2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series
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| Date | 1–8 July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result |  Pakistan won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Fakhar Zaman (Pak)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament held from 1 to 8 July 2018 in Zimbabwe.[4] It was a tri-nation series between Australia, Pakistan and Zimbabwe, with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) at the Harare Sports Club.[5][6] In the fourth T20I, Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets, therefore Australia and Pakistan qualified for the final.[7] Pakistan defeated Australia in the final by six wickets to win the series.[8]
Originally, the tour was just going to feature Australia and Zimbabwe, with the two teams playing two Tests and three One Day Internationals (ODIs).[9][10] In June 2018, the Zimbabwe team threatened to boycott the tour in a dispute over outstanding money that has not been paid to players.[11] Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) paid one of the three months' worth of outstanding salaries, with the players giving ZC the deadline of 25 June 2018 to pay the rest, or face a boycott.[12] However, despite not being paid, the players are likely to call off the protest and play in the series,[13] but the demand for the outstanding salaries payment deadline remains in place.[14] Zimbabwe Cricket assured players that all the outstanding salaries would be paid by 25 July 2018, one month after the players' deadline.[15] A few days later, Zimbabwe Cricket named a 22-man preliminary squad for the series, which was trimmed down to a final seventeen players.[16][17] Zimbabwe did not initially name a captain, after Graeme Cremer was sacked following the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.[17] A day before the first match, Hamilton Masakadza was named as Zimbabwe's captain.[18]
Squads[edit]
 Australia[19]
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Pakistan[20]
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 Zimbabwe[17]
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After the first T20I, Kyle Jarvis was ruled out for the series due to injury and was replaced by Donald Tiripano in Zimbabwe's squad.[21]
Points table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Australia
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.809 |
| 2 | Pakistan
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.707 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.340 |
T20I series[edit]
1st T20I[edit]
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Tarisai Musakanda and John Nyumbu (Zim) both made their T20I debuts.
- Shoaib Malik (Pak) scored his 2,000th run in T20Is.[23]
- Sarfaraz Ahmed recorded the most wins as Pakistan captain in T20Is (20).[24]
2nd T20I[edit]
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Shoaib Malik (Pak) became the first male cricketer to play 100 T20Is.[25]
3rd T20I[edit]
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Aaron Finch (Aus) recorded the highest individual score in T20Is (172).[26]
- Aaron Finch and D'Arcy Short (Aus) recorded the highest partnership in T20Is (223).[26]
- Australia recorded their biggest win in terms of runs in T20Is (100).[26]
4th T20I[edit]
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
5th T20I[edit]
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
6th T20I[edit]
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Brandon Mavuta (Zim) and Jack Wildermuth (Aus) both made their T20I debuts.
Final[edit]
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sahibzada Farhan (Pak) made his T20I debut.
- This was Pakistan's highest successful run chase in T20Is.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "'A great team effort' – Sarfraz Ahmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series leading runs scorers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series leading wicket takers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Australia and Pakistan to play tri-series in Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Zimbabwe Cricket announce T20I tri-series against Australia, Pakistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Australia set for Zimbabwe tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Zimbabwe knocked out despite Solomon Mire 94". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ a b Rasool, Danyal (8 July 2018). "Fakhar Zaman's 91 seals record chase to give Pakistan the title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Zimbabwe terminate contracts of Streak, Klusener & Co". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Zimbabwe players threaten to boycott T20 tri-series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Graeme Cremer, Sikandar Raza left out of T20 practice matches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Zimbabwe players likely to call off protest and play in tri-series next month". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Uncertainty continues to cloud Zimbabwe T20 tri-series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Zimbabwe Cricket assures player salaries by July 25". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Raza, Taylor absent from Zimbabwe T20I squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "Taylor, Cremer, Williams omitted from Zimbabwe squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "Pakistan, Australia in Zimbabwe with No.1 spot to fight for". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Paine and Finch to lead; Shaun Marsh and Lyon recalled". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Pakistan call up uncapped Sahibzada Farhan for T20I tri-series in Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Donald Tiripano replaces injured Kyle Jarvis". Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Australia T20I Tri-Series, 2018 Points Table". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Shoaib Malik becomes third batsman to score 2000 T20Is runs". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Sarfraz Ahmed sets world record for most wins as Pakistan T20I captain". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Shoaib Malik - the first to play 100 T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finch fury in Harare". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2018.