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2008 Beach Cricket Tri Nations series

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The 2008 XXXX Gold Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series was contested between Australia, England and New Zealand, with the eventual winner being New Zealand.

Contents

Team list

  • Australia: Allan Border (captain), Jeff Thomson, Dean Jones, Dennis Lillee, Mark Waugh, Damien Fleming, Michael Bevan, Stuart Law and Darren Lehmann.
  • England: Graham Gooch (captain), Robin Smith, Adam Hollioake, Graeme Hick, Gladstone Small, Phil Defreitas, Angus Fraser and John Emburey.
  • New Zealand: Martin Crowe (captain), Sir Richard Hadlee, Mark Greatbatch, Danny Morrison, Nathan Astle, Dion Nash, Dipak Patel and Chris Cairns.
  • Umpire: Clive Crookshanks.
  • Venues

    The venues and dates were:

  • Round One — Scarborough, Perth, Western Australia — 5–6 January
  • Round Two — Glenelg Beach, Adelaide, South Australia — 9 January
  • Round Three — Maroubra, Sydney, New South Wales — 12–13 January
  • Round Four/Grand Final — Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland — 19–20 January
  • Round one

    Round one competition, played in Scarborough, Western Australia, on Saturday, 5 January and Sunday, 6 January 2008:

  • Round Robin
  • England 1/101 vs New Zealand 2/106
  • Australia 0/126 vs England 1/153
  • Australia 6/112 vs New Zealand 5/127
  • Final
  • New Zealand 3/102 vs England 2/106
  • Round two

    Round Two competition, played in Glenelg, South Australia, on Wednesday, 9 January 2008:

  • Round Robin
  • Australia 7/52 vs New Zealand 0/101
  • Australia 1/79 vs England 5/69
  • England 2/103 vs New Zealand 8/44
  • Final
  • England 3/94 vs New Zealand 8/51
  • Round three

    Round three competition, played in Maroubra, New South Wales, on Saturday, 12 January and Sunday 13 January 2008:

  • England 9/27 vs New Zealand 0/116
  • Australia 5/55 vs New Zealand 4/54
  • Australia 2/98 vs England 2/94
  • Final
  • New Zealand 4/105 vs Australia 4/77
  • Round four

    Round four competition, played in Coolangatta, Queensland on Saturday, 19 January 2008:

  • Australia 4/84 vs New Zealand 4/95
  • England 0/120 vs New Zealand 2/126
  • Australia 4/82 vs England 4/99
  • Finals

    Finals, played in Coolangatta, Queensland, on Sunday, 20 January 2008:

  • Round 4 Regional-Final *
  • Australia 2/113 vs Gold Legends 2/108
  • Final
  • New Zealand 3/88 vs England 6/63
  • * Regional final between New Zealand and England was replaced by a match between Australia and the Gold Legends,
    the Gold Legends were a combination of the English and New Zealand teams.

    Leaderboard

    Points

  • 2 — Win
  • 0 — Loss
  • 1 — Tie
  • 1 — Abandoned match
  • 1 — Win by 20 or more runs
  • References

    2008 Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series Wikipedia