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, 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.

Venues

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

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 *
  • 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.

Leaderboard

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
New Zealand	11	7	4	17
England	10	5	5	13
Australia	9	3	6	6

Points

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