Zimbabwe Twenty20 Triangular Series in 2012

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2012 Zimbabwe Twenty20 Triangular Series
Date17 June 2012 – 24 June 2012
LocationFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
ResultWinnersFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Teams
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Captains
Mushfiqur Rahim Hashim Amla Brendan Taylor
Most runs
Mohammad Ashraful (114) Richard Levi (131) Hamilton Masakadza (267)
Most wickets
Mashrafe Mortaza (5) Wayne Parnell (7) Christopher Mpofu (7)

The 2012 Zimbabwe Twenty20 Triangular Series was a Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Zimbabwe. The tournament was originally scheduled as a 5-match Twenty20 series between Zimbabwe and South Africa. [1] Bangladesh was included in this series at the request of the Bangladesh Cricket Board after Bangladesh's tour of Pakistan and Zimbabwe were postponed, leaving Bangladesh with no international cricket between March and September 2012. [2] The matches in this series were not classified as official Twenty20 International matches, but instead classified as domestic t20 matches.

Contents

The tournament was won by Zimbabwe, who defeated South Africa by 9 wickets in the final in Harare.

Squads

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [3] Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh [4] Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa [5]

Points table

PosTeamPldWLTNRBPPts NRR
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 42200080.378
2Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 4220008−0.086
3Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 4220008−0.280
Source: Points table on ESPN CricInfo

Tour matches

15 June
09:30
Scorecard
Bangladeshis  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
126/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Select XI
127/7 (19.3 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 32 (25)
Graeme Cremer 4/14 (4 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 38 (28)
Abul Hasan 2/15 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe Select XI won by 3 wickets
Country Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi and Sifelani Rwaziyeni
  • Bangladeshis won the toss and elected to bat.

15 June
13:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe Select XI  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
175/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladeshis
156/7 (20 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 102 (60)
Nazmul Hossain 2/41 (4 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahim 49 (33)
Shingi Masakadza 2/14 (3 overs)
Zimbabwe Select XI won by 19 runs
Country Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi and Sifelani Rwaziyeni
  • Zimbabwe Select XI won the toss and elected to bat.

Matches

1st match

17 June
13:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
154/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
143/5 (20 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 62 (35)
Abul Hasan 2/37 (4 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 38 (35)
Christopher Mpofu 2/20 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 11 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Owen Chirombe and Russell Tiffin
Player of the match: Hamilton Masakadza (ZIM)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd match

19 June
13:00
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
209/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
170/8 (20 overs)
Hashim Amla 88* (53)
Ziaur Rahman 1/28 (3 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahim 50* (32)
Robin Peterson 2/16 (4 overs)
South Africa won by 39 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Langton Rusere and Russell Tiffin
Player of the match: Hashim Amla (RSA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd match

20 June
13:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
176/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
147 (19.2 overs)
Vusi Sibanda 58 (50)
Wayne Parnell 2/33 (3 overs)
Colin Ingram 48 (39)
Christopher Mpofu 3/20 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 29 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Owen Chirombe and Jeremiah Matibiri
Player of the match: Christopher Mpofu (ZIM)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

4th match

21 June
13:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
149/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
153/4 (17.3 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 56 (54)
Mashrafe Mortaza 2/28 (4 overs)
Nasir Hossain 41 (31)
Kyle Jarvis 1/18 (3 overs)
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Owen Chirombe and Langton Rusere
Player of the match: Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat

5th match

22 June
13:00
Scorecard
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
132/7 (19.5 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
129/7 (20 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 40 (40)
Marchant de Lange 3–25 (3 overs)
Justin Ontong 41 (36)
Elias Sunny 1–18 (3 overs)
Bangladesh win by 3 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matbiri and Russell Tiffin
Player of the match: Mahmudullah (BAN)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

6th match

23 June
13:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
124/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
130/4 (20 overs)
Graeme Cremer 36* (27)
Wayne Parnell 3/16 (4 overs)
Richard Levi 54 (30)
Malcolm Waller 1/3 (1 over)
South Africa won by 6 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri and Langton Rusere
Player of the match: Wayne Parnell (RSA)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

24 June
13:00
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
146/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
150/1 (17.1 overs)
Francois du Plessis 66 (57)
Kyle Jarvis 2/22 (4 overs)
Brendan Taylor 59 (41)
Chris Morris 1/24 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 9 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Owen Chirombe and Russell Tiffin
Player of the match: Brendan Taylor (ZIM)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

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