Three days of Asiad sold out

Within hours of tickets being made available, the first two days of the Asian Games cricket - 13 November and 14 November, along with 21 November - have been sold out at Guanggong Cricket Stadium. The first weekend of matches take in the women's event, with games between China and Malaysia, Japan v Nepal, Pakistan and Thailand, Bangladesh and Hong Kong. The second Sunday marks the start of the men's event with China taking on Malaysia and Hong Kong playing Nepal.

"It's an encouraging sign, that China's and Hong Kong's matches are going to have so much support," said Hong Kong Cricket Association General Manager Danny Lai, "so encouraging that I find myself without a ticket now." The stadium in Guangzhou University Town holds around 6000 paying guests and the tickets have been priced competitively.