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{{short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox cricket series
|series= 2020 Australia women's Tri-Nation Series
|date= 31 January–12 February 2020
|place= Australia
|result= {{crw|Australia}} won the series
|player of series= {{crwicon|AUS}} [[Beth Mooney]]
|team1= {{crw|AUS}}
|team2= {{crw|ENG}}
|team3= {{crw|IND}}
|captain1= [[Meg Lanning]]<ref name="ML" group="n">[[Rachael Haynes]] captained Australia in the third WT20I.</ref>
|captain2= [[Heather Knight (cricketer)|Heather Knight]]
|captain3= [[Harmanpreet Kaur]]
|runs1= [[Beth Mooney]] (208)
|runs2= [[Heather Knight (cricketer)|Heather Knight]] (176)
|runs3= [[Smriti Mandhana]] (216)
|wickets1= [[Tayla Vlaeminck]] (7) [[Jess Jonassen]] (7) [[Ellyse Perry]] (7)
|wickets2= [[Sarah Glenn]] (5) [[Sophie Ecclestone]] (5) [[Nat Sciver]] (5) [[Katherine Brunt]] (5)
|wickets3= [[Rajeshwari Gayakwad]] (10)
}}
The '''2020 Australia women's Tri-Nation Series''' was a [[cricket]] tournament that took place in Australia in January and February 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26687427/big-bash-take-australia-day-national-team |title=Big Bash to take over Australia Day from national team |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1211958 |title=Australia to host Sri Lanka, Pakistan and New Zealand in momentous home summer |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> It was a tri-nation series between [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia women]], [[England women's cricket team|England women]] and the [[India women's national cricket team|India women]] cricket teams, with the matches played as [[Women's Twenty20 International]] (WT20I) fixtures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-2019-20-fixtures-venues-dates-tickets-schedule-t20-odi-pakistan-new-zealand-sri-lanka/2019-05-07 |title=CA announce 2019-20 summer schedule |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/cricket-australias-201920-cricket-schedule-unveiled/news-story/37ec5b52c37ac567106a999e5303a7f4 |title=Cricket Australia's 2019-20 cricket schedule unveiled |work=Fox Sports |date=6 May 2019 |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> All three teams used the series as their final warm-up ahead of the [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28567751/australia-t20-world-cup-squad-set-important-sydney-scouting-mission |title=Australia's T20 World Cup squad set for important Sydney scouting mission |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref>

