Trans-Tasman Tri-Series 2017/18

The Trans-Tasman Tri-Series 2017/18 is a three-nation tournament that will be played from February 3 to 21, 2018 in New Zealand and Australia in Twenty20 cricket. In addition to the two hosts, Australia and New Zealand , the team from England will take part in the tournament, which is part of the 2017/18 international cricket season . In the final, Australia prevailed against New Zealand with 19 runs ( D / L method ) after the game was abandoned in the second innings due to heavy rain.

prehistory

England and Australia previously played an Ashes tour in which Australia won the Test series and England won the ODI series, while New Zealand played a tour against the West Indies . It is the first three-nation tournament to be played in the Twenty20 format between full members of the ICC .

format

In a preliminary round, each team plays each other twice. There are two points for a win, one point for a tie or no result . The first two of the group qualify for the final and play for the tournament victory there.

Stages

Hobart Melbourne Sydney

The tournament venues in Australia

Auckland Hamilton Wellington (WS)

The tournament venues in New Zealand

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Bellerive oval	Hobart	20,000	2nd game
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	3rd game
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	1st game
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	5. Game & Final
Seddon Park	Hamilton	10,000	6th game
Wellington Regional Stadium	Wellington	34,500	4th game

Squad lists

Australia named their squad on January 22, 2018.

Tour match

February 7th scorecard	Hobart	Prime Minister's XI 136-8 (20)	-	England XI 139-2 (12.4)
		England XI wins with 8 wickets

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Points	NRR
Australia	4th	4th	0	0	0	0	0	8th	+1,858
New Zealand	4th	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	-0.556
England	4th	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	-1,036

Win: 2 points; Draw: 1 point

Games

February 3rd scorecard	Sydney	New Zealand 117-9 (20)	-	Australia 96-3 (11.3)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets ( D / L method )

February 7th scorecard	Hobart	England 155-9 (20)	-	Australia 161-5 (18.3)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

February 10 scorecard	Melbourne	England 137-7 (20)	-	Australia 138-3 (14.3)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

February 13 scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 196-5 (20)	-	England 184-9 (20)
		New Zealand wins with 12 runs

February 16 scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 243-6 (20)	-	Australia 245-5 (18.5)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

February 18 scorecard	Hamilton	England 194-7 (20)	-	New Zealand 192-4 (20)
		England wins with 2 runs

final

February 21 scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 150-9 (20)	-	Australia 121-3 (14.4)
		Australia wins with 19 runs ( D / L method )

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Daniel boardy: Jhye Richardson in for SA tests, no room for Maxwell, Sayers ( English ) Cricinfo. January 22, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.