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Date | 6–10 April 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Zimbabwe won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Victoria Tri-Series was a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament held in Uganda in April 2019. [1] The participating teams were the women's national sides of Uganda, Kenya and Zimbabwe. [1] [2] These were the first matches played by Kenya Women to have WT20I status after the International Cricket Council announced that all matches played between women's teams of Associate Members after 1 July 2018 would have full T20I status. [3] The tournament provided all three teams with some preparation for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa. [1] Zimbabwe defeated Uganda in the final by 25 runs. [4] [5]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.914 |
2 | Uganda (H) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.003 |
3 | Kenya | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −0.901 |
6 April 2019 Scorecard |
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Modester Mupachikwa 21 (35) Daisy Njoroge 2/7 (2 overs) |
6 April 2019 Scorecard |
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7 April 2019 Scorecard |
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Rita Musamali 35 (42) Lavendah Idambo 1/18 (4 overs) |
7 April 2019 Scorecard |
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Naomi Kayondo 26 (44) Nomvelo Sibanda 3/14 (4 overs) |
9 April 2019 Scorecard |
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Naomi Kayondo 13 (28) Precious Marange 2/7 (3 overs) | Modester Mupachikwa 36 (45) Sarah Walaza 1/7 (1 over) |
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