Host Eddie Gibbs is joined by Craig Wright, Coach of the winning Kowloon Cantons team. They discuss this exciting innovation from Cricket Hong Kong, who are the first ICC Associate nation to attempt such a high-profile tournament. With participation and growth of the game in the region the key objective there were high profile players involved with Misbah-Ul-Haq, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Smith, Chris Jordan, Jesse Ryder, Ian Bell and Johan Botha all involved. The tournament rules also ensured at least one associate player from outside Hong Kong featured in each team and there were also rules to ensure players of Chinese origin also took part. The event was estimated to cost $350,000 and all matches were streamed live in HD for FREE over a 5-day period.

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