2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series

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2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series
Brighto Paints presents J. Cup 2018 Tri-series official logo.jpg
Date1–8 July 2018
Location Zimbabwe
ResultFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan won the series
Player of the series Fakhar Zaman (Pak) [1]
Teams
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Captains
Aaron Finch Sarfaraz Ahmed Hamilton Masakadza
Most runs
Aaron Finch (306) [2] Fakhar Zaman (278) [2] Solomon Mire (212) [2]
Most wickets
Andrew Tye (12) [3] Mohammad Amir
Shadab Khan (5) [3] 		Blessing Muzarabani (5) [3]
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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]

Contents

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 had 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

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [19] Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan [20] Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [17]

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

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 43100121.809
2Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 43100120.707
3Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 404000−2.340
Source: [22]

T20I series

1st T20I

1 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
182/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
108 (17.5 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 61 (40)
Tendai Chisoro 2/28 (4 overs)
Tarisai Musakanda 43 (35)
Mohammad Hafeez 2/3 (0.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 74 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Asif Ali (Pak)

2nd T20I

2 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
116 (19.5 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
117/1 (10.5 overs)
Shadab Khan 29 (25)
Billy Stanlake 4/8 (4 overs)
Aaron Finch 68* (33)
Hasan Ali 1/18 (2 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Billy Stanlake (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shoaib Malik (Pak) became the first male cricketer to play 100 T20Is. [25]

3rd T20I

3 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
229/2 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
129/9 (20 overs)
Aaron Finch 172 (76)
Blessing Muzarabani 2/38 (4 overs)
Solomon Mire 28 (19)
Andrew Tye 3/12 (4 overs)
Australia won by 100 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Aus)

4th T20I

4 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
162/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
163/3 (19.1 overs)
Solomon Mire 94 (63)
Hussain Talat 1/10 (1 over)
Fakhar Zaman 47 (38)
Solomon Mire 1/15 (2 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Solomon Mire (Zim)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

5th T20I

5 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
194/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
149/7 (20 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 73 (42)
Andrew Tye 3/35 (4 overs)
Alex Carey 37* (24)
Shaheen Afridi 3/37 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 45 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Pak)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.

6th T20I

6 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
151/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
154/5 (19.5 overs)
Solomon Mire 63 (52)
Andrew Tye 3/28 (4 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 56 (38)
Blessing Muzarabani 3/21 (4 overs)
Australia won by 5 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Andrew Tye (Aus)

Final

8 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
183/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
187/4 (19.2 overs)
D'Arcy Short 76 (53)
Mohammad Amir 3/33 (4 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 91 (46)
Glenn Maxwell 2/35 (3 overs)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Pak)
  • 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]

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