Hong Kong University Cricket Club

Hong Kong University Cricket Club Official page for Hong Kong University Cricket Club. Founded in 1913, we play in the CHK Saturday League.

If you are a student, alumni, member of staff and want to play some cricket, we would love to hear from you! The University of Hong Kong was established in 1911 and its cricket club came into being just two years later, making us one of the oldest in Hong Kong. We played our first league match against the Navy in 1923 (we won) and went on to have sporadic title success over the years: Saturday League Cup winners in 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1996-97, and Saturday League Champions in 1927-8, 1932-33 and 2008-09. For a long time, our home ground was located on Pokfield Road, a site now taken by Flora Ho Sports Centre. We moved to Sandy Bay in 1985-86 and for a long time played on coir matting, with the ball barely bouncing above knee height. This was preferable to our temporary home at Little Sai Wan, which was boggy marshland covered in scrub. For an excellent history of the club, read 'A History of Hong Kong University Cricket Club' here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6F_jiAsYaWnX281LVBWd2pXVHc/edit and there you'll learn about club legends like Mr. Ponsonby Fane, whose team photo you can see at HKU MTR station, Dr. S.M. Teh who took figures 5.4-5-0-8 against KGV in 1959 and Phil Glenwright who averaged 359 in the social season of 1995-6. (The above history was completed in 1997, so it misses out what must be a Hong Kong Saturday League record - K.H. Butt hit 311* for HKU against Nomads at HKCC, including 36 sixes and lost a dozen balls. See here http://www.scmp.com/article/477988/butt-hits-record-six-triple-ton)

Today we put out three sides: the league side which competes in the HKCA Saturday Championship, the student side which plays in the HKCA Challenge League and the social side made up of staff and alumni who play at Sandy Bay on Sundays. Cricket is part of HKU's history and we hope it will live on to be part of its future.

HKUCC Awards Night - 28th JuneLast month we gathered together players across all our squads for a night full of fun, gam...
23/07/2026

HKUCC Awards Night - 28th June

Last month we gathered together players across all our squads for a night full of fun, games and awards.

It had been quite a while since the last HKUCC Awards night - so we had plenty to catch up on!

Social Player 2021-22 - Corona-Virus
Saturday Player 2021-22 - Ramesh Weerakoon

Social Player 2022-23 - Tiran Ranasinghe
Saturday Player 2022-23 - Ashwin Dokania

Social Player 2023-24 - Subramanya Rao
Saturday Player 2023-24 - Yaqzaan Rajan

Social Player 2024-25 - Adnan Butt
Saturday Player 2024-25 - Ashutosh Balasaria

Social Player 2025-26 - Sachin Mittal
Saturday Player 2025-26 - Jaya Ramesh Chaliki
Clubman 2025-26 - Assad Ashfaq

Special Award - Tiran Ranasinghe - 150 Saturday League wickets
Special Award - Nitesh Hemlani - Clubman Sans Pareil
Special Award - John Wright - Outgoing Saturday Captain

A fun way to mark the end of the season. Congratulations to all our award winners, and thank you to all those who attended! We look forward to do this again next year, where we will hopefully take some better pictures.

Tailenders Vs Nightwatchmen!The Indoor League is here, and for the first time ever HKUCC have entered two teams into th...
20/05/2026

Tailenders Vs Nightwatchmen!

The Indoor League is here, and for the first time ever HKUCC have entered two teams into the competition!

We celebrated this with an internal practice game yesterday evening, becoming the first external club to run an indoor game at the new net facilities at Indian Recreation Club!

The Tailenders emerged victorious in the game, but the Nightwatchmen put up stronger numbers in the after-match dinner. Honours even - we look forward to the rematch at the league later this summer!

An overcast day at GDB to end the season, and we won the toss and opted to bowl first. Every bowler used ended up with a...
29/04/2026

An overcast day at GDB to end the season, and we won the toss and opted to bowl first. Every bowler used ended up with a wicket, Nitesh taking 3/41 in his 7 overs, Sachin 2/25 in his 7, and Asim taking 4 good catches in the field.

Our chase started poorly with 2 early wickets, but Rishi’s half century (64 off 50 with 6 fours and 2 sixes) and contributions from Ashu (41 off 37) and Pandu (25 off 24) ensured a comfortable chase with plenty of time to spare. A good way to end the season, followed by a celebration dinner at Rajdoots after!

Player of The Match: Rishi
Thanks for Coming: Jaya
Scorecard: https://cricclubs.com/CricketHongKong/results/WgogRHbc6UbYGILW7pRyfg

An overcast day at GDB saw us put in one of our best bowling performances of the season – Jaya taking two wickets in the...
10/04/2026

An overcast day at GDB saw us put in one of our best bowling performances of the season – Jaya taking two wickets in the first over and combining with Yaqzaan to reduce IRC to 17/5 in 5.2 overs! IRC rallied well, but Abhishek took 3 wickets in his first over after drinks, and we managed to bowl them out for just 133. A brisk 45-run opening partnership between Ashutosh and Nitesh set us up for a comfortable chase, with no further hiccups.

Just kidding, this is HKUCC after all. IRC’s spinners bowled excellently and we wobbled to 79/5, threatening to throw away yet another winning position. But Ashwin remained composed, and Abhishek scored blistering 41* to get us over the line with plenty of time to spare. Phew. Off to Haqs!

Scorecard: https://cricclubs.com/CricketHongKong/viewScorecard.do?matchId=4380
Player of The Match: Abhishek Sharma
Thanks For Coming: Ankit Suri

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