Editing 2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox cricket series
|series= 2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series
|image=
|caption= 
|date= 26 July-22 August 2017
|place= [[South Africa]]
|result= {{flagicon|IND}} [[India A cricket team|India A]] won the series
|player of series= {{flagicon|IND}} [[Manish Pandey]]
|team1= [[South Africa A cricket team|South Africa A]] {{flagicon|SA}}
|team2= [[Afghanistan A cricket team|Afghanistan A]] {{flagicon|AFG}}
|team3= [[India A cricket team|India A]] {{flagicon|IND}}
|captain1= [[Khaya Zondo]]
|captain2= [[Shafiqullah (cricketer)|Shafiqullah]]
|captain3= [[Manish Pandey]]
|runs1= [[Reeza Hendricks]] (266)
|runs2= [[Rahmat Shah Zurmatai|Rahmat Shah]] (150)
|runs3= [[Manish Pandey]] (307)
|wickets1= [[Aaron Phangiso]] (10)
|wickets2= [[Rahmat Shah Zurmatai|Rahmat Shah]] (5)
|wickets3= [[Shardul Thakur]] (9)
}}
The '''2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series''' was a [[cricket]] that took place in South Africa in July and August 2017. It was a tri-nation series between [[South Africa A cricket team|South Africa A]], [[Afghanistan A cricket team|Afghanistan A]] and [[India A cricket team|India A]].<ref name="CricketSA">{{cite web |url=http://cricket.co.za/news/19834/Afghanistan-A-to-replace-Australia-A-in-Triangular-Series |title=Afghanistan A to replace Australia A in Triangular Series |accessdate=17 July 2017|work=Cricket South Africa}}</ref> The one-day matches were played as [[List A cricket|List A]] fixtures. Following the List A fixtures, South Africa A and India A played two four-day games with [[first-class cricket|first-class]] status, also called unofficial [[Test cricket|Tests]].

Originally, [[Australia A cricket team|Australia A]] were scheduled to play in the series, but they withdrew in early July following an ongoing pay dispute with [[Cricket Australia]].<ref name="pay">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/1108827.html |title=Players withdraw from Australia A tour |accessdate=17 July 2017|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref name="CA">{{cite web |url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/afghanistan-a-tour-south-africa-australia-refusal-pay-dispute-invitation-mou/2017-07-17 |title=Afghans to replace Aussies in SA |accessdate=17 July 2017|work=Cricket Australia}}</ref> Later that month, Afghanistan A were named as their replacement, after the [[Afghanistan national cricket team|national team]] was awarded Test match status the previous month.<ref name="Afg">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/story/1111637.html |title=Afghanistan A replace Australia A in tri-series |accessdate=17 July 2017|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

India A won the tri-series, beating South Africa A by 7 wickets in the final of the competition.<ref name="final">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/1115828.html |title=Iyer, Shankar power India A to series title |accessdate=8 August 2017|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> The first-class series was drawn 1–1, with South Africa A winning the first match and India A winning the second.<ref name="fcresult">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/1117509.html |title=Samarth and Nair script comeback win |accessdate=22 August 2017|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

