Afghan cricket team against Hong Kong in the UAE in 2015–16

The Afghanistan cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates to play Hong Kong in November 2015. The tour consisted of a Twenty20 International (T20I) match[1] and was in preparation for the 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier.[2] Hong Kong won the one-off match by 4 wickets.[3]

Afghan cricket team against Hong Kong in the UAE in 2015–16
	Afghanistan	Hong Kong
Date	28 November 2015
Captains	Asghar Stanikzai	Tanwir Afzal
Twenty20 International series
Results	Hong Kong won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Asghar Stanikzai (51)	Tanwir Afzal (42)
Most wickets	Haseeb Amjad (1)	Karim Sadiq (2)

Squads

Afghanistan	Hong Kong
Asghar Stanikzai (c) Afsar Zazai Dawlat Zadran Gulbadin Naib Hashmatullah Shahidi Javed Ahmadi Mirwais Ashraf Mohammad Shahzad Nasir Jamal Noor Ali Zadran Rahmat Shah Rashid Khan Samiullah Shinwari Sayed Shirzad Shabir Noori Sharafuddin Ashraf Yamin Ahmadzai Zahir Khan	Tanwir Afzal (c) Mark Chapman Aizaz Khan Anshuman Rath Jamie Atkinson Babar Hayat Christopher Carter Ehsan Nawaz Haseeb Amjad Nadeem Ahmed Nizakat Khan Kinchit Shah Ninad Shah Waqas Barkat Waqas Khan

T20I series

Only T20I

28 November 2015 13:30 Scorecard

Afghanistan  162/6 (20 overs)	v	Hong Kong 166/6 (19.4 overs)
Asghar Stanikzai 51 (37) Haseeb Amjad 1/27 (4 overs)		Tanwir Afzal 42 (22) Karim Sadiq 2/20 (4 overs)

Hong Kong won by 4 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rokhan Barakzai and Mohammad Nasim Baras both made their T20I debuts.

References

1. "Afghanistan v Hong Kong T20I Series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
2. "Asia Cup T20 Qualifier scheduled for February". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
3. "Hong Kong cruise to four-wicket win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo