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]

  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. ^ "Knight: We want more records". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  7. ^ "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. ^ "'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.