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Under 19 Tuanku Ja'afar Cup, Hong Kong 1-4 April 1999

Tournament Information

Hong Kong have the honour of hosting the Under 19 South East Asian Championships from 1st - 4th April 1999. A tournament held annually, the Tuanku Ja'afar Cup pits Hong Kong's best Under 19 juniors against up and coming players from Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

As Champions for the past three years, Hong Kong's Under 19's are firm favourites to retain their title. The tournament this year is especially important as a warm up for the ACC Youth Asia Cup which will be held in Singapore this summer. The Youth Asia Cup is a qualifier for the 2nd Youth World Cup to take place in January 2000 in Sri Lanka.

Contact Details

Teams and officials may be contacted at the following hotel:

Majestic Hotel
348 Nathan Road,
Yau Ma Tei,
Kowloon
Tel: (+852) 2781 1333
Fax: (+852) 2781 1773
E-mail: info@majestichotel.com.hk

Sponsorship Opportunities

The HKCA offers the opportunity for you or your company to sponsor the match balls for one (or more) of these matches. Each match ball sponsor will receive a complimentary lunch for two persons and the opportunity of a photograph with the two captains of the teams competing in the sponsored match. The match ball sponsor will also receive recognition of the sponsorship at the match and in the next edition of the HKCA's fax out newsletter "From the Pavilion". The match ball sponsorship is HK$800 per match, HK$1,000 for the final.

If you would like to support HK Junior Cricket by taking up one or more of these opportunities, please contact the HKCA by e-mail, phone (+852 2504-8102) or fax (+852 2577-8486) to request an application form.


Latest News

Day 4: Hong Kong defeats Malaysia by nine runs to win the Under 19 Tuanku Ja'afar Cup for the fourth successive year. Malaysia's Mathew Lee is the Player of the Final and Hong Kong's Alex French is the Player of the Tournament.

Day 3: Hong Kong will meet Malaysia in the final after Malaysia's hard fought victory over Singapore in a low scoring match at KCC.

Day 2: Hong Kong advance to the final after a six wicket victory over Malaysia. At the HKCC, the Thailand v. Singapore match is curtailed with Thailand at 24-3, due to unsafe pitch conditions. The match is awarded to Singapore.

Day 1: Alex French steers Hong Kong to victory over Singapore with a commanding innings of 162 n.o. at KCC. At HKCC Malaysia beats Thailand by 135 runs.