Shoaib Malik and Pakistan grabbed the early high ground at the Karp Group/PC Jeweller Hong Kong Cricket Sixes after rain forced organisers into making huge changes to the format of the popular tournament at the Kowloon Cricket Club on Saturday.Pakistan, led by Malik, swept to a 22-run victory over arch-rivals India to be well-placed in the preliminary round Sobers Group on the opening day of the US$150,000 tournament which saw more than three-quarters of the programme cancelled due to rain.
"It's always good to start with a win," said Malik. "For a first game, it was a good performance from the guys and I'm pretty pleased."
The poor weather resulted in a switch to four overs per innings – from five – and with organisers keeping their options open if the winners of each group meet in the Cup final on Sunday or if the top two teams move into a cross-over semi-finals.
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