2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series

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2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series
Date27 September – 3 October 2019
Location Singapore
ResultFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe won the series
Teams
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Captains
Paras Khadka Amjad Mahboob [n 1] Sean Williams
Most runs
Paras Khadka (136) Tim David (152) Sean Williams (130)
Most wickets
Sandeep Lamichhane (5) Janak Prakash (4) Ryan Burl (6)
Sean Williams (6)

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]

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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]

Squads

Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal [11] Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore [12] Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [13]

Points table

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 4310060.833
2Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 412013−0.383
3Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore (H)412013−0.871
Source: [14]
(H) Host

Matches

1st T20I

27 September 2019
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
132/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
133/5 (18.1 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 40 (33)
Sean Williams 2/19 (4 overs)
Ryan Burl 41* (36)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/15 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Anand Natarajan (Sin)
Player of the match: Richmond Mutumbami (Zim)

2nd T20I

28 September 2019
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg
151/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
154/1 (16 overs)
Tim David 64* (44)
Karan KC 2/34 (4 overs)
Paras Khadka 106* (52)
Janak Prakash 1/10 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 9 wickets
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Hardeep Jadeja (Sin)
Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nep)

3rd T20I

29 September 2019
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg
181/9 (18 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
177/7 (18 overs)
Manpreet Singh 41 (23)
Ryan Burl 3/24 (3 overs)
Sean Williams 66 (35)
Amjad Mahboob 2/20 (4 overs)
Singapore won by 4 runs
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Balraj Manikandan (Sin)
Player of the match: Sean Williams (Zim)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to a wet outfield.
  • Aahan Gopinath Achar, Aritra Dutta (Sin) and Richard Ngarava (Zim) all made their T20I debuts. This was Singapore's 1st win against full member nation in T20Is.

4th T20I

1 October 2019
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
160/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
120/9 (20 overs)
Sean Williams 53 (35)
Sompal Kami 2/15 (4 overs)
Binod Bhandari 33 (35)
Sean Williams 3/21 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 40 runs
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Senthil Kumar (Sin)
Player of the match: Sean Williams (Zim)

5th T20I

2 October 2019
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Match abandoned
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Hardeep Jadeja (Sin)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

6th T20I

3 October 2019
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg
167/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
168/2 (18.4 overs)
Surendran Chandramohan 66 (47)
Daniel Jakiel 2/27 (4 overs)
Peter Moor 92* (60)
Tim David 1/26 (3 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Anand Natarajan (Sin)
Player of the match: Peter Moor (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

  1. Tim David captained Singapore against Nepal on 28 September.

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