2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 20 June–1 July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | England won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Player of the series | Sophie Ecclestone (Eng) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in England in June and July 2018. [1] It was a tri-nation series between England women, South Africa women and the New Zealand women cricket teams. [2] The matches were played as Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) fixtures, with two matches were played each day. [3] The top two teams progressed to the final on 1 July 2018. [3]
In the opening fixture of the series, New Zealand set a new record for the highest innings total in WT20Is, scoring 216 runs for the loss of one wicket against South Africa, in their 20 overs. [4] Hours later on the same day, England broke the record, by scoring 250 runs for the loss of three wickets, also against South Africa. [5] England went on to beat South Africa by 121 runs to record their biggest winning margin, in terms of runs, in WT20Is. [6]
In the fifth match, New Zealand beat South Africa by eight wickets. [7] Thefefore, New Zealand and England both progressed to the final, with South Africa being eliminated. [8] In the following match, New Zealand's Suzie Bates became the second woman, after Jenny Gunn, to play in her 100th WT20I match. [9] England won the tri-series, beating New Zealand by seven wickets in the final. [10]
England [11] | New Zealand [12] | South Africa [13] |
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When England announced their squad they said that Katie George and Lauren Winfield would only be in the squad for their double-header on 23 June. [11] Natasha Farrant was also added to England's squad for the double-header. [14]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | England | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.571 |
2 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.238 |
3 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2.855 |
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