Ahead of the fifth match of the series, the Australian team were presented with the ICC Women's Championship trophy, after winning the [[2017–20 ICC Women's Championship]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1604869 |title=Australia presented with ICC Women's Championship trophy |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref> In the sixth match, Australia beat England by 16 runs, to advance to the final along with India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19235/report/1183548/australia-women-vs-england-women-6th-match-australia-tri-nation-womens-t20-series-2019-20 |title=Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney take Australia into tri-series final |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> In the final, Australia beat India by 11 runs to win the series,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19235/report/1183549/australia-women-vs-india-women-final-aus-womens-t20-tri-series |title=Beth Mooney 71*, Jess Jonassen 5-12 hand Australia tri-series title |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> with [[Jess Jonassen]] taking her first [[List of five-wicket hauls in women's Twenty20 International cricket|five-wicket haul in a WT20I match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/australia-india-t20-tri-series-final-live-stream-scores-video-highlights-melbourne/2020-02-12 |title=Aussies turn it on to clinch T20 tri-series |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; margin:auto"
|-
! {{crw|AUS}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28491572/sophie-molineux-annabel-sutherland-named-australia-t20-world-cup-squad |title=Sophie Molineux and Annabel Sutherland named in Australia's T20 World Cup squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref>
! {{crw|ENG}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/women/news/1573896/england-women-announce-t20-world-cup-squad-and-summer-fixtures |title=England Women announce T20 World Cup squad and summer fixtures |work=England and Wales Cricket Board |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref>
! {{crw|IND}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://femalecricket.com/womens-t20-world-cup-2020/8677-india-squad-for-womens-t20-world-cup-2020-announced.html |title=India Squad for Women's T20 World Cup 2020 Announced |work=Female Cricket |date=12 January 2020 |access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Meg Lanning]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Rachael Haynes]] ([[captain (cricket)#Vice-captain|vc]])
* [[Erin Burns]]
* [[Nicola Carey]]
* [[Ashleigh Gardner]]
* [[Alyssa Healy]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Jess Jonassen]]
* [[Delissa Kimmince]]
* [[Sophie Molineux]]
* [[Beth Mooney]]
* [[Ellyse Perry]]
* [[Megan Schutt]]
* [[Annabel Sutherland]]
* [[Tayla Vlaeminck]]
* [[Georgia Wareham]]
|
* [[Heather Knight (cricketer)|Heather Knight]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Tammy Beaumont]]
* [[Katherine Brunt]]
* [[Kate Cross]]
* [[Freya Davies]]
* [[Sophie Ecclestone]]
* [[Georgia Elwiss]]
* [[Sarah Glenn]]
* [[Amy Jones (cricketer)|Amy Jones]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Nat Sciver]]
* [[Anya Shrubsole]]
* [[Lauren Winfield-Hill|Lauren Winfield]]
* [[Fran Wilson]]
* [[Danni Wyatt]]
* [[Mady Villiers]]
|
* [[Harmanpreet Kaur]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Smriti Mandhana]] ([[captain (cricket)#Vice-captain|vc]])
* [[Taniya Bhatia]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Harleen Deol]]
* [[Rajeshwari Gayakwad]]
* [[Richa Ghosh]]
* [[Veda Krishnamurthy]]
* [[Shikha Pandey]]
* [[Nuzhat Parween]]
* [[Arundhati Reddy]]
* [[Jemimah Rodrigues]]
* [[Deepti Sharma]]
* [[Pooja Vastrakar]]
* [[Shafali Verma]]
* [[Poonam Yadav]]
* [[Radha Yadav]]
|}

==Points table==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|source=ESPNcricinfo<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/19235/season/2020/australia-tri-nation-womens-t20-series|title=Australia Tri-Nation Women's T20 Series Table – 2020|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>
|show_tie=no

|team1=AUS |team2=IND |team3=ENG
|result1=Q |result2=Q

|win_AUS=2 |loss_AUS=2 |tie_AUS=0 |nr_AUS=0 |rs_AUS=565 |or_AUS=78.5 |rc_AUS=552 |ob_AUS=79.4
|win_ENG=2 |loss_ENG=2 |tie_ENG=0 |nr_ENG=0 |rs_ENG=543 |or_ENG=78.5 |rc_ENG=561 |ob_ENG=79.3
|win_IND=2 |loss_IND=2 |tie_IND=0 |nr_IND=0 |rs_IND=553 |or_IND=79.1 |rc_IND=548 |ob_IND=77.4

|name_AUS={{crw|AUS}}
|name_ENG={{crw|ENG}}
|name_IND={{crw|IND}}
|status_AUS=H

|col_Q=green1
}}</onlyinclude>

==WT20I series==
===1st WT20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 31 January 2020
| time = 14:10
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{crw|IND}}
| score1 = 147/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Heather Knight (cricketer)|Heather Knight]] 67 (44)
| wickets1 = [[Rajeshwari Gayakwad]] 2/19 (4 overs)
| score2 = 150/5 (19.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Harmanpreet Kaur]] 42[[not out|*]] (34)
| wickets2 = [[Katherine Brunt]] 2/33 (3.3 overs)
| result = India Women won by 5 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1183543.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Manuka Oval]], [[Canberra]]
| umpires = [[Donovan Koch]] (Aus) and [[Claire Polosak]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Heather Knight (cricketer)|Heather Knight]] (Eng)
| toss = India Women won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===2nd WT20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 1 February 2020
| time = 14:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{crw|AUS}}
| score1 = 156/4 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Heather Knight (cricketer)|Heather Knight]] 78 (45)
| wickets1 = [[Ellyse Perry]] 1/9 (4 overs)
| score2 = 156/8 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Beth Mooney]] 65 (45)
| wickets2 = [[Nat Sciver]] 3/23 (4 overs)
| result = Match tied (England won the [[Super Over]])
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1183544.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Manuka Oval]], [[Canberra]]
| umpires = [[Donovan Koch]] (Aus) and [[Tony Wilds (umpire)|Tony Wilds]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Heather Knight (cricketer)|Heather Knight]] (Eng)
| toss = Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Annabel Sutherland]] (Aus) made her WT20I debut.
}}

