# 2005–06 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series

The Videocon Tri-Series was a three-team One Day International cricket tournament played between Zimbabwe, India and New Zealand in Zimbabwe. New Zealand won the tournament, defeating India by 6 wickets in the final in Harare.

## Tournament structure

The sides played each other in a double round robin, meaning that each side played four matches, for a total of six matches. A win was worth five points, and a loss zero – however, if the winning team had a run rate (i.e. runs hit per over) higher than 1.25 times that of the opponent, a bonus point was awarded to the winning side, if not it went to the losing side. In the event of a tie or a no-result, each side was to be awarded three points. The top two teams on points went through to the one-match final.

## Schedule

| Date | Match | Venue |
| August 24 | Zim v NZ, 1st ODI | Bulawayo |
| 26 | Ind v NZ, 2nd ODI | Bulawayo |
| 29 | Ind v Zim, 3rd ODI | Harare |
| 31 | Zim v NZ, 4th ODI | Harare |
| September 2 | Ind v NZ, 5th ODI | Harare |
| 4 | Zim v Ind, 6th ODI | Harare |
| 6 | Ind v NZ, final | Harare |

## Match details
### 1st ODI, Zimbabwe v New Zealand 24 August

* 24 August 2005 Scorecard
| New Zealand 397/5 (44 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 205 (43 overs) |
| L Vincent 172 (120) AJ Ireland 2/52 [7] | | HH Streak 45 (48) DL Vettori 3/29 [8] |
* New Zealand won by 192 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: KC Barbour (ZIM) and IL Howell (SA) Player of the match: L Vincent (NZ)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced before play started to 44 overs per side.
* AJ Ireland (ZIM) made his ODI debut.
* Points: Zimbabwe 0; New Zealand 6.

### 2nd ODI, New Zealand v India, 26 August

* 26 August 2005 Scorecard
| New Zealand 215 (43.1 overs) | v | India 164 (37.2 overs) |
| CD McMillan 54 (54) IK Pathan 3/34 [8] | | JP Yadav 69 (92) SE Bond 6/19 [9] |
* New Zealand won by 51 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: SE Bond (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: India 0; New Zealand 6.

### 3rd ODI, Zimbabwe v India, 29 August

* 29 August 2005 Scorecard
| India 226/6 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 65 (24.3 overs) |
| M Kaif 65 (122) AJ Ireland 3/54 [10] | | HH Streak 18* (52) IK Pathan 5/27 [10] |
* India won by 161 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: KC Barbour (ZIM) and IL Howell (SA) Player of the match: IK Pathan (IND)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Zimbabwe 0; India 6.

### 4th ODI, Zimbabwe v New Zealand, 31 August

* 31 August 2005 Scorecard
| New Zealand 238 (49.1 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 211 (49 overs) |
| SB Styris 63 (81) AM Blignaut 4/46 [9.1] | | AM Blignaut 50 (47) SE Bond 4/17 [7] |
* New Zealand won by 27 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: AM Blignaut (ZIM)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* JS Patel (NZ) and CJ Chibhabha (ZIM) made their ODI debuts.
* Points: Zimbabwe 1; New Zealand 5.

### 5th ODI, New Zealand v India, 2 September

* 2 September 2005 Scorecard
| New Zealand 278/9 (50 overs) | v | India 279/4 (47.3 overs) |
| SB Styris 56 (89) A Nehra 2/57 [10] | | M Kaif 102* (121) JDP Oram 1/22 [5] |
* India won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: KC Barbour (ZIM) and IL Howell (SA) Player of the match: M Kaif (IND)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: India 5; New Zealand 1.

### 6th ODI, Zimbabwe v India, 4 September

* 4 September 2005 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 250 (50 overs) | v | India 255/6 (48.1 overs) |
| CK Coventry 74 (99) AB Agarkar 3/34 [10] | | Yuvraj Singh 120 (124) NB Mahwire 2/40 [9.1] |
* India won by 4 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* RP Singh (IND) and KM Dabengwa (ZIM) made their ODI debuts.
* Points: Zimbabwe 1; India 5.

## Final group stage table

Tri-Series Standings :
| Team | M | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | +1.32 |
| India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | +0.68 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −2.03 |

## Final, New Zealand v India, 6 September

* 6 September 2005 Scorecard
| India 276 (49.3 overs) | v | New Zealand 278/4 (48.1 overs) |
| M Kaif 93* (110) JDP Oram 4/58 [8.3] | | NJ Astle 115* (131) V Sehwag 3/44 [10] |
* New Zealand won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: KC Barbour (ZIM) and DJ Harper (AUS) Player of the match: NJ Astle (NZ)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.