==List A series==
===Squads===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:0 auto"
|-
![[Afghanistan A cricket team|Afghanistan A]] {{flagicon|AFG}}<ref name="Afg"/>
![[India A cricket team|India A]] {{flagicon|IND}}<ref name="IndSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1107244.html |title=Krunal Pandya, Thampi get maiden India A call-up |accessdate=17 July 2017|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
![[South Africa A cricket team|South Africa A]] {{flagicon|SA}}<ref name="SASquad">{{cite web |url=http://cricket.co.za/news/19863/Smuts-replaces-Markram-in-SA-A-one-day-squad |title=Smuts replaces Markram in SA A one-day squad |accessdate=18 July 2017|work=Cricket South Africa}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Shafiqullah (cricketer)|Shafiqullah]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Afsar Zazai]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Usman Ghani]]
* [[Javed Ahmadi]]
* [[Rahmat Shah Zurmatai|Rahmat Shah]]
* [[Younas Ahmadzai]]
* [[Nasir Jamal]]
* [[Najibullah Zadran]]
* [[Karim Janat]]
* [[Sharafuddin Ashraf]]
* [[Yamin Ahmadzai]]
* [[Fareed Ahmad (cricketer)|Fareed Ahmad]]
* [[Ihsanullah]]
* [[Younas Ahmadzai]]
* [[Nawaz Khan]]
* [[Mohammad Ibrahim (cricketer)|Mohammad Ibrahim]]
|
* [[Manish Pandey]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Mandeep Singh]]
* [[Shreyas Iyer]]
* [[Sanju Samson]]
* [[Deepak Hooda]]
* [[Karun Nair]]
* [[Krunal Pandya]]
* [[Rishabh Pant]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Vijay Shankar (cricketer)|Vijay Shankar]]
* [[Axar Patel]]
* [[Yuzvendra Chahal]]
* [[Jayant Yadav]]
* [[Basil Thampi]]
* [[Mohammed Siraj]]
* [[Shardul Thakur]]
* [[Siddarth Kaul]]
|
* [[Khaya Zondo]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Farhaan Behardien]]
* [[Junior Dala]]
* [[Henry Davids]]
* [[Beuran Hendricks]]
* [[Reeza Hendricks]]
* [[Heinrich Klaasen]]
* [[Mangaliso Mosehle]]
* [[Willem Mulder]]
* [[Dane Paterson]]
* [[Aaron Phangiso]]
* [[Dwaine Pretorius]]
* [[Tabraiz Shamsi]]
* [[Jason Smith (cricketer)|Jason Smith]]
* [[JJ Smuts|Jon-Jon Smuts]]
|}

===1st match===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 26 July 2017
| time = 
| daynight =
| team1 = [[India A cricket team|India A]] {{flagicon|IND}}
| team2 = {{flagicon|SA}} [[South Africa A cricket team|South Africa A]]
| score1 = 152 (41.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Manish Pandey]] 55 (95)
| wickets1 = [[Aaron Phangiso]] 4/30 (10 overs)
| score2 = 153/8 (37.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Dwaine Pretorius]] 38 (54)
| wickets2 = [[Yuzvendra Chahal]] 3/41 (9.4 overs)
| result = South Africa A won by 2 wickets
| report = [http://espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/1098998.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Groenkloof Oval]], [[Pretoria]]
| umpires = [[Adrian Holdstock]] (SA) and [[Bongani Jele]] (SA)
| motm = [[Dwaine Pretorius]] (South Africa A)
| toss = South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}

===2nd match===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 28 July 2017
| time = 
| daynight =
| team1 = [[Afghanistan A cricket team|Afghanistan A]] {{flagicon|AFG}}
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[India A cricket team|India A]]
| score1 = 149 (40.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sharafuddin Ashraf]] 39[[not out|*]] (27)
| wickets1 = [[Vijay Shankar (cricketer)|Vijay Shankar]] 3/24 (7 overs)
| score2 = 150/3 (30.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Karun Nair]] 57 (83)
| wickets2 = [[Yamin Ahmadzai]] 1/26 (7 overs)
| result = India A won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/1098999.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[LC de Villiers Oval]], [[Pretoria]]
| umpires = [[Sam Nogajski]] (Aus) and [[Allahudien Paleker]] (SA)
| motm = [[Karun Nair]] (India A)
| toss = India A won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}

===3rd match===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 30 July 2017
| time = 
| daynight =
| team1 = [[South Africa A cricket team|South Africa A]] {{flagicon|SA}}
| team2 = {{flagicon|AFG}} [[Afghanistan A cricket team|Afghanistan A]]
| score1 = 336/5 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Reeza Hendricks]] 173[[not out|*]] (145)
| wickets1 = [[Rahmat Shah Zurmatai]] 2/58 (10 overs)
| score2 = 172 (32.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Rahmat Shah Zurmatai]] 55 (54)
| wickets2 = [[Tabraiz Shamsi]] 4/19 (8 overs)
| result = South Africa A won by 164 runs
| report = [http://espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/1099000.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Groenkloof Stadium]], [[Pretoria]]
| umpires = [[Adrian Holdstock]] (SA) and [[Bongani Jele]] (SA)
| motm = [[Reeza Hendricks]] (South Africa A)
| toss = Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}

===4th match===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 1 August 2017
| time = 
| daynight =
| team1 = [[India A cricket team|India A]] {{flagicon|IