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2009 Beach Cricket Tri Nations series

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The 2009 XXXX Gold Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series was contested between Australia (hosts), New Zealand (returning champions) and South Africa.

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By the end on round one New Zealand had once again showed their dominance by winning all three matches, with South Africa failing to make an impression losing both of their opening matches. Round two saw a role reversal with South Africa winning all three matches and New Zealand losing both of theirs, by this stage Australia were looking down and out having won just two games in six outings. Round three went the same way as round one New Zealand winning all three, Australia one and South Africa losing both matches. The final got underway after a brief break for some rain and lightning (which reduced the match to four overs per side), at which time New Zealand went out to bat and set South Africa a target of just 3 Which they chased down quite easily to become 2009 Champions.

Team list

  • Australia: Allan Border (captain), Mark Waugh, Damien Fleming, Darren Lehmann, Dean Jones, Stuart Law, Michael Kasprowicz and Jason Gillespie.
  • South Africa: Shaun Pollock (captain), Allan Donald, Jonty Rhodes, Lance Klusener, Andrew Hall, Paul Adams, Fanie de Villiers and Daryll Cullinan.
  • New Zealand: Martin Crowe (captain), Mark Greatbatch, Danny Morrison, Nathan Astle, Dion Nash, Stephen Fleming, Chris Harris and Craig McMillan.
  • Tour Hosts: Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson.
  • Guest Commentator: Graham Gooch.
  • Umpire: Clive Crookshanks.

    • Venues

    For 2009 all matches were played at Coolangatta Beach on the Gold Coast, Queensland. On the following dates:

  • Round One — 10–11 January
  • Round Two — 17–18 January
  • Round Three — 24–25 January
  • Finals — 25 January

    • Round one

    Round one competition was played on Saturday, 10 January and Sunday, 11 January 2009:

  • Round Robin
  • South Africa 7/38 lost to New Zealand 0/56
  • Australia 2/80 beat South Africa 4/77
  • Australia 8/24 lost to New Zealand 3/100
  • Final — Dennis Lillee trophy
  • New Zealand 5/84 beat Australia 5/64

    • Round two

    Round two of competition was played on Saturday, 17 January and Sunday, 18 January 2009:

  • Round Robin
  • New Zealand 3/46 lost to South Africa 2/70
  • Australia 3/67 beat New Zealand 3/58
  • South Africa 2/80 beat Australia 5/66
  • Final — Jeff Thomson trophy
  • South Africa 3/80 beat Australia 6/22

    • Round three

    Round three of competition was played on Saturday, 24 January and Sunday, 25 January 2009:

  • Round Robin
  • South Africa 7/46 lost to New Zealand ?/??
  • Australia 3/52 beat South Africa 4/36
  • Australia 4/46 lost to New Zealand 3/69
  • Final — McGrath Foundation trophy
  • New Zealand 3/84 beat Australia 5/66

    • Final

    The final was played on Sunday, 25 January 2009, after a rain delay reduced the game to four overs per side.

  • Grand Final
  • New Zealand 4/3 v South Africa 0/18

    • Leaderboard

    Points

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

    • References

    2009 Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series Wikipedia
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