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2017 Africa T20 Cup

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Africa T20 Cup
Dates25 August – 25 September 2017
Administrator(s)Cricket South Africa
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage, playoffs
Host(s) South Africa
ChampionsKwaZulu-Natal Inland (1st title)
Participants16
Matches27
Most runsSarel Erwee (231)
Most wicketsWihan Lubbe (7)
Nelson Odhiambo (7)
Shadley van Schalkwyk (7)
2016
2018

The 2017 Africa T20 Cup was the third edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa from 25 August to 25 September 2017, as a curtain-raiser to the 2017–18 South African domestic season.[1] Organised by Cricket South Africa, it featured thirteen South African provincial teams, as well as national representative sides of Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe.[2][3]

The sixteen participating teams were split into four pools of four, with the teams from each pool playing all of their matches at one ground across a single weekend.[2] Defending champions Eastern Province were drawn in Pool B.

Namibia won all three games in Group A, progressing to the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time.[4] Gauteng also progressed to the semi-finals for the first time, after winning Group B.[5] They topped the table with a bonus-point win in their final group match, knocking out defending champions Eastern Province in the process.[5] In Group C, Free State progressed, after beating Northern Cape by 62 runs in the final match of the group.[6] KwaZulu-Natal Inland progressed from Group D after beating Border by six wickets in their final group fixture.[7]

In the first semi-final, KwaZulu-Natal Inland beat Gauteng by 8 wickets to progress to the final.[8] They were joined in the final with Free State, who beat Namibia by 10 wickets. Andries Gous scored a century, the second-ever in the Africa T20 Cup.[9]

KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the tournament, beating Free State by 6 wickets in the final.[10]

Pool A

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Squads

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South Africa Easterns  Namibia[11] South Africa South Western Districts South Africa Western Province[11]

Points table

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Team[12] Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Namibia 3 3 0 0 0 12 +0.621
South Africa South Western Districts 3 2 1 0 0 8 +0.192
South Africa Easterns 3 1 2 0 0 4 –0.125
South Africa Western Province 3 0 3 0 0 0 –0.733

Fixtures

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25 August 2017
12:45
Scorecard
Western Province South Africa
121 (20 overs)
v
 Namibia
122/2 (18.2 overs)
Namibia won by 8 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

25 August 2017
16:30
Scorecard
South Western Districts South Africa
146/5 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Easterns
140/7 (20 overs)
South Western Districts won by 6 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

26 August 2017
09:30
Scorecard
Western Province South Africa
121/5 (20 overs)
v
South Africa South Western Districts
125/5 (17.5 overs)
South Western Districts won by 5 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
  • South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mthiwekhaya Nabe (Western Province) made his T20 debut.

26 August 2017
13:00
Scorecard
Easterns South Africa
149/4 (20 overs)
v
 Namibia
150/3 (18.3 overs)
Namibia won by 7 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

27 August 2017
09:30
Scorecard
South Western Districts South Africa
104/7 (20 overs)
v
 Namibia
105/4 (18.1 overs)
Namibia won by 6 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

27 August 2017
13:00
Scorecard
Easterns South Africa
163/8 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Western Province
152 (18.2 overs)
Easterns won by 11 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
  • Western Province won the toss and elected to field.

Pool B

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Squads

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South Africa Eastern Province[13] South Africa Gauteng[13] South Africa North West[14] South Africa Northerns[14]

Points table

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Team[12] Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
South Africa Gauteng 3 2 1 0 0 10 +0.946
South Africa Eastern Province 3 2 1 0 0 9 +0.178
South Africa North West 3 1 2 0 0 5 +0.169
South Africa Northerns 3 1 2 0 0 4 –1.326

Fixtures

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1 September 2017
12:45
Scorecard
Gauteng South Africa
140/6 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Eastern Province
143/4 (19 overs)
Eastern Province won by 6 wickets
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom

1 September 2017
16:30
Scorecard
Northerns South Africa
145/8 (20 overs)
v
South Africa North West
142/4 (20 overs)
Northerns won by 3 runs
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom

2 September 2017
09:30
Scorecard
Northerns South Africa
141/3 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Gauteng
142/2 (15.5 overs)
Gauteng won by 8 wickets
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom

2 September 2017
13:00
Scorecard
North West South Africa
143/8 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Eastern Province
102 (19.1 overs)
North West won by 41 runs
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
  • North West won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Jade de Klerk (Eastern Province) made his T20 debut.

