Who will win Kowloon Cantons vs Hung Hom, Hong Kong Blitz 2017 6th Match?
The sixth fixture of this year’s revamped Hong Kong Twenty20 Blitz 2017 sees Kowloon Cantons and Hung Hom JD Jaguars both bid for their second win of this year’s competition at the Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok. Scheduled to be played on March 10, the live action begins at 2 PM local time.
Kowloon Cantons vs Hung Hom: Where to watch/Live streaming
Live streaming: Hong Kong Cricket Association - Youtube
Toss Prediction
Three of the opening four fixtures in this year’s competition have seen the team winning the toss opt to bat second. Kowloon Cantons did so, and won, in their opening match but Hung Hom Jaguars lost despite winning the toss in their most recent fixture.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Kowloon Cantons vs Hung Hom JD Jaguars Hong Kong Twenty20 Blitz 2017....
Kowloon Cantons Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Marquee signing Shahid Afridi will play no part in this year’s competition due to injury, with the Pakistani legend travelling to Hong Kong as a mentor only. As a result, Kowloon Cantons are unlikely to make any changes from their opening-day win against City Kaitak.
Key Players
Dwayne Smith’s incredible 40-ball 121 not out in the Kowloon’s opening fixture helped kick-off the 2017 Hong Kong Twenty20 Blitz in some style. The West Indian, alongside fellow countryman Marlon Samuels – who scored an unbeaten 59 from 33 balls in that match – lead the Cantons’ batting line-up. Leading the bowling is another overseas star, in Pakistan’s Yasir Arafat, but it was the economic bowling of Hong Kong international Ehsan Nawaz which impressed on matchday one.
Recent Form
Last year’s joint winners opened their account for 2017 with their Dwayne Smith-inspired demolition of City Kaitak and, having been the only team without a fixture on match day two, return to Mong Kok looking to return to the top of the points table.
Kowloon Cantons Predicted Playing 11
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Dwayne Smith, Babar Hayat, Calum MacLeod, Marlon Samuels, Ahsan Ali, Waqas Khan, Ehsan Nawaz, Shahid Wasif, Tanveer Ahmed, Yasir Arafat, Ashar Zaidi
Hung Hom Jaguars Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Pakistan Super League winner Mohammad Hafeez was originally selected by Hung Hom JD Jaguars as one of their five overseas players but the Pakistani batsman was replaced by Jonathan Foo, an uncapped West Indian batsman of Chinese descent, on the eve of the tournament. Foo repaid that faith by hitting 77 from 47 balls in the Jaguars’ defeat to HKI United.
Key Players
Darren Sammy, West Indies’ World Twenty20-winning captain, has been in the habit of winning Twenty20 tournaments of late – the 33-year-old arrived in Hong Kong on the back of winning the Pakistan Super League with Peshawar Zalmi and hit an unbeaten 52 in the Jaguars’ first match. James Franklin also scored an unbeaten half-century in that game, but it was left-arm bowler Ashley Caddy who stole the headlines, taking a hat-trick on his way to figures of 3-17. Caddy followed that up with two more against HKI United, but at the cost of 56 runs. Imran Arif also claimed three wickets in the opening match but was expensive on matchday two.
Recent Form
Hung Hom Jaguars won the opening game of the Hong Kong Blitz for the second season running, this time without the need for a super-over (as was the case in 2016). They were unable to kick on from that win, however, losing by 33 runs against HKI United.
Hung Hom Predicted Playing 11
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Kinchit Shah, Nizakat Khan, Jonathan Foo, James Franklin, Darren Sammy, Johan Botha, Mohammad Naveed, Chris Carter, Ashley Caddy, Ninad Shah, Imran Arif
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
Kowloon Cantons: W NR W
Hung Hom: L W L T
Kowloon Cantons vs Hung Hom Jaguars Head to Head
In one of the only fixtures to be completed in the inaugural competition, the Kowloon Cantons beat Hung Hom Jaguars in a rain-affected match. Kowloon posted 162 from their 20 overs, before rain restricted the Jaguars’ chase to 12.2 overs – their final score of 98/5 falling three runs short of the revised target.
Kowloon Cantons vs Hung Hom Jaguars Betting Odds
bet365 have been unable to pick a clear favourite for Kowloon Cantons showdown with Hung Hom JD Jaguars, and both teams are priced at 1.91 to win. Dwayne Smith is 3.25 to be Kowloon’s top scorer, while the odds of any batsman repeating his opening-day feat and hitting a century are 4.50.
Kowloon Cantons vs Hung Hom Jaguars Prediction
It will be the West Indian stars taking centre stage for Kowloon Cantons vs Hung Hom JD Jaguars, with Dwayne Smith in red-hot form after his opening-day blitz. West Indies’ World T20-winning captain Darren Sammy is the Jaguars’ key man but if Smith carries his form into this fixture, it will be the Cantons celebrating at Mong Kok.
Kowloon Cantons to make it two wins from two with victory against Hung Hom JD Jaguars.
Back Kowloon Cantons to beat Hung Hom JD Jaguars in the sixth match of the Hong Kong T20 Blitz 2017 at 1.91 with bet365.
Mar 10, 2017
11:30 IST / 6:00 GMT
Mission Road Ground - Mong Kok, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Hong Kong T20 Blitz, 2017 
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