Hong Kong Cricket Club will lock horns with Kowloon Cricket Club on 1 October, in the final of the Hong Kong Premier League 2021 in Mong Kok. They last met in Match 4 of the season, on 12 September, where Hong Kong CC beat Kowloon CC by seven runs.
With 5-20, Aizaz Khan was the star of the show in that contest. Hong Kong CC were bowled out for only 93 in 19.5 overs after opting to bat. But, Hong Kong CC bowlers, led by Elliot Scrivener, then put on a valiant effort to restrict Kowloon CC to 86/9.
Hong Kong CC finished at the top of the points table, with four wins from four matches. Kowloon CC, on the other hand, came second with three wins and a defeat. Kowloon’s Babar Hayat leads the run chart, aggregating 170 runs at a strike rate of 153. Hong Kong’s Nizakat Khan is just three runs behind him.
Kowloon’s two fast-bowlers – Aizaz and Jason Davidson – have shared 21 wickets so far this season, while Haroon Arshad and Kinchit Shah are Hong Kong’s leading wicket-takers, with five scalps each.
Betway Fantasy Tips
- Back Hong Kong CC. Appoint Kinchit and Nizakat Khan captain and vice-captain respectively.
- Martin Coetzee, Ninad Shah, and Babar Hayat are highly dependable batters for their respective sides.
- Pick Adit Gorawara and Jamie Atkinson, and overlook Christopher Carter among wicket-keepers.
Likely XIs
Hong Kong CC: Kinchit Shah (c), Adit Gorawara (wk), Martin Coetzee, Nizakat Khan, Ninad Shah, Ryan Buckley, Luke Voyce, Luke Jones, Elliot Scrivener, Ayush Shukla, Charlie Wallis.
Kowloon CC: Jamie Atkinson (c & wk), Babar Hayat, Aizaz Khan, Simandeep Singh, Dan Pascoe, Ahan Trivedi, Ateeq Iqbal, Vikas Sharma, Christopher Carter, Jason Davidson, Waqas Barkat.
Prediction
A tight contest. Perhaps a Kowloon CC win.
Blitzpools Fantasy Team
Kinchit Shah (c), Nizakat Khan (vc), Adit Gorawara, Jamie Atkinson, Martin Coetzee, Simandeep Singh, Aizaz Khan, Babar Hayat, Jason Davidson, Charlie Wallis, Waqas Barkat.