HONG KONG:

Sri Lanka led by Jeevantha Kulatunga qualified for the next round of the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes after finishing runner-up to England in the North Group at Kowloon cricket grounds on Saturday.

After losing their opening match to India, Sri Lanka came back strongly to defeat Pakistan and England to qualify for a place.

England and Sri Lanka finished equal on four points with two wins and one defeat from three matches. Pakistan and India were eliminated from the next stage of the competition.

Today Sri Lanka plays South Africa, Hong Kong and England for a place in the semi-finals.

Results Day 1

Southern Hemisphere

Game 1 - Hong Kong beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets
South Africa 71 for 2 (Jacobs 32 retired) Hong Kong 73 for 1 (Irfan Ahmad 33 retired).

Game 3 - Hong Kong beat New Zealand by 4 wickets
New Zealand 92 for 3 (Spearman 31 retired) Hong Kong 95 for 2 (Irfan Ahmad 32).

Game 5 - South Africa beat Australia by 4 wickets
Australia 110 for 2 (Maxwell 34 retired, Moller 33 retired) South Africa 112 for 2 (Bosman 33 retired, Jacobs 33 retired, Coetsee 29 not out)

Game 7 - Hong Kong beat Australia by 4 wickets
Australia 86 for 3 (Maxwell 29) Hong Kong 89 for 2 (Dar 33 retired)

Game 9 - South Africa beat New Zealand by 20 runs
South Africa 103 for 3 (Kleinveldt 34 not out) New Zealand 83 for 2 (Fulton 31 retired, Stewart 33 retired).

Game 11 - New Zealand beat Australia by 4 wickets
Australia 60 all out (Stoinis 35) New Zealand 64 for 2 (Kitchen 32 retired).

Northern Hemisphere

Game 2 - India beat Sri Lanka by 6 runs
India 88 for 2 (Pandey 31 retired, Arun Kumar 36 retired) Sri Lanka 82 for 3.

Game 4 - England beat Pakistan by 3 runs
England 92 for 0 (Stevens 33 retired, Trego 35 retired) Pakistan 89 for 3 (Shahzad 33 retired, Ali 35 retired).

Game 6 - Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 6 runs
Sri Lanka 88 for 2 (Soysa 36 retired) Pakistan 82 for 2 (Raouf 30).

Game 8 - England beat India by 4 wickets
India 88 for 4 (Binny 54 not out) England 89 for 2 (Stevens 32 retired, Trego 35 retired).

Game 10 - Pakistan beat India by 6 wickets
India 65 for 1 (Pandey 28 not out) Pakistan 66 for 0 (Shahzad 31 retired).

Game 12 - Sri Lanka beat England by 5 wickets
England 94 for 4 (Trego 65 not out) Sri Lanka 97 for 1 (Kualthunga 32 retired, Lokuarachichi 31 retired).

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