3 September 2017
09:30
Scorecard
Northerns South Africa
98 (19.2 overs)
v
South Africa Eastern Province
101/3 (14 overs)
Eastern Province won by 7 wickets
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
  • Northerns won the toss and elected to bat.

3 September 2017
13:30
Scorecard
North West South Africa
128/6 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Gauteng
129/4 (16 overs)
Gauteng won by 6 wickets
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
  • North West won the toss and elected to bat.

Pool C

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Squads

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South Africa Free State[15]  Kenya[15] South Africa KwaZulu-Natal[16] South Africa Northern Cape[16]

Points table

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Team[12] Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
South Africa Free State 3 2 1 0 0 10 +1.420
 Kenya 3 2 1 0 0 8 –0.008
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal 3 1 2 0 0 5 –0.208
South Africa Northern Cape 3 1 2 0 0 4 –1.108

Fixtures

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8 September 2017
12:45
Scorecard
Free State South Africa
147/7 (20 overs)
v
 Kenya
149/4 (18.2 overs)
Kenya won by 6 wickets
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

8 September 2017
16:30
Scorecard
KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
128/7 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Northern Cape
129/4 (19.1 overs)
Northern Cape won by 6 wickets
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

9 September 2017
09:30
Scorecard
KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
120/7 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Free State
122/1 (15.3 overs)
Free State won by 9 wickets
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
  • Free State won the toss and elected to field.

9 September 2017
13:30
Scorecard
Northern Cape South Africa
148/5 (20 overs)
v
 Kenya
149/5 (18.4 overs)
Kenya won by 5 wickets
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to field.

10 September 2017
09:30
Scorecard
KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
116 (19.4 overs)
v
 Kenya
92 (18.2 overs)
KwaZulu-Natal won by 24 runs
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to field.

10 September 2017
13:30
Scorecard
Free State South Africa
139/6 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Northern Cape
77 (16.4 overs)
Free State won by 62 runs
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
  • Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
  • Richard Ntumka (Northern Cape) made his T20 debut.

Pool D

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Squads

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South Africa Boland[17] South Africa Border[17] South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Inland[18]  Zimbabwe[18]

Points table

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Team[12] Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Inland 3 2 0 0 1 10 +0.815
South Africa Boland 3 1 0 0 2 9 +3.877
South Africa Border 3 0 1 0 2 4 –0.747
 Zimbabwe 3 0 2 0 1 2 –2.188

Fixtures

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15 September 2017
12:45
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
165/7 (20 overs)
v
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Inland
166/7 (18.1 overs)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won by 3 wickets
Buffalo Park, East London

15 September 2017
16:30
Scorecard
Boland South Africa
28/0 (4 overs)
v

16 September 2017
09:30
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Buffalo Park, East London
  • No toss.

16 September 2017
13:00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Buffalo Park, East London
  • No toss.

17 September 2017
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
76 (13.4 overs)
v
South Africa Boland
79/0 (8.5 overs)
Boland won by 10 wickets
Buffalo Park, East London
  • Boland won the toss and elected to field.

17 September 2017
13:00
Scorecard
Border South Africa
164/7 (20 overs)
v
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Inland
170/4 (19 overs)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won by 6 wickets
Buffalo Park, East London
  • KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.

Finals

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Semi-finals

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24 September 2017
09:30
Scorecard
Gauteng South Africa
110/8 (20 overs)
v
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Inland
111/2 (14.4 overs)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won by 8 wickets
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
  • KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.

24 September 2017
13:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
163/3 (20 overs)
v
South Africa Free State
166/0 (17.3 overs)
Free State won by 10 wickets
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
  • Free State won the toss and elected to field.

Final

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25 September 2017
10:00
Scorecard
Free State South Africa
128/5 (20 overs)
v
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Inland
129/4 (17.5 overs)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won by 6 wickets
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
  • KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.

References

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