The 2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series was a

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(T20I)

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tournament that was held in Australia and New Zealand in February 2018. It was a tri-nation series between Australia,

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and

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. It followed on from England's tour of Australia, which included the

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, and took the place of the planned

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series. It was the first T20I tri-series contested by full ICC members. Australia qualified for the final after winning their first three matches. They were joined in the final by New Zealand, who despite losing to England in their final group match, qualified on

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. Australia won the final against New Zealand, beating them by 19 runs by the

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, after a rain-affected match.

Squads

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was named in England's initial squad, but was withdrawn before the tournament started to allow him a break from playing. Ben Stokes confirmed he would not join the England squad until after his court appearance on 13 February 2018. Stokes was charged with

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on 15 January 2018, in relation to an incident in September 2017. He pled not guilty at the court appearance and though he joined up with the squad before England's final game he did not play in the tri-series.

Sam Curran Samuel Matthew Curran (born 3 June 1998) is an English cricketer who plays for England in all formats. In domestic cricket, he represents Surrey, and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including for Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super King ...

and Jake Ball were both added to England's initial squad before the series started. Australia's Aaron Finch was ruled out of the first T20I due to a hamstring injury. Tom Bruce and

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were replaced by Mark Chapman and

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respectively in New Zealand's squad before their first match against England. Henry Nicholls was added to New Zealand's squad as cover for Kane Williamson who was suffering with a back injury. Ahead of 6th T20I Liam Plunkett was ruled out of England's squad for rest of the series.

Tour match

20-over: Prime Minister's XI v England XI

Points table

Fixtures

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

4th T20I

5th T20I

6th T20I

Final

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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