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The Hong Kong Super Sixes 2009 cricket tournament starts today and will last till November 1. The 15th edition of the tournament will have 8 teams fighing for the title. Anil Kumble will lead the Indian Team in the tournament.

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Sat, Oct 31, 2009 11:23:33 IST

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The Hong Kong Super Sixes 2009 cricket tournament starts today and will last till November 1. The 15th edition of the tournament will have 8 teams fighing for the title. All the eight teams have been divided into two groups, the northern and the southern hemispheres. India has been placed in the Norhern hemispheres along with teams like England, Sri Lanka and rivals Pakistan. Hongkong, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia compromise the Southern hemisphere group.

The two day shortest version has drawn a lot of attention and is expected to entertain the cricket lovers a lot. Last year, England won the title, defeating the Australians. Former test captain and veteran, Anil Kumble will lead the Indian Team in the tournament. All the matches can be on Ten Sports channel.

The schedule and fixture of the matches are:

1 8.20am Hong Kong vs South Africa
2 9.05am India vs Sri Lanka
3 9.50am Hong Kong vs New Zealand
4 10.35am Pakistan vs England
5 11.20am South Africa vs Australia
6 12.05pm Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
7 12.50pm Hong Kong vs Australia
8 1.35pm India vs England
9 2.20pm South Africa vs New Zealand
10 3.05pm India vs Pakistan
11 3.50pm New Zealand vs Australia
12 4. 35pm Sri Lanka vs England

Hong Kong Super Sixes Teams are:

India:
Anil Kumble (Captain)
Gaurav Dhiman
J Arunkumar
Manish Pandey
Reetinder Sodhi
Sriram Sridharan
Stuart Binny

England:
Chris Read (Captain)
Darren Stevens
Graham Wagg
Graham Napier
Jamie Dalrymple
Peter Trego
Rory Hamilton-Brown

Australia:
Greg Moller (Captain)
Glenn Maxwell
Jeremy Smith
Josh Hazelwood
Marcus Stoinis
Michael Cranmer
Simon Keen

New Zealand:
Craig McMillan (Captain)
Anaru Kitchen
Corey Anderson
Craig Spearman
Peter Fulton
Shanon Stewart

Hong Kong:
Najeeb Amar (Captain)
Hussain Butt
Irfan Ahmed
Mark Wright
Moner Dar
NadeemAhmed
Tanwir Afzal

Pakistan:
Faisal Iqbal (Captain)
Abdur Rauf
Ahmed Shahzad
Anwar Ali
Junaid Zia
Sohail Khan
Yasir Hameed

Sri Lanka:
Jeewatha Kulathunga (Captain)
Kaushal Lokuarachchi (V. Captain)
Chinthaka Jayasinghe
Dilhara Lokuhettige
Hasantha Fernando
Indika De Seram
Nuwan Zoysa

South Africa:
David Jacobs (Captain)
David Wiese
Farhaan Behardien
Lungile Bosman
Rory Kleinveldt
Ryan Bailey
Werner Coetsee