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Hampshire's Berg To Feature In Hong Kong Sixes Tournament
Hampshire's Berg To Feature In Hong Kong Sixes Tournament
Gareth Berg will feature for MCC in the six-a-side tournament held in Hong Kong
Hampshire all-rounder Gareth Berg has been included in a Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) side set to compete in a Hong Kong Sixes tournament, which takes place this weekend.
The competition, which takes place on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th October at Kowloon Cricket Club in Hong Kong, will see MCC go head-to-head with Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, New Zealand Kiwis, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and South Africa, as the only club side in the contest.
MCC have named a strong squad for the event, with England and Nottinghamshire all-rounder Samit Patel captaining the side. Berg will also be joined by Surrey's Rikki Clarke, Kent stalwart Darren Stevens, big-hitting Middlesex wicket-keeper John Simpson, Ryan Higgins who has recently signed for Gloucestershire, and Yorkshire top-order batsman Jack Leaning.
Teams will be split into two pools of four with all of the preliminary matches to be played on the Saturday, and the finals matches on the Sunday.
The Hong Kong Sixes tournament was first played in 1992, and has almost entirely been played between international teams. It has not been played since 2012 but the new rejuvenated version of the event will be the first to be broadcast on television and digital platforms.
We are very excited to be taking a team to the Hong Kong Sixes tournament. MCC has recently completed a successful tour of China and Hong Kong, and involvement in this event will continue to outline our commitment to growing the game in this area of the world.
We have selected a strong squad with a good amount of international experience amongst it, and we look forward to playing exciting, competitive cricket in what is an innovative format of the game.
John Stephenson, MCC Head of Cricket
Games are played between two teams of six players, and each game consists of a maximum of five six-ball overs bowled by each side. Each match lasts around 45 minutes.
Each member of the fielding side bowls one over, with the exception of the wicket-keeper with wides and no-balls counting as two runs.
If five wickets fall before five overs are completed, the last remaining batsman bats on with the fifth batsman acting as a runner. The innings is complete when the sixth wicket falls.
Batsmen retire not out on reaching 31 runs, with the idea being to reach 36 runs by hitting six sixes. A retired batsman can return to the crease after lower-order batsmen either retire or are out.
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