2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series

The 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that was held from 27 September to 3 October 2019 in Singapore.[1] It was a tri-nation series featuring Singapore, Nepal and Zimbabwe, with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[2] Singapore used the series as preparation for their first appearance in the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier in October 2019.[2] It was the first T20I tri-series to be played in Singapore.[3]

2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series
Date27 September – 3 October 2019
LocationSingapore
Result Zimbabwe won the series
Teams
   Nepal  Singapore  Zimbabwe
Captains
Paras Khadka Amjad Mahboob[n 1] Sean Williams
Most runs
Paras Khadka (136) Tim David (152) Sean Williams (130)
Most wickets
Sandeep Lamichhane (5) Janak Prakash (4) Ryan Burl (6)
Sean Williams (6)

Prior to the series, Zimbabwe also played in another tri-series, in Bangladesh.[4] Zimbabwe Cricket named Sean Williams as Zimbabwe's captain,[5] after Hamilton Masakadza announced that he would retire from international cricket following the conclusion of the tri-series in Bangladesh that took place earlier in September.[6]

In the third match of the series, Singapore beat Zimbabwe by four runs.[7] It was the first time that Singapore had beaten a Full Member team in an international cricket match.[8][9] Despite their loss to Singapore, Zimbabwe went on to win the series, winning all their other matches.[10]

Squads
   Nepal[11]  Singapore[12]  Zimbabwe[13]

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Zimbabwe 4 3 1 0 0 6 0.833
2    Nepal 4 1 2 0 1 3 −0.383
3  Singapore (H) 4 1 2 0 1 3 −0.871
Source: [14]
(H) Host

Matches

1st T20I
27 September 2019
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Nepal   
132/6 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
133/5 (18.1 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 40 (33)
Sean Williams 2/19 (4 overs)
Ryan Burl 41* (36)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/15 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Anand Natarajan (Sin)
Player of the match: Richmond Mutumbami (Zim)

2nd T20I
28 September 2019
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Singapore 
151/3 (20 overs)
v
   Nepal
154/1 (16 overs)
Tim David 64* (44)
Karan KC 2/34 (4 overs)
Paras Khadka 106* (52)
Janak Prakash 1/10 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 9 wickets
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Hardeep Jadeja (Sin)
Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nep)

3rd T20I
29 September 2019
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Singapore 
181/9 (18 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
177/7 (18 overs)
Manpreet Singh 41 (23)
Ryan Burl 3/24 (3 overs)
Sean Williams 66 (35)
Amjad Mahboob 2/20 (4 overs)
Singapore won by 4 runs
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Balraj Manikandan (Sin)
Player of the match: Sean Williams (Zim)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to a wet outfield.
  • Aahan Gopinath Achar, Aritra Dutta (Sin) and Richard Ngarava (Zim) all made their T20I debuts. This was Singapore's 1st win against full member nation in T20Is.

4th T20I
1 October 2019
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
160/6 (20 overs)
v
   Nepal
120/9 (20 overs)
Sean Williams 53 (35)
Sompal Kami 2/15 (4 overs)
Binod Bhandari 33 (35)
Sean Williams 3/21 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 40 runs
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Senthil Kumar (Sin)
Player of the match: Sean Williams (Zim)

5th T20I
2 October 2019
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
   Nepal
Match abandoned
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Hardeep Jadeja (Sin)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

6th T20I
3 October 2019
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Singapore 
167/7 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
168/2 (18.4 overs)
Surendran Chandramohan 66 (47)
Daniel Jakiel 2/27 (4 overs)
Peter Moor 92* (60)
Tim David 1/26 (3 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Anand Natarajan (Sin)
Player of the match: Peter Moor (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

Notes
  1. Tim David captained Singapore against Nepal on 28 September.

References
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  2. "Singapore Tri- Nation T20I Series: Singapore with Nepal and Zimbabwe". Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  3. "Singapore set to host its first international T20I series". Connected to India. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. "Raza out of Zimbabwe's Bangladesh tour on disciplinary grounds". CricBuzz. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  5. "Hamilton's last supper". The Herald (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  6. "Hamilton Masakadza to retire after T20I tri-series in Bangladesh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. "Singapore fight back to secure historic five-run win over Zimbabwe". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  8. "Singapore create history by clinching T20I victory against Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  9. "Why Singapore beating Zimbabwe is a big deal". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  10. "Zimbabwe ride on Moor 92* to avenge loss to Singapore". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  11. "Malla, Pandey join senior team as T20 series squad announced". Online Khabar. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  12. "INSTAREM tri-series Singapore 2019-20 – Fixtures, Schedule, Venues, Squads, Match Timings and Live Streaming Details". CricTracker. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  13. "Sikandar Raza out of Zimbabwe T20 squad over disciplinary issues". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  14. "Singapore Twenty20 Tri-Series Table - 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  15. "Singapore T20I Tri-series 2019, Singapore vs Nepal vs Zimbabwe – Statistical Preview". CricTracker. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  16. "Khadka ton leads Nepal to nine wicket victory". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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