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Date | 27 September – 3 October 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that was held from 27 September to 3 October 2019 in Singapore. [1] It was a tri-nation series featuring Singapore, Nepal and Zimbabwe, with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). [2] Singapore used the series to prepare for their first appearance in the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier in October 2019. [2] It was the first T20I tri-series to be played in Singapore. [3]
Prior to the series, Zimbabwe also played in another tri-series, in Bangladesh. [4] Zimbabwe Cricket named Sean Williams as Zimbabwe's captain, [5] after Hamilton Masakadza announced that he would retire from international cricket following the conclusion of the tri-series in Bangladesh that took place earlier in September. [6]
In the third match of the series, Singapore beat Zimbabwe by four runs. [7] It was the first time that Singapore had beaten a Full Member team in an international cricket match. [8] [9] Despite their loss to Singapore, Zimbabwe went on to win the series, winning all their other matches. [10]
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.833 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −0.383 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −0.871 |
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