Zimbabwe Twenty20 Triangular Series in 2012

2012 Zimbabwe Twenty20 Triangular Series
Date	17 June 2012 – 24 June 2012
Location	Zimbabwe
Result	Winners –  Zimbabwe
Teams  Bangladesh  South Africa  Zimbabwe Captains Mushfiqur Rahim Hashim Amla Brendan Taylor Most runs Mohammad Ashraful (114) Richard Levi (131) Hamilton Masakadza (267) Most wickets Mashrafe Mortaza (5) Wayne Parnell (7) Christopher Mpofu (7)

The 2012 Zimbabwe Twenty20 Triangular Series was a Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Zimbabwe. The tournament was originally scheduled as a 5-match Twenty20 series between Zimbabwe and South Africa.^[1] Bangladesh was included in this series at the request of the Bangladesh Cricket Board after Bangladesh's tour of Pakistan and Zimbabwe were postponed, leaving Bangladesh with no international cricket between March and September 2012.^[2] The matches in this series were not classified as official Twenty20 International matches, but instead classified as domestic t20 matches.

The tournament was won by Zimbabwe, who defeated South Africa by 9 wickets in the final in Harare.

Squads

Zimbabwe[3]	Bangladesh[4]	South Africa[5]
Brendan Taylor (c) & (wk) Hamilton Masakadza (vc) Tendai Chatara Chamunorwa Chibhabha Elton Chigumbura Charles Coventry Graeme Cremer Craig Ervine Kyle Jarvis Kevin Kasuza Shingirai Masakadza Stuart Matsikenyeri Keegan Meth Chris Mpofu Forster Mutizwa (wk) Richard Muzhange Njabulo Ncube Ray Price Vusi Sibanda Tatenda Taibu (wk) Prosper Utseya Brian Vitori Malcolm Waller	Mushfiqur Rahim (c) & (wk) Mahmudullah (vc) Abdur Razzak Abul Hasan Anamul Haque Elias Sunny Farhad Reza Jahurul Islam Junaid Siddique Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Ashraful Nasir Hossain Nazmul Hossain Tamim Iqbal Ziaur Rahman	Hashim Amla (c) Farhaan Behardien Marchant de Lange Jean-Paul Duminy Francois du Plessis Colin Ingram Richard Levi Albie Morkel Chris Morris Justin Ontong Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Dane Vilas (wk)

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	South Africa	4	2	2	0	0	0	8	0.378
2	Zimbabwe	4	2	2	0	0	0	8	−0.086
3	Bangladesh	4	2	2	0	0	0	8	−0.280

Source: Points table on ESPN CricInfo

Tour matches

15 June 09:30 Scorecard

Bangladeshis  126/7 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe Select XI 127/7 (19.3 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 32 (25) Graeme Cremer 4/14 (4 overs)		Elton Chigumbura 38 (28) Abul Hasan 2/15 (4 overs)

Zimbabwe Select XI won by 3 wickets Country Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi and Sifelani Rwaziyeni

• Bangladeshis won the toss and elected to bat.

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15 June 13:30 Scorecard

Zimbabwe Select XI  175/5 (20 overs)	v	Bangladeshis 156/7 (20 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 102 (60) Nazmul Hossain 2/41 (4 overs)		Mushfiqur Rahim 49 (33) Shingi Masakadza 2/14 (3 overs)

Zimbabwe Select XI won by 19 runs Country Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi and Sifelani Rwaziyeni

• Zimbabwe Select XI won the toss and elected to bat.

Matches

1st match

17 June 13:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  154/6 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 143/5 (20 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 62 (35) Abul Hasan 2/37 (4 overs)		Tamim Iqbal 38 (35) Christopher Mpofu 2/20 (4 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 11 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Owen Chirombe and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: Hamilton Masakadza (ZIM)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd match

19 June 13:00 Scorecard

South Africa  209/3 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 170/8 (20 overs)
Hashim Amla 88* (53) Ziaur Rahman 1/28 (3 overs)		Mushfiqur Rahim 50* (32) Robin Peterson 2/16 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 39 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Langton Rusere and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: Hashim Amla (RSA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd match

20 June 13:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  176/4 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 147 (19.2 overs)
Vusi Sibanda 58 (50) Wayne Parnell 2/33 (3 overs)		Colin Ingram 48 (39) Christopher Mpofu 3/20 (4 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 29 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Owen Chirombe and Jeremiah Matibiri Player of the match: Christopher Mpofu (ZIM)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

4th match

21 June 13:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  149/8 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 153/4 (17.3 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 56 (54) Mashrafe Mortaza 2/28 (4 overs)		Nasir Hossain 41 (31) Kyle Jarvis 1/18 (3 overs)

Bangladesh won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Owen Chirombe and Langton Rusere Player of the match: Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat

5th match

22 June 13:00 Scorecard

Bangladesh  132/7 (19.5 overs)	v	South Africa 129/7 (20 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 40 (40) Marchant de Lange 3–25 (3 overs)		Justin Ontong 41 (36) Elias Sunny 1–18 (3 overs)

Bangladesh win by 3 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Jeremiah Matbiri and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: Mahmudullah (BAN)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

6th match

23 June 13:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  124/6 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 130/4 (20 overs)
Graeme Cremer 36* (27) Wayne Parnell 3/16 (4 overs)		Richard Levi 54 (30) Malcolm Waller 1/3 (1 over)

South Africa won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri and Langton Rusere Player of the match: Wayne Parnell (RSA)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

24 June 13:00 Scorecard

South Africa  146/6 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 150/1 (17.1 overs)
Francois du Plessis 66 (57) Kyle Jarvis 2/22 (4 overs)		Brendan Taylor 59 (41) Chris Morris 1/24 (4 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 9 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Owen Chirombe and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: Brendan Taylor (ZIM)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "South Africa T20s may not be televised, says ZC". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
2. "Bangladesh included in Zimbabwe tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
3. "Sibanda makes a comeback in Zimbabwe squad". ESPNcricinfo. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
4. "Ashraful recalled for Zimbabwe T20s". ESPNcricinfo. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
5. "Du Plessis, Chris Morris get South Africa T20 call-up". ESPNcricinfo. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.