Hong Kong National Cricket Team
The Hong Kong cricket team represents Hong Kong in international cricket. It played its first match in 1866 and has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1969.
It played its first One Day Internationals in the 2004 Asia Cup and has played in every ICC Trophy since the 1982 tournament with the exception of the most recent event. It played in the ICC Intercontinental Cup in the 2005 tournament, and is currently ranked at 20th in the World by the ICC and is the third highest ranked Asian non-Test nation.
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