***Official*** Hong Kong T20 Blitz 2018

[Prince EWS]

He was probably injured on top of what I said, tbh. He does love an injury.

 

[Daemon]

Was about to make a post saying it must be a neck strain, googled an image of his giraffe neck and discovered he really did have a neck injury earlier this year lol

 

[S.Kennedy]

It is good at least how they get it on youtube. That is about the only free cricket Englishmen are legally allowed to see now!!

 

[cnerd123]

Who's coming for the Blitz? The overseas players signed on - News - Media - Hong Kong Cricket

Sammy, Smith, Tanvir and van der Merwe are returning, while Hassan Ali and Chris Lynn are the big-name new signings so far.

Expecting lots of announcements in Jan. Tickets have gone on sale already too. #hype

 

[cnerd123]

Who is in for the Blitz? Kumar Sangakkara latest in list of big names to sign - News - Media - Hong Kong Cricket

Speedster Wahab Riaz leads Kowloon Cantons overseas signings - News - Media - Hong Kong Cricket


#hype

 

[Kippax]

David White will genuinely want to merge our T20 comp with yours, looking at those marquee names.

I think NZC would happily send up 20-30 jocks, you can sub them in as virtual bowling machines for the worst 110kph pacers of the last edition. Warren Barnes will be there to provide bowling helmets for the remaining homegrown HK nerds.

 

[cnerd123]

No thanks we'd rather stick to our homegrown 110 kmph trundlers and specialists 9/10/11s instead.

The HKT20 Blitz is by and for the HK cricket community.

 

[cnerd123]

Squads confirmed for 2018 Hong Kong T20 Blitz - News - Media - Hong Kong Cricket


City Kaitak

Overseas: Samuel Badree (WI), Rayad Emrit (WI), Sohail Tanvir (Pak), Ravi Bopara (Eng), Kyle Coetzer (Sco)
Domestic Players: Anshuman Rath, Aizaz Khan (c), Waqas Barkat, Jamie Atkinson, Manjinder Singh, Ishtiaq Muhammad, Umar Mohammad, Raag Kapur, Mudassar Hussain, Siegfried Wai


Galaxy Gladiators Lantau

Overseas Players: Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Seekkuge Prasanna (SL), James Franklin (NZ), Cameron Delport (RSA), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Chetan Suryawanshi (SGP)
Domestic Players: Karandeep Singh, Haroon Arshad, Imran Arif, Shahid Wasif, Amandeep Singh, Li Kai-ming, Moner Dar, Muhammad Balal, Mohammed Osama, Awais Mohammad, Kalhan Marc Challu


Hong Kong Island United

Overseas players: Kamran Akmal (Pak), Mohammad Irfan (Pak), David Wiese (RSA), Luke Ronchi (NZ), Hussain Talat (Pak), Ryan Ten Doeschate (NED)
Domestic Players: Tanwir Afzaal, Ehsan Khan, Yasim Murtaza, Zeeshan Ali, Daniyal Bukhari, Ahsan Abbsai, Suhaib Ahmad, Jason Lui, Chris Carter, Hamed Khan


Hung Hom JD Jaguars

Overseas players: Daren Sammy (WI), Ben Laughlin (Aus), Riki Wessels (Eng), Johan Botha (RSA/Sydney Sixers), Roelof van der Merwe (Ned)
Domestic Players: Kinchit Shah (Capt), Nizakat Khan, Tanveer Ahmed, Adil Mehmood, Kyle Christie, Ninad Deveng Shah, Nadeem Ahmed, Scott Mckechnie, Damien Yee, Aarush Bhagwat, Rana Nasrulla


Kowloon Cantons

Overseas Players: Dwayne Smith (WI), Wahab Riaz (Pak), Samit Patel (Eng), Ashar Zaidi (Eng), Paul van Meekeren (Ned)
Domestic Players: Waqas Khan, Ryan Buckley, Adeel Shafrique, Hussain Butt, Hassan Khan, Simandeep Singh, Sunny Bhimsaria, Saad Mahmood, Bobby Chan


Bolded all the notable players.
HK Island United look to have the strongest squad to me.

 

[Kirkut]

Mate we had Sanga, Misbah, Dilshan, Bell, Dwayne Smith, Sammy, and a bunch of other big names at the Blitz last year.

This is a legit tournament

Bell was there? Did he play those crisp cover drives?

 

[cnerd123]

Yes he looked so good.

And he barely had an impact on the games too. Classic Ian Bell.

 

[cnerd123]

Personally I'm most excited for Kamran Akmal's signing.


I've always wanted to see him drop a catch live

 

[cnerd123]

TV Broadcasters confirmed for 2018 Hong Kong T20 Blitz - News - Media - Hong Kong Cricket

Global TV sports producer and distributor, Sunset+Vine, and China Cricket International Limited, the organisers of the Hong Kong T20 Blitz, have confirmed broadcaster deals for the third edition of the competition, that takes place between the 6th-11th February 2018 at the Kowloon Cricket Club.

BT Sport (UK), Fox Sports (Australia), OSN (Middle East), Neo Sports (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh), ESPN Caribbean, DSports (India) and Chinese-owned StarTimes (Africa) have secured media rights for the five-team tournament featuring Galaxy Gladiators Lantau, HKI United, City Kaitak, Kowloon Cantons and Hung Hom JD Jaguars. The potential audience reach currently sits in excess of 175 million with negotiations with several broadcasters on-going.

 

[Athlai]

You better hope that NZ doesn't get a stream of this.

 

[cnerd123]

Cricket legend Dean Jones previews Hong Kong T20 Blitz squads - News - Media - Hong Kong Cricket

 

[cnerd123]

The Blitz goes live tomorrow, with City Kai Tak taking on the Hung Hom Jaguars!

Day one: Hong Kong T20 Blitz preview - News - Media - Hong Kong Cricket

Players to look out for: Darren Sammy, Samuel Badree, Ravi Bopara, Sohail Tanvir, Johan Botha, Anshuman Rath, Nizakat Khan, and 14 year old wonderkid Kalhan Marc Challu (if he makes it into the XI)

 

[Daemon]

Also look out for the legend Chetan Suryawanshi from Singapore

 

[cnerd123]

^ I imagine they signed him to ensure the 1 Singaporean cricket fan into he world would be tuning in

 

[Daemon]

Bit of turn with the new ball on day 1.. Are they using the same strip throughout again?

 

[cnerd123]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwRaJtPJ7qk

 

[cnerd123]

Bit of turn with the new ball on day 1.. Are they using the same strip throughout again?

Should be 2 different tracks being alternated between for each game to my understanding.