LAHORE: Pakistan has announced squad for the famous Hong Kong Sixes tournament under the captaincy of pacer Abbas Afridi.
According to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Abbas Afridi will captain Pakistan in the Hong Kong Sixes tournament, scheduled to take place at the Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground in Hong Kong.
The 12-team tournament will be played from 7 to 9 November, with Pakistan team set to travel on 5 November.
As per the tournament format, the 12 teams have been divided into four groups of three. Pakistan are placed in Pool C and will play their group matches on Friday, 7 November.
Pakistan squad:
Abbas Afridi (captain), Abdul Samad, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Shahzad, Saad Masood and Shahid Aziz
Non-traveling reserves:
Danish Aziz and Mohammad Faiq
What is Hong Kong Sixes?
The Sixes is the fastest format of cricket, with the key difference between the traditional game being that each match takes just 45 minutes to complete.
As the name suggests the game is six players per side compared with the usual 11, which means once the bowler and wicket-keeper are in position there aren’t many fieldsmen that the batting team need to evade to hit lots of ball to an over the boundaries.
Each team faces five overs each, and everyone (except for the wicketkeeper) is required to bowl one over each.
Batsmen are forced to retire at 31, but can come back in once all other batsmen have been dismissed or have retired. This can make for some interesting situations at the end of the innings with the lower-order taking risky singles knowing that if they are out, their in-form batsman can come back in.
