2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series
The 2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was held in Australia and New Zealand in February 2018. It was a tri-nation series between Australia, England and New Zealand. It followed on from England's tour of Australia, which included the 2017–18 Ashes series, and took the place of the planned Chappell–Hadlee Trophy series. It was the first T20I tri-series contested by full ICC members.
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Logo of the 2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 2–21 February 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Australia and New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Australia won the tri-series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Player of the series | Glenn Maxwell (Aus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 net run rate. Australia won the final against New Zealand, beating them by 19 runs by the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method, after a rain-affected match.