October 26 Saturday 2002
England squad for HK Sixes named

LONDON: England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will send a seven-man England squad for Hong Kong Sixes, to be played at Kowloon Cricket Club on November 2-3, 2002. Glamorgan's Matthew Maynard will captain the team, as he did in 2001, and is joined by Paul Collingwood (Durham), Adam Hollioake (Surrey), Ronnie Irani (Essex), Chris Silverwood (Yorkshire), Martin Saggers (Kent) and Glen Chapple (Lancashire). 

David Graveney, Chairman of selectors, will manage the side. England will be one of eight teams in the competition and play in Pool 2 alongside Pakistan, Australia and Hong Kong. Pool 1 comprises South Africa, Sri Lanka, India and United Arab Emirates. Teams play each other once in the pool stage with the top two sides in each pool progressing to the semi-finals. Prizemoney will be paid to all entrants with US$80,000 for the winners and US$50,000 to the runner-up.