Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series 2018

The Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series 2018 was a three-nation tournament that was played from July 1st to 8th, 2018 in Zimbabwe in Twenty20 cricket. In addition to the host, teams from Australia and Pakistan took part in the tournament, which is part of the 2018 international cricket season . In the final, Pakistan beat Australia with 6 wickets.

prehistory

Australia recently did a tour in England , as did Pakistan . For Zimbabwe it was the first tour of the season. Before the tournament, there were several doubts about the event, as the Zimbabwean players threatened to boycott due to outstanding payments from the association.

format

In a group, each team plays each other twice. There are four points for a win, two points for a draw or no result. The two best of the group stage qualified for the final where the winner was played.

Stadion

Harare

Venue of the tournament

The following stadium was designated as the venue.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Harare Sports Club	Harare	10,000	1st - 6th game; final

Squad lists

Australia named their roster on May 8, 2018. Zimbabwe named their roster on June 20, 2018. Pakistan named their roster on June 22, 2018.

Twenty20
Australia	Pakistan	Zimbabwe
Aaron Finch ( K ) Alex Carey ( VK , wk ) Ashton agar Travis Head Nic Maddinson Glenn Maxwell Jhye Richardson Kane Richardson D'Arcy Short Billy Stanlake Marcus Stoinis Mitchell Swepson Andrew Tye Jack Wildermuth	Sarfraz Ahmed ( K , wk ) Shaheen Afridi Asif Ali Hasan Ali Mohammad Amir Faheem Ashraf Sahibzada Farhan Mohammad Hafeez Shadab Khan Usman Khan Shoaib Malik Mohammad Nawaz Haris Sohail Hussain Talat Fakhar Zaman	Hamilton Masakadza ( K ) Ryan Burl Chamu Chibhabha Brian Chari Elton Chigumbura Tendai Chisoro Kyle Jarvis Brandon Mavuta Wellington Masakadza Solomon Mire PJ Moor Christopher Mpofu Ryan Murray ( wk ) Tarisai Musakanda Blessing Muzarabani Donald Tiripano Malcolm Waller Cephas Zhuwao

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Points	NRR
Australia	4th	3	1	0	0	0	0	12	+1,809
Pakistan	4th	3	1	0	0	0	0	12	+0.707
Zimbabwe	4th	0	4th	0	0	0	0	0	−2,340

Win: 4 points; Draw: 2 points

Games

July 1st scorecard	Harare	Pakistan 182-4 (20)	-	Zimbabwe 108 (17.5)
		Pakistan wins with 74 runs

July 2nd scorecard	Harare	Pakistan 116 (19.5)	-	Australia 117-1 (10.5)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

July 3 scorecard	Harare	Australia 229-2 (20)	-	Zimbabwe 129-9 (20)
		Australia wins with 100 runs

July 4th scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 162-4 (20)	-	Pakistan 163-3 (19.1)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

July 5th scorecard	Harare	Pakistan 194-7 (20)	-	Australia 149-7 (20)
		Pakistan wins with 45 runs

July 6th scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 151-9 (20)	-	Australia 154-5 (19.5)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

final

July 8th scorecard	Harare	Australia 183-8 (20)	-	Pakistan 187-4 (19.2)
		Pakistan wins with 6 wickets

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Uncertainty continues to cloud Zimbabwe T20 tri-series ( English ) Cricinfo. June 14, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
2. ↑ Paine and Finch to lead; Shaun Marsh and Lyon Recalled ( English ) Cricinfo. May 8, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
3. ↑ Raza, Taylor absent from Zimbabwe T20I squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 20, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
4. ↑ Danyal Rasool: Pakistan call up uncapped Sahibzada Farhan for T20I tri-series in Zimbabwe ( English ) Cricinfo. June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.