Pakistan ended their Hong Kong Sixes 2026 campaign with silverware on Sunday, beating Oman by 18 runs in the Plate final at Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok to claim the Hong Kong Sixes Plate title. Captain Abbas Afridi smashed 73 off 16 balls as Pakistan posted 154 for 4, and Oman, despite a blazing start, closed on 136 for 4.
Hong Kong Sixes Plate title: the final in numbers
- Pakistan: 154 for 4 in 6 overs (Abbas Afridi 73 not out off 16, Abdul Samad 26 off 5, Ahmed Daniyal 25 off 5)
- Oman: 136 for 4 in 6 overs (Usman Ali 67 off 17, Zohaib Amanat 61 off 18)
- Result: Pakistan won by 18 runs
- Player of the match: Abbas Afridi
- Final standing: Pakistan finish fifth overall; Afghanistan won the main Cup title
- Venue: Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong
Honest framing first: the Plate is the tournament’s second tier. Pakistan arrived as defending champions and six-time winners, but a group-stage defeat to the UAE, followed by the UAE beating India, sent them into the Plate competition instead of the Cup semi-finals. The Hong Kong Sixes Plate title is a consolation trophy, and this report treats it as exactly that, a strong finish to a title defence that ended early.
Photo: Hong Kong Sixes, via The News
Afridi’s 73 off 16 decides the final
Put in to bat, Pakistan produced the largest first-innings total of finals day. Afridi’s 73 not out came off just 16 deliveries with one four and 11 sixes, a strike rate of 456.25. He retired mid-innings under the format’s rules and returned in the final over to finish the job. Abdul Samad’s 26 off five balls and Ahmed Daniyal’s 25 off five kept the scoreboard racing at more than 25 runs an over.
Oman’s reply was brave. Usman Ali (67 off 17) and Zohaib Amanat (61 off 18) put on a dominant opening stand and briefly threatened the chase, but the asking rate never dropped, captain Aamir Kaleem fell for a duck to a run-out by Daniyal, and Oman finished 18 runs short at 136 for 4.
How Pakistan reached the Plate final
The campaign turned on a strange group. Pakistan lost their Group C opener to the UAE despite Afridi’s 53 off 13 balls, then beat India in the match reported in our earlier story, Pakistan’s four-wicket win over India in the group stage, where Nafay’s 41 not out and Afridi’s five sixes in an over did the damage. When the UAE beat India as well, Pakistan were squeezed into second place and the Plate draw.
In the Plate semi-final on Saturday, Pakistan chased 107 against hosts Hong Kong without losing a wicket, Afridi again leading with an unbeaten 55 off 13 balls. Across the weekend he scored 53, 35, 55 and 73 in four innings, a one-man highlights reel even in a disappointing team campaign. The wider domestic season context is in our report of Fakhar Zaman’s 127 in the ODI tri-series final win in Lahore, and the age-group side is in action too, as Pakistan U19 defend their Asia Cup title in Oman.
One number sums up Afridi’s weekend: 216 runs in four innings, 53 against the UAE, 35 against India, 55 against Hong Kong and 73 in the final, at a combined strike rate above 400. No other batter dominated the tournament’s scorecards the same way, which is why the player of the match award in the final was a formality.
What the Plate title does and does not mean
It does not restore the crown: Afghanistan beat Australia in the Cup final to take the main trophy, and Pakistan’s fifth place is their lowest headline finish in years. But the Plate run showed the depth of Pakistan’s sixes hitting, with four different batters striking at over 300 in the final alone, and it gave Afridi a tournament that strengthens his case as the format’s most destructive current player. Pakistan leave Hong Kong with a trophy, just not the one they came for.
Sources
- Geo Super: Pakistan clinch Plate title after victory over Oman in Hong Kong Sixes
- A Sports: Pakistan beat Oman to win Hong Kong Sixes 2026 Plate final
- The News: Pakistan clinch Hong Kong Sixes Plate crown with 18-run win over Oman
- Featured image: Pakistan players pose with the Plate trophy after beating Oman in the Hong Kong Sixes 2026 Plate final on 1 November 2026. Photo: PCB, via Geo Super
- In-body image: a Pakistan batter during the Plate semi-final against Hong Kong. Photo: Hong Kong Sixes, via The News
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