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

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and

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. It followed on from England's tour of Australia, which included the 2017–18 Ashes series, 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was named in England's initial squad, but was withdrawn before the tournament started to allow him a break from playing.

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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.

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and Jake Ball were both added to England's initial squad before the series started. Australia's

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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 Tim Seifert respectively in New Zealand's squad before their first match against England. Henry Nicholls was added to New Zealand's squad as cover for

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who was suffering with a back injury. Ahead of 6th T20I

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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 match

2nd match

3rd match

4th match

5th match

6th match

Final

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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