Mission Road Ground

Cricket ground in Hong Kong

22°19′23″N 114°11′6″E / 22.32306°N 114.18500°E / 22.32306; 114.18500Establishment1976Capacity3,500TenantsHong Kong national cricket team
Hong Kong women's national cricket teamEnd namesn/a
n/aInternational informationFirst ODI26 January 2016:

Hong Kong v

ScotlandLast ODI8 November 2016:

Hong Kong v

Papua New GuineaFirst T20I30 January 2016:

Hong Kong v

ScotlandLast T20I13 March 2024:

Nepal v

Papua New GuineaOnly WT20I14 June 2023:

Malaysia v

United Arab EmiratesAs of 13 March 2024
Source: Cricinfo

Mission Road Ground or Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground is a multi-purpose sports field on Tin Kwong Road‌ [yue] in Kau Pui Lung, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The ground is mainly used for cricket matches. It was opened in 1976, and the first cricket match played there was between a Hong Kong XI and the Queensland Colts.^[1]

History

In November 2015 the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that it had approved the ground as venue for holding One Day International (ODI) matches,^[2] the venue thus became the first international cricket venue in East Asia and China.^[clarify]

On 26 January 2016, the ground hosted its first ODI when Hong Kong played against Scotland in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship.^[3] A second scheduled ODI was washed out.^[4] On the two following days, the first two Twenty20 Internationals at the ground were played, between the same teams.^[5]

In February 2020, Interport Series was scheduled to be played at this venue but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in China.^[clarify]^[6]^[7] The series was then moved to Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur.^[8]

List of Five Wicket Hauls

One Day Internationals

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Chad Soper	6 November 2016	Papua New Guinea	Hong Kong	2	10	41	6	4.1	Kinchit Shah Babar Hayat Jamie Atkinson Shahid Wasif Aizaz Khan Kyle Christie	Won^[9]

References

^ "Hong Kong Saturday XI v Queensland Colts". Cricket Archive. The Cricketer. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
^ "Hong Kong makes breakthrough to host its first ODI". ESPNcricinfo. 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
^ "ICC World Cricket League Championship, 17th Match: Hong Kong v Scotland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
^ "ICC World Cricket League Championship, 19th Match: Hong Kong v Scotland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
^ "Records / Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
^ "Hong Kong to host Malaysa in 5-Match T20I series!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ "Hong Kong vs Malaysia T20I Interport Series Called Off". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
^ "Malaysia to host Hong Kong in rescheduled T20I Series". Cricket Malaysia. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Papua New Guinea tour of Hong Kong, 2nd ODI: Hong Kong v Papua New Guinea at Mong Kok, Nov 6, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2020.