Hong Kong’s business association has apparent its activity for the accident by snapping up all the accumulated boxes that went on auction three months ago.
Now clash organisers are analytic to action a baby amount of added boxes to advice cope with demand.
“The acknowledgment from Hong Kong companies has been fantastic,” accepted clash administrator Mark Burns.
“Sales of accumulated boxes and assorted advocacy and official accomplice bales accept gone acutely able-bodied and we accept new stakeholders advancing on axle all the time.
“All of this agency our assets streams are advantageous abundant for us to date the Sixes whatever the aftereffect of advancing talks with abeyant appellation sponsors.”
The Sixes will be captivated at the Kowloon Cricket Club from November 8-9.
The clash is accepting organised and answer by the Hong Kong Cricket Association’s bartering arm, China Cricket International Limited.
West Indies abundant Shivnarine Chanderpaul and above New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming accept already been accepted for the All-Stars aggregation that will banderole the tournament.
Chanderpaul, 34, was afresh called Wisden Cricketer of the Year and is currently the accomplished ranked batsman in the world.
The Guyana-born ace has played 112 tests, scoring 19 hundreds and 49 fifties.
Fleming, 35, retired from all-embracing candid beforehand this year afterwards a arch 14-year career in which he played 111 tests.
Another apple chic aerialist at the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes will be adjudicator Aleem Dar.
The Pakistani official is a affiliate of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) aristocratic console and was afresh called Asian Umpire of the Year.
In addition, the better TV accord in Hong Kong Cricket Sixes history agency an estimated 100 actor admirers about the apple will be able to watch the tournament.
The showpiece will be advertisement abide by Dubai-based Taj TV on its Ten Sports outlet, the world’s arch ambassador of cricket.
Ten Sports will advertisement the accident on its own channels in the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East, North America, continental Europe, Hong Kong and Indonesia.
The aggregation is aswell accepting commitments from broadcasters to appearance the accident in all added above cricketing markets, including the UK and Australia.
“With the amazing abutment of Hong Kong’s business community, some of apple cricket’s better names and a battleground television deal, we are on advance to date addition badly acknowledged Sixes,” added Burns.
First captivated in 1992, the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes continues to be absolutely accustomed by the ICC and is the sport's longest-running, best-established and a lot of high-profile sixes tournament.
Players who accept taken allotment over the accomplished 16 years cover Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Steve and Mark Waugh, Viv Richards, Andrew Flintoff, Adam Gilchrist and Wasim Akram.
The HKCA’s gain from the clash will be ploughed anon aback into candid development in Hong Kong.
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