SIMON SWEETMAN
The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events

Short and sweet: Samit Patel hits out in Hong Kong

Anybody noticing the Hong Kong Sixes for the first time – a six-a-side game played for five overs a side – might be forgiven for thinking this the latest reduction ad absurdum (at least until someone decides we can make do with just the Super Over).
Five bowlers bowl one over apiece, and, just to be fair, batsmen retire at 31, at least in the earlier rounds. But in fact this particular form has been played in Hong Kong since 1992, though until this ye...