The 2022 Capricorn Women's Tri-Series was a

Women's Twenty20 International Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The first Twent ...

(WT20I) cricket tournament that was held in

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in April 2022. The participating teams were the hosts

, along with

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and

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

. The tournament consisted of a triple round-robin stage followed by a final between the top two teams. The series was the first as head coach of Zimbabwe Women for former international cricketer

Gary Brent Gary Bazil Brent (born 13 January 1976) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. Brent is an inswinging bowler, with a good slow-arm bowling technique. Having missed the cut for the 2003 Cricket World Cup, he made the squad for the 2003/04 tour in Aus ...

. Namibia won the opening match of the series, against Zimbabwe, by seven wickets, to record their first ever win against a Full Member side. On day two of the series, Uganda lost both of their matches, the first by twelve runs to Namibia, and then by eight runs to Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe defeated Uganda again on day three, this time by 22 runs, despite a controversial dismissal of Zimbabwean captain

Mary-Ann Musonda Mary-Anne Musonda (born 4 August 1991) is a Zimbabwean cricketer and the current captain of the women's national cricket team, for which she is a right-handed batter. She also has a master's degree in Development Finance from the University of ...

for obstructing the field. On the fourth day, Zimbabwe bowled out the hosts for only 41 runs before securing a win by nine wickets. Namibia were bowled out cheaply again in the afternoon, this time for 68, but were still able to defeat Uganda by 28 runs thanks to a first five-wicket haul for Sune Wittmann. Zimbabwe rotated their squad for their final round-robin game, in which Josephine Nkomo took the captaincy in a win by 11 runs over Uganda. Later on day five, Zimbabwe recorded their highest WT20I partnership, with openers

Sharne Mayers Sharne Mary Mayers (born 19 July 1992) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who plays for the Zimbabwe women's national cricket team. Mayers was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in South Africa. She captain (crick ...

and Kelis Ndhlovu adding an unbeaten 156 runs in a 67-run win over Namibia. Following the conclusion of the round-robin matches, Zimbabwe and Namibia had advanced to the final of the series. Zimbabwe won the final by seven wickets, with

Nomvelo Sibanda Nomvelo Sibanda (born 21 November 1996) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who plays for the Zimbabwe women's national cricket team as a left-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Kei. In January 2019, Sibanda was named in Zimbabwe's Women's ...

taking a

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and a

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Squads

Round-robin

Points table

Qualified for

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Fixtures

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Final

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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