The 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series was a
cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
tournament that was held from 27 September to 3 October 2019 in
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
. It was a tri-nation series featuring
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
,
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
and
Zimbabwe
file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map
Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...
, with all the matches played as
Twenty20 International
Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of Twenty20 cricket, in which each team plays a single innings with a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are played between international teams recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). ...
s (T20Is).
Singapore used the series to prepare for their first appearance in the
ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier in October 2019.
It was the first T20I tri-series to be played in Singapore.
Prior to the series, Zimbabwe also played in another tri-series,
in Bangladesh.
Zimbabwe Cricket
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC), previously known as the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) until 2004, is the governing body for the sport of cricket in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Cricket is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), and administers th ...
named
Sean Williams as
Zimbabwe's captain, after
Hamilton Masakadza
Hamilton Masakadza (born 9 August 1983) is a Zimbabwean former cricketer, who played all formats of the game for Zimbabwe. He captained the national team during 2016 ICC World T20, but was relieved of his duties following an indifferent team pe ...
announced that he would retire from international cricket following the conclusion of the tri-series in Bangladesh that took place earlier in September.
In the third match of the series, Singapore beat Zimbabwe by four runs. It was the first time that Singapore had beaten a
Full Member team in an international cricket match. Despite their loss to Singapore, Zimbabwe went on to win the series, winning all their other matches.
Squads
Points table
Matches
1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
4th T20I
5th T20I
6th T20I
Notes
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
Tri-Nation Series
2019 in Nepalese cricket
2019 in Zimbabwean cricket
International cricket competitions in 2019–20
International cricket competitions in Singapore
Singapore Tri-Nation Series
Singapore Tri-Nations Series
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