===3rd WT20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 2 February 2020
| time = 14:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{crw|AUS}}
| score1 = 103/9 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Smriti Mandhana]] 35 (23)
| wickets1 = [[Ellyse Perry]] 4/13 (4 overs)
| score2 = 104/6 (18.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ellyse Perry]] 49 (47)
| wickets2 = [[Rajeshwari Gayakwad]] 2/18 (4 overs)
| result = Australia Women won by 4 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1183545.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Manuka Oval]], [[Canberra]]
| umpires = [[Claire Polosak]] (Aus) and [[Tony Wilds (umpire)|Tony Wilds]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Ellyse Perry]] (Aus)
| toss = Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===4th WT20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 7 February 2020
| time = 14:10
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{crw|ENG}}
| score1 = 123/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Smriti Mandhana]] 45 (40)
| wickets1 = [[Anya Shrubsole]] 3/31 (4 overs)
| score2 = 124/6 (18.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Nat Sciver]] 50 (38)
| wickets2 = [[Rajeshwari Gayakwad]] 3/23 (4 overs)
| result = England Women won by 4 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1183546.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Junction Oval]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Claire Polosak]] (Aus) and [[Tony Wilds (umpire)|Tony Wilds]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Anya Shrubsole]] (Eng)
| toss = England Women won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===5th WT20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 8 February 2020
| time = 12:10
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{crw|IND}}
| score1 = 173/5 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Ashleigh Gardner]] 93 (57)
| wickets1 = [[Deepti Sharma]] 2/27 (4 overs)
| score2 = 177/3 (19.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Smriti Mandhana]] 55 (48)
| wickets2 = [[Megan Schutt]] 1/26 (4 overs)
| result = India Women won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1183547.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Junction Oval]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Donovan Koch]] (Aus) and [[Tony Wilds (umpire)|Tony Wilds]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Ashleigh Gardner]] (Aus)
| toss = India Women won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = This was India Women's highest successful run chase in WT20Is.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19235/report/1183547/australia-women-vs-india-women-5th-match-australia-tri-nation-womens-t20-series-2019-20 |title=Shafali Verma's stunning 49 off 28 outshines Ashleigh Gardner's 93 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
}}

===6th WT20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 9 February 2020
| time = 11:40
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{crw|ENG}}
| score1 = 132/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Beth Mooney]] 50 (40)
| wickets1 = [[Sarah Glenn]] 2/18 (4 overs)
| score2 = 116/7 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Katherine Brunt]] 23[[not out|*]] (19)
| wickets2 = [[Sophie Molineux]] 3/19 (4 overs)
| result = Australia Women won by 16 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1183548.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Junction Oval]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Donovan Koch]] (Aus) and [[Claire Polosak]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Sophie Molineux]] (Aus)
| toss = England Women won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Final==
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 12 February 2020
| time = 13:40
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{crw|IND}}
| score1 = 155/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Beth Mooney]] 71[[not out|*]] (54)
| wickets1 = [[Deepti Sharma]] 2/30 (4 overs)
| score2 = 144 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Smriti Mandhana]] 66 (37)
| wickets2 = [[Jess Jonassen]] 5/12 (4 overs)
| result = Australia Women won by 11 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1183549.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Junction Oval]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Donovan Koch]] (Aus) and [[Tony Wilds (umpire)|Tony Wilds]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Jess Jonassen]] (Aus)
| toss = Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Richa Ghosh]] (Ind) made her WT20I debut.
* [[Jess Jonassen]] (Aus) took her first [[List of five-wicket hauls in women's Twenty20 International cricket|five-wicket haul in WT20Is]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1607952 |title=Jonassen five-for propels Australia to tri-series final victory |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/1183540.html Series home at ESPNcricinfo]

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