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2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series

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2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series
Date1–8 July 2018
LocationZimbabwe
Result Pakistan won the series
Player of the seriesFakhar Zaman (Pak)[1]
Teams
 Australia  Pakistan  Zimbabwe
Captains
Aaron Finch Sarfaraz Ahmed Hamilton Masakadza
Most runs
Aaron Finch (306)[2] Fakhar Zaman (278)[2] Solomon Mire (212)[2]
Most wickets
Andrew Tye (12)[3] Mohammad Amir
Shadab Khan (5)[3]
Blessing Muzarabani (5)[3]

The 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament held from 1 to 8 July 2018 in Zimbabwe.[4] It was a tri-nation series between Australia, Pakistan and Zimbabwe, with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) at the Harare Sports Club.[5][6] In the fourth T20I, Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets, therefore Australia and Pakistan qualified for the final.[7] Pakistan defeated Australia in the final by six wickets to win the series.[8]

Originally, the tour was just going to feature Australia and Zimbabwe, with the two teams playing two Tests and three One Day Internationals (ODIs).[9][10] In June 2018, the Zimbabwe team threatened to boycott the tour in a dispute over outstanding money that had not been paid to players.[11] Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) paid one of the three months' worth of outstanding salaries, with the players giving ZC the deadline of 25 June 2018 to pay the rest, or face a boycott.[12] However, despite not being paid, the players are likely to call off the protest and play in the series,[13] but the demand for the outstanding salaries payment deadline remains in place.[14] Zimbabwe Cricket assured players that all the outstanding salaries would be paid by 25 July 2018, one month after the players' deadline.[15] A few days later, Zimbabwe Cricket named a 22-man preliminary squad for the series, which was trimmed down to a final seventeen players.[16][17] Zimbabwe did not initially name a captain, after Graeme Cremer was sacked following the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.[17] A day before the first match, Hamilton Masakadza was named as Zimbabwe's captain.[18]

Squads

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 Australia[19]  Pakistan[20]  Zimbabwe[17]

After the first T20I, Kyle Jarvis was ruled out for the series due to injury and was replaced by Donald Tiripano in Zimbabwe's squad.[21]

Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Australia 4 3 1 0 0 12 1.809
2  Pakistan 4 3 1 0 0 12 0.707
3  Zimbabwe 4 0 4 0 0 0 −2.340
Source: [22]

T20I series

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1st T20I

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1 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Pakistan 
182/4 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
108 (17.5 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 61 (40)
Tendai Chisoro 2/28 (4 overs)
Tarisai Musakanda 43 (35)
Mohammad Hafeez 2/3 (0.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 74 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Asif Ali (Pak)

2nd T20I

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2 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Pakistan 
116 (19.5 overs)
v
 Australia
117/1 (10.5 overs)
Shadab Khan 29 (25)
Billy Stanlake 4/8 (4 overs)
Aaron Finch 68* (33)
Hasan Ali 1/18 (2 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Billy Stanlake (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shoaib Malik (Pak) became the first male cricketer to play 100 T20Is.[25]

3rd T20I

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3 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Australia 
229/2 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
129/9 (20 overs)
Aaron Finch 172 (76)
Blessing Muzarabani 2/38 (4 overs)
Solomon Mire 28 (19)
Andrew Tye 3/12 (4 overs)
Australia won by 100 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Aus)

4th T20I

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4 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
162/4 (20 overs)
v
 Pakistan
163/3 (19.1 overs)
Solomon Mire 94 (63)
Hussain Talat 1/10 (1 over)
Fakhar Zaman 47 (38)
Solomon Mire 1/15 (2 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Solomon Mire (Zim)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

5th T20I

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5 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Pakistan 
194/7 (20 overs)
v
 Australia
149/7 (20 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 73 (42)
Andrew Tye 3/35 (4 overs)
Alex Carey 37* (24)
Shaheen Afridi 3/37 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 45 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Pak)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.

6th T20I

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6 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
151/9 (20 overs)
v
 Australia
154/5 (19.5 overs)
Solomon Mire 63 (52)
Andrew Tye 3/28 (4 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 56 (38)
Blessing Muzarabani 3/21 (4 overs)
Australia won by 5 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Andrew Tye (Aus)

Final

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8 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Australia 
183/8 (20 overs)
v
 Pakistan
187/4 (19.2 overs)
D'Arcy Short 76 (53)
Mohammad Amir 3/33 (4 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 91 (46)
Glenn Maxwell 2/35 (3 overs)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Pak)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sahibzada Farhan (Pak) made his T20I debut.
  • This was Pakistan's highest successful run chase in T20Is.[8]

References

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  15. ^ "Zimbabwe Cricket assures player salaries by July 25". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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  17. ^ a b c "Taylor, Cremer, Williams omitted from Zimbabwe squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
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  21. ^ "Donald Tiripano replaces injured Kyle Jarvis". Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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  24. ^ "Sarfraz Ahmed sets world record for most wins as Pakistan T20I captain". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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