2024 Capricorn Women's Tri-Nation Series

The 2024 Capricorn Women's Tri-Series was a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament that was held in Namibia in September 2024.[1][2] The participating teams were the hosts Namibia, along with UAE and Zimbabwe.[3][4] The tournament was contested in a triple round-robin format.[5][6]

2024 Capricorn Women's Tri-Series
Date6–14 September 2024
LocationNamibia
ResultUnited Arab Emirates won the tournament
Player of the seriesEsha Oza (UAE)
Teams
 Namibia  United Arab Emirates  Zimbabwe
Captains
Sune Wittmann Esha Oza Chiedza Dhururu
Most runs
Sune Wittmann (159) Theertha Satish (245) Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano (146)
Most wickets
Jurriene Diergaardt (9) Vaishnave Mahesh (8)
Esha Oza (8)
Beloved Biza (9)
2023

Squads

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  Namibia[7]   United Arab Emirates[8]   Zimbabwe[9]

Round-robin

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Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   United Arab Emirates 6 5 1 0 10 0.890
2   Namibia 6 3 3 0 6 −0.337
3   Zimbabwe 6 1 5 0 2 −0.501
Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]

Fixtures

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6 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Namibia  
102/6 (20 overs)
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  United Arab Emirates
103/3 (11.4 overs)
Sune Wittmann 24 (32)
Indhuja Nandakumar 2/10 (4 overs)
Theertha Satish 45* (35)
Mekelaye Mwatile 2/19 (3.4 overs)
United Arab Emitates won by 7 wickets
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Susca Loftie-Eaton (Nam) and Sunette Schoonbee (Nam)
Player of the match: Theertha Satish (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • Keziah Sabin (UAE) made her T20I debut.

7 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
93 (17 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
94/7 (19.2 overs)
Esha Oza 34 (38)
Kudzai Chigora 5/7 (4 overs)
Josephine Nkomo 30* (25)
Heena Hotchandani 2/10 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Sunette Schoonbee (Nam) and Maryke Short (Nam)
Player of the match: Kudzai Chigora (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Tawananyasha Marumani (Zim) made her T20I debut.
  • Kudzai Chigora (Zim) took her first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[citation needed]

8 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
101/8 (20 overs)
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  Namibia
104/7 (19.1 overs)
Merczerly Gorases 27 (47)
Beloved Biza 2/9 (1.1 overs)
Namibia won by 3 wickets
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Eloise Du Plooy (Nam) and Susca Lofie-Eaton (Nam)
Player of the match: Sune Wittmann (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

9 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
141 (20 overs)
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  Namibia
126/7 (20 overs)
Esha Oza 42 (40)
Jurriene Diergaardt 4/15 (4 overs)
Wilka Mwatile 31 (38)
Esha Oza 3/29 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 15 runs
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Susca Lofie-Eaton (Nam) and Sunette Schoonbee (Nam)
Player of the match: Esha Oza (UAE)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

10 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
145/5 (20 overs)
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  United Arab Emirates
148/5 (20 overs)
Beloved Biza 48 (43)
Kavisha Egodage 2/32 (4 overs)
Esha Oza 84 (65)
Kelis Ndhlovu 1/15 (2 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Eloise Du Plooy (Nam) and Sunette Schoonbee (Nam)
Player of the match: Esha Oza (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • Passionate Munorwei (Zim) made her T20I debut.

11 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
133/7 (20 overs)
v
  Namibia
134/5 (19.3 overs)
Sune Wittmann 56 (48)
Beloved Biza 3/22 (3 overs)
Namibia won by 5 wickets
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Sunette Schoonbee (Nam) and Maryke Short (Nam)
Player of the match: Mekelaye Mwatile (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chipo Moyo and Runyararo Pasipanodya (Zim) both made their T20I debuts.

12 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Namibia  
126/7 (20 overs)
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  United Arab Emirates
129/6 (19.2 overs)
Sune Wittmann 43 (35)
Esha Oza 2/19 (3 overs)
Theertha Satish 45 (37)
Victoria Hamunyela 2/28 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 4 wickets
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Eloise Du Plooy (Nam) and Maryke Short (Nam)
Player of the match: Esha Oza (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.

13 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
128/7 (20 overs)
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  United Arab Emirates
130/1 (16.2 overs)
Beloved Biza 36 (31)
Samaira Dharnidharka 2/25 (4 overs)
Theertha Satish 81* (54)
Kelis Ndhlovu 1/30 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 9 wickets
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Eloise Du Plooy (Nam) and Susca Lofie-Eaton (Nam)
Player of the match: Theertha Satish (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • Lorraine Pemhiwa (Zim) made her T20I debut.

14 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Namibia  
127/5 (20 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
103 (19.5 overs)
Merczerly Gorases 45 (53)
Kelis Ndhlovu 2/18 (4 overs)
Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano 27 (26)
Mekelaye Mwatile 3/32 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 24 runs
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Eloise Du Plooy (Nam) and Susca Lofie-Eaton (Nam)
Player of the match: Wilka Mwatile (Nam)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

References

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  1. ^ "Cricket Namibia to host women's T20I Tri-series in September 2024". Czarsportz. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ @CricketNamibia1 (27 August 2024). "Capricorn Eagles Tri-seris fixtures" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Complete Women's Cricket Calendar for September 2024". Female Cricket. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Namibia to face Zimbabwe, UAE in tri-series". New Era Live. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Capricorn Eagles braced for Tri-Series". The Namibian. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Women's Cricket Tri-Series kicks off". The Namibian. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  7. ^ @CricketNamibia1 (29 August 2024). "Capricorn Eagles squad, our team set to compete against Zimbabwe and UAE" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Esha Oza to lead UAE in Capricon Triangular Series in Namibia". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Under-19 players dominate Zimbabwe squad for Namibia tri-series". Sunday Mail. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Namibia Women's Tri 2024 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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