Triangular Series in Zimbabwe in the 2010 season

The Triangular Series in Zimbabwe of the 2010 season was a three-nation tournament that was held from May 28 to June 9, 2010 in Zimbabwe in one-day cricket . In addition to the host, teams from India and Sri Lanka took part in the tournament, which was part of the 2010 international cricket season . In the final, Sri Lanka was able to prevail against Zimbabwe with 9 wickets.

prehistory

Sri Lanka last played a tour against New Zealand in the USA . All three teams also played at ICC World Twenty20 2010 . Zimbabwe was eliminated in the preliminary round, India in the Super 8 round and Sri Lanka in the semi-finals.

format

In a preliminary round, each team played twice against each other. There were four points for a win, two points for a draw or no result. Bonus points were also awarded. The first two of the group qualified for the final and played for the tournament victory.

Stadion

Bulawayo Harare

Tour venues

The following stadiums were selected as venues and announced on March 16, 2010.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Queens Sports Club	Bulawayo	9,000	Preliminary round matches 1–3
Harare Sports Club	Harare	10,000	Preliminary round matches 4-6, final

Squad lists

India named its roster on May 9, 2010. Sri Lanka named its roster on May 20, 2010.

ODI
Zimbabwe	India	Sri Lanka
Elton Chigumbura ( K ) Chamu Chibhabha Graeme Cremer Greg Lamb Chris Mpofu Ed Rainsford Prosper Utseya Andy Blingaut Charles Coventry Tatenda Taibu ( wk ) Craig Ervine Hamilton Masakadza Ray Price Vusi Sibanda Brendan Taylor	Suresh Raina ( K ) Virat Kohli ( UK ) Ravindra Jadeja Amit Mishra Pragyan Ojah Yusuf Pathan Murali Vijay Umesh Yadav Ashok Dinda Dinesh Karthik ( wk ) Naman Ojah Pankaj Singh Rohi Sharma Vinay Kumar Ravichandran Ashwin	Tillakaratne Dilshan ( K ) Angelo Mathews ( UK ) Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Dilhara Fernando Chamara Kapugedera Nuwan Kulasekara Jeewan Mendis Ajantha Mendis Thissara Perera Suraj Randiv Thilan Samaraweera Chamara Silva Upul Tharanga Lahiru Thirimanne Thilan Thushara

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Points	NRR
Zimbabwe	4th	3	1	0	0	0	1	13	+0.214
Sri Lanka	4th	2	2	0	0	0	1	9	+0.104
India	4th	1	3	0	0	0	0	4th	−0.278

Win: 4 points; Draw: 2 points

Games

May 28 scorecard	Bulawayo	India 285-5 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 289-4 (48.2)
		Zimbabwe wins with 6 wickets

May 30th scorecard	Bulawayo	Sri Lanka 242 (49.5)	-	India 243-3 (43.3)
		India wins with 7 wickets

June 1st scorecard	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 118 (24.5 / 26)	-	Sri Lanka 119-1 (15.2 / 26)
		Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets

June 3 scorecard	Harare	India 194-9 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 197-3 (38.2)
		Zimbabwe wins with 7 wickets

June 5th scorecard	Harare	India 268-9 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 270-4 (48.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 6 wickets

June 7th scorecard	Harare	Sri Lanka 236 (47.5)	-	Zimbabwe 240-2 (47.5)
		Zimbabwe wins with 8 wickets

final

June 9th scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 199 (49)	-	Sri Lanka 203-1 (34.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets

Web links

• The tournament on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zimbabwe Tri-Series 2010 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
2. ↑ Zimbabwe confirm tri-series with India and Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. March 16, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
3. ↑ Raina to lead India in Zimbabwe ( English ) Cricinfo. May 9, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
4. ↑ Sa'adi Thawfeeq: Dilshan to lead Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe ( English ) Cricinfo. May 20, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2016.