| 2022 Capricorn Women's Tri-Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 20–26 April 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Namibia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result |  Zimbabwe won the tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Capricorn Women's Tri-Series was a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament that was held in Namibia in April 2022. [1] [2] The participating teams were the hosts Namibia, along with Uganda and Zimbabwe. [3] [4] The tournament consisted of a triple round-robin stage followed by a final between the top two teams. [5] [6] The series was the first as head coach of Zimbabwe Women for former international cricketer Gary Brent. [7]
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Namibia won the opening match of the series, against Zimbabwe, by seven wickets, [8] to record their first ever win against a Full Member side. [9] On day two of the series, Uganda lost both of their matches, the first by twelve runs to Namibia, [10] and then by eight runs to Zimbabwe. [11] Zimbabwe defeated Uganda again on day three, this time by 22 runs, despite a controversial dismissal of Zimbabwean captain Mary-Ann Musonda for obstructing the field. [12] On the fourth day, Zimbabwe bowled out the hosts for only 41 runs before securing a win by nine wickets. [13] Namibia were bowled out cheaply again in the afternoon, this time for 68, but were still able to defeat Uganda by 28 runs thanks to a first five-wicket haul for Sune Wittmann. [14] Zimbabwe rotated their squad for their final round-robin game, in which Josephine Nkomo took the captaincy in a win by 11 runs over Uganda. [15] Later on day five, Zimbabwe recorded their highest WT20I partnership, with openers Sharne Mayers and Kelis Ndhlovu adding an unbeaten 156 runs in a 67-run win over Namibia. [16]
Following the conclusion of the round-robin matches, Zimbabwe and Namibia had advanced to the final of the series. [17] Zimbabwe won the final by seven wickets, with Nomvelo Sibanda taking a hat-trick and a five-wicket haul. [18] [19]