2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series

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]

2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series
Date	20 June–1 July 2018
Location	England
Result	England won the series
Player of the series	Sophie 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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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]

Squads

England[11]	New Zealand[12]	South Africa[13]
Heather Knight (c) Tammy Beaumont Katherine Brunt Sophie Ecclestone Georgia Elwiss Jenny Gunn Danielle Hazell Amy Jones (wk) Laura Marsh Anya Shrubsole Nat Sciver Sarah Taylor (wk) Danni Wyatt Natasha Farrant* Katie George* Lauren Winfield*	Suzie Bates (c) Bernadine Bezuidenhout Sophie Devine Kate Ebrahim Maddy Green Holly Huddleston Hayley Jensen Leigh Kasperek Amelia Kerr Katey Martin Anna Peterson Hannah Rowe Amy Satterthwaite Lea Tahuhu Jess Watkin	Dane van Niekerk (c) Tazmin Brits Shabnim Ismail Marizanne Kapp Ayabonga Khaka Masabata Klaas Stacy Lackay Lizelle Lee (wk) Suné Luus Zintle Mali Raisibe Ntozakhe Mignon du Preez Andrie Steyn Chloe Tryon Laura Wolvaardt

When England announced their squad they said that Katie George and Lauren Winfield would only be in the squad for their double-header on 23 June.^[11] Natasha Farrant was also added to England's squad for the double-header.^[14]

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	England	4	3	1	0	0	6	2.571
2	New Zealand	4	2	2	0	0	4	0.238
3	South Africa	4	1	3	0	0	2	−2.855

Source: ^[15]

WT20I series

1st WT20I

20 June 2018 13:00 Scorecard

New Zealand  216/1 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 150/6 (20 overs)
Suzie Bates 124* (66) Marizanne Kapp 1/32 (4 overs)		Dane van Niekerk 58 (44) Hayley Jensen 3/28 (4 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 66 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: David Millns (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Suzie Bates (NZ)

• South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
• New Zealand Women set a new record for the highest innings total in WT20Is.^[16]
• Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine (NZ) made the highest partnership for any wicket in WT20Is (182).^[16]
• Suzie Bates also scored her first century in WT20Is and became the leading run-scorer in the format, passing Charlotte Edwards' total of 2,605 runs.^[17]

2nd WT20I

20 June 2018 17:40 (D/N) Scorecard

England  250/3 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 129/6 (20 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 116 (52) Stacy Lackay 2/59 (4 overs)		Dane van Niekerk 72 (51) Katherine Brunt 2/18 (4 overs)

England Women won by 121 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and David Millns (Eng) Player of the match: Tammy Beaumont (Eng)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Anya Shrubsole (Eng) played in her 50th WT20I.^[18]
• Tammy Beaumont (Eng) scored her first century in WT20Is.^[19]
• England Women set a new record for the highest innings total in WT20Is.^[19]
• In terms of runs, this was England's biggest winning margin in WT20Is.^[6]

3rd WT20I

23 June 2018 13:00 Scorecard

England  160/5 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 166/4 (19.3 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 71 (59) Shabnim Ismail 2/27 (4 overs)		Lizelle Lee 68 (37) Anya Shrubsole 2/24 (4 overs)

South Africa Women won by 6 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Martin Saggers (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Suné Luus (SA)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was South Africa Women's highest successful run chase in WT20Is.^[20]

4th WT20I

23 June 2018 17:40 (D/N) Scorecard

England  172/8 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 118 (18.3 overs)
Nat Sciver 59 (37) Leigh Kasperek 3/35 (3 overs)		Suzie Bates 23 (17) Maddy Green 23 (17) Sophie Ecclestone 4/18 (4 overs)

England Women won by 54 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match: Sophie Ecclestone (Eng)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

5th WT20I

28 June 2018 13:00 Scorecard

South Africa  148/6 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 151/2 (15.2 overs)
Chloe Tryon 35 (15) Hayley Jensen 2/24 (4 overs)		Sophie Devine 68* (40) Marizanne Kapp 1/30 (3.2 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 8 wickets Bristol County Ground, Bristol Umpires: David Millns (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Sophie Devine (NZ)

• South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• New Zealand and England progressed to the final as a result of this match.^[7]

6th WT20I

28 June 2018 17:40 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  129 (18.1 overs)	v	England 130/3 (15.5 overs)
Sophie Devine 52 (45) Anya Shrubsole 3/16 (3.1 overs)		Sarah Taylor 51 (37) Jess Watkin 2/27 (4 overs)

England Women won by 7 wickets Bristol County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Neil Bainton (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Anya Shrubsole (Eng)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Suzie Bates (NZ) became the second woman to play in 100 WT20Is.^[9]

Final

1 July 2018 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  137/9 (20 overs)	v	England 141/3 (17.1 overs)
Sophie Devine 31 (18) Danielle Hazell 2/20 (4 overs)		Danni Wyatt 50 (35) Amelia Kerr 2/22 (4 overs)

England Women won by 7 wickets County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Neil Bainton (Eng) and Alex Wharf Player of the match: Katherine Brunt (Eng)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.