Series Name: | 2020 Interport T20I Series |
Team1 Image: | Flag of Malaysia.svg |
Team1 Name: | Malaysia |
Team2 Image: | Flag of Hong Kong.svg |
Team2 Name: | Hong Kong |
From Date: | 20 |
To Date: | 26 February 2020 |
Team1 Captain: | Ahmad Faiz[1] |
Team2 Captain: | Aizaz Khan |
No Of Twenty20s: | 5 |
Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 5 |
Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 0 |
Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Virandeep Singh (174) |
Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Kinchit Shah (101) |
Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Syazrul Idrus (8) Khizar Hayat (8) |
Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Aizaz Khan (8) |
Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Virandeep Singh (Mas) |
The Hong Kong cricket team toured Malaysia in February 2020 to play a five-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series, known as the Interport T20 Series.[2] [3] All the matches were played at the Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur. The series marked the return of the 154-year-old tradition of contests known as 'Interport' matches, a term historically used to refer to matches played between various British settlements in Southeast Asia, such as Hong Kong and Malaysia (and the Malay states that preceded Malaysia).[4] The series was originally scheduled to be played at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, but was cancelled in early February due to the coronavirus pandemic in China.[5] [6]
Malaysia won the first three matches to give them an unassailable lead in the series.[7] The hosts went on to sweep the series 5–0.[8] Both teams went on to compete in the 2020 ACC Eastern Region T20 tournament (the first stage of qualification for the 2020 Asia Cup) which started a few days after the completion of the series.[9]