2008 Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series

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

==Team list==
*'''Australia''': [[Allan Border]] ''(captain)'', [[Jeff Thomson]], [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]], [[Dennis Lillee]], [[Mark Waugh]], [[Damien Fleming]], [[Michael Bevan]], [[Stuart Law]] and [[Darren Lehmann]].
*'''England''': [[Graham Gooch]] ''(captain)'', [[Robin Smith (cricketer)|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 (cricketer)|Danny Morrison]], [[Nathan Astle]], [[Dion Nash]], [[Dipak Patel]] and [[Chris Cairns]].
*''Umpire'': Clive Crookshanks.

==Venues==
The venues and dates were:
* Round One — [[Scarborough, Western Australia|Scarborough]], [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], [[Western Australia]] — January 5-6
* Round Two — [[Glenelg, South Australia|Glenelg Beach]], [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]] — January 9
* Round Three — [[Maroubra]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] — January 12-13
* Round Four/Grand Final — [[Coolangatta]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Queensland]] — January 19-20

==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''' <nowiki>*</nowiki>
:* Australia 2/113 vs ''Gold Legends 2/108''
*'''Final'''
:* New Zealand 3/88 vs ''England 6/63''

<nowiki>*</nowiki> ''Regional final between New Zealand and England was replaced by a match between Australia and the Gold Legends,<br/>''
''the Gold Legends were a combination of the English and New Zealand teams.''

==Leaderboard==
{| class="wikitable right" style="text-align: center"
! Team
! Played
! Won
! Lost
! Points
|-
<!-- P W L Pts -->
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand ||11||7||4||17
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} England ||10||5||5||13
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia ||9||3||6||6
|}
'''Points'''
*2 &mdash; Win
*0 &mdash; Loss
*1 &mdash; Tie
*1 &mdash; Abandoned match
*1 &mdash; Win by 20 or more runs

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