2009 Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series
The '''2009 XXXX Gold [[Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series]]''' was contested between [[Australia]] (hosts), [[New Zealand]] (returning champions) and [[South Africa]].
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 (cricketer)|Dean Jones]], [[Stuart Law]], [[Michael Kasprowicz]] and [[Jason Gillespie]].<ref name=teams>
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*'''South Africa''': [[Shaun Pollock]] ''(captain)'', [[Allan Donald]], [[Jonty Rhodes]], [[Lance Klusener]], [[Andrew Hall]], [[Paul Adams (cricketer)|Paul Adams]], [[Fanie de Villiers]] and [[Daryll Cullinan]].<ref name=teams></ref>
*'''New Zealand''': [[Martin Crowe]] ''(captain)'', [[Mark Greatbatch]], [[Danny Morrison]], [[Nathan Astle]], [[Dion Nash]], [[Stephen Fleming]], [[Chris Harris (cricketer)|Chris Harris]] and [[Craig McMillan]].<ref name=teams></ref>
*''Tour Hosts'': [[Dennis Lillee]] and [[Jeff Thomson]].<ref name=teams></ref>
*''Guest Commentator'': [[Graham Gooch]].<ref name=teams></ref>
*''Umpire'': Clive Crookshanks.
==Venues==
For 2009 all matches were played at [[Coolangatta|Coolangatta Beach]] on the [[Gold Coast, Australia|Gold Coast]], [[Queensland]]. On the following dates:<ref name=venue and dates>
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* Round One — January 10-11
* Round Two — January 17-18
* Round Three — January 24-25
* Finals — January 25
==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==
{| class="wikitable right" style="text-align: center"
! Team
! Played
! Won
! Lost
! Bonus
! Points
|-
<!-- P W L BP Pts -->
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand ||8||6||2||3||16
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa||7||3||4||2||8
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia ||9||3||6||0||6
|}
'''Points'''
*2 — Win
*0 — Loss
*1 — Tie
*1 — Abandoned match
*1 — Win by 20 or more runs
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series}}
[[Category:2009 in cricket]]
[[Category:Short form cricket]]