'If they continue that way, it doesn't matter what wickets we play on.' Left-hander Rath steadies himself to play a delivery from Bahrain seamer Imran Khan. Photo: Dickson Lee With the ball zipping around early in his past two innings, Rath said he 'had to swallow my pride and ego, and play the ball on its merits for 10-to-15 overs'.
South China Morning Post
06-02-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Imperious Rath gets Hong Kong off to fast start in cricket World Cup bid
An imperious unbeaten 90 from in-form opener Anshy Rath guided Hong Kong to a comfortable seven-wicket Cricket World Cup Challenge League B victory over Singapore on Thursday. Playing their opening match of the 11-day competition, Hong Kong reduced Singapore to 62 for five, before a gutsy 58 from Janak Prakash helped lift the visitors to a total of 171 in 46.3 overs. The hosts slipped to 47 for two in reply, after losing Martin Coetzee and Babar Hayat to successive balls. But Rath, who scored 107 in Sunday's tri-series final win against Uganda, looked like he was playing on a different wicket from the rest during a chanceless knock, guiding Hong Kong to 175-3 with 13.2 overs to spare. The win moved Hong Kong top of the six-team competition, which is contested over three legs, ahead of a meeting with Bahrain on Sunday. They face Tanzania next Wednesday, before games against their main rivals, Uganda and Italy. Janak Prakash his out during the knock of 58 that resuscitated the Singapore innings. Photo: Elson Li 'We continued our momentum from finishing strongly in our last one-day tournament, but we can do better and we want to peak at the right time,' Simon Willis, the Hong Kong head coach, said.
