Day 2 at the Asia Cup was a far cry from the opener. Dubai clearly has a massive Bangladesh fan base, and those supporting Pakistan are probably saving their energy - which is not easy to expend in the unforgiving heat of the day in Dubai - for the India fixture on Wednesday. Hong Kong thus, walked out to barren stands.
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There were as many as four starts during their innings but none of those Hong Kong batsmen converted it into a substantial score against Pakistan on Sunday. © AFP
But that was hardly the downer, for a side about to play the first of its last two ODIs for its foreseeable future. As far as Asia Cup is concerned, Hong Kong emerged as the 'sixth best' Asian side and thus made it to the tournament proper, but the main motive for a team like Hong Kong was to provide yet another piece of evidence that Associate Nations are being treated unfairly. Sunday, though, wasn't one such evening.
Hong Kong trained for four days in the UAE to get a hint of what conditions lay ahead, and their
