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2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series

2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series
Date20 June–1 July 2018
LocationEngland
Result England won the series
Player of the seriesSophie Ecclestone (Eng)
Teams
 England  New Zealand  South Africa
Captains
Heather Knight Suzie Bates Dane van Niekerk
Most runs
Tammy Beaumont (256) Suzie Bates (240) Dane van Niekerk (180)
Most wickets
Sophie Ecclestone (10) Hayley Jensen (6) Shabnim Ismail (3)
Zintle Mali (3)
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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]

Squads

 England[11]  New Zealand[12]  South Africa[13]

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]

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
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
Source: [15]

WT20I series

1st WT20I

20 June 2018
13:00
Scorecard
New Zealand 
216/1 (20 overs)
v
 South Africa
150/6 (20 overs)
Suzie Bates 124* (66)
Marizanne Kapp 1/32 (4 overs)
Dane van Niekerk 58 (44)
Hayley Jensen 3/28 (4 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 66 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: David Millns (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Suzie Bates (NZ)

2nd WT20I

20 June 2018
17:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
England 
250/3 (20 overs)
v
 South Africa
129/6 (20 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 116 (52)
Stacy Lackay 2/59 (4 overs)
Dane van Niekerk 72 (51)
Katherine Brunt 2/18 (4 overs)
England Women won by 121 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and David Millns (Eng)
Player of the match: Tammy Beaumont (Eng)

3rd WT20I

23 June 2018
13:00
Scorecard
England 
160/5 (20 overs)
v
 South Africa
166/4 (19.3 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 71 (59)
Shabnim Ismail 2/27 (4 overs)
Lizelle Lee 68 (37)
Anya Shrubsole 2/24 (4 overs)
South Africa Women won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Martin Saggers (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Suné Luus (SA)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was South Africa Women's highest successful run chase in WT20Is.[20]

4th WT20I

23 June 2018
17:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
England 
172/8 (20 overs)
v
 New Zealand
118 (18.3 overs)
Nat Sciver 59 (37)
Leigh Kasperek 3/35 (3 overs)
Suzie Bates 23 (17)
Maddy Green 23 (17)
Sophie Ecclestone 4/18 (4 overs)
England Women won by 54 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng)
Player of the match: Sophie Ecclestone (Eng)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

5th WT20I

28 June 2018
13:00
Scorecard
South Africa 
148/6 (20 overs)
v
 New Zealand
151/2 (15.2 overs)
Chloe Tryon 35 (15)
Hayley Jensen 2/24 (4 overs)
Sophie Devine 68* (40)
Marizanne Kapp 1/30 (3.2 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 8 wickets
Bristol County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: David Millns (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Sophie Devine (NZ)
  • South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • New Zealand and England progressed to the final as a result of this match.[7]

6th WT20I

28 June 2018
17:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
129 (18.1 overs)
v
 England
130/3 (15.5 overs)
Sophie Devine 52 (45)
Anya Shrubsole 3/16 (3.1 overs)
Sarah Taylor 51 (37)
Jess Watkin 2/27 (4 overs)
England Women won by 7 wickets
Bristol County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Neil Bainton (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Anya Shrubsole (Eng)
  • New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Suzie Bates (NZ) became the second woman to play in 100 WT20Is.[9]

Final

1 July 2018
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
137/9 (20 overs)
v
 England
141/3 (17.1 overs)
Sophie Devine 31 (18)
Danielle Hazell 2/20 (4 overs)
Danni Wyatt 50 (35)
Amelia Kerr 2/22 (4 overs)
England Women won by 7 wickets
County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Neil Bainton (Eng) and Alex Wharf
Player of the match: Katherine Brunt (Eng)
  • New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.

References

  1. ^ "Jess Watkin, Bernadine Bezuidenhout called up for tour of Ireland and England". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. ^ "England women to host South Africa, New Zealand in 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b "England confirm 2018 fixtures". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Blistering Suzie Bates sets up record-smashing victory for New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Tammy Beaumont's 47-ball hundred powers England to world-record 250 for 3". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Knight: We want more records". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  7. ^ a b "New Zealand beat South Africa to reach women's T20 tri-series final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  8. ^ "New Zealand reach tri-series final as Bates, Devine make light work of South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  9. ^ a b "'T20I cricket has changed dramatically' – Suzie Bates marks 100 appearances". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  10. ^ "England outclass New Zealand to take tri-series title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  11. ^ a b "England name Vitality IT20 Tri-Series squad". Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  12. ^ "New Zealand women call up Watkin, Bezuidenhout for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  13. ^ "South Africa drop Trisha Chetty for limited-overs tour of England". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Natasha Farrant included in England Women's T20 squad". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  15. ^ "England Tri-Nation T20 Women's Series Table - 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  16. ^ a b "New Zealand break WT20I record as Suzie Bates hits maiden century". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  17. ^ "New Zealand break WT20I record as Suzie Bates hits maiden century". Sun FM. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  18. ^ "England shatter WT20I record". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  19. ^ a b "England women make highest T20 total - hours after New Zealand set record". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  20. ^ "Lizelle Lee and Sune Luus power South Africa to victory". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_England_women%27s_Tri-Nation_Series