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. It was a tri-nation series featuring Singapore, Nepal and Zimbabwe, with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (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.

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 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. Zimbabwe Cricket named Sean Williams as Zimbabwe's captain, 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.

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.

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