The 2008 XXXX Gold Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series was contested between Australia, England and New Zealand, with the eventual winner being New Zealand.
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.
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 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 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 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 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, 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.
Points
2 — Win
0 — Loss
1 — Tie
1 — Abandoned match
1 — Win by 20 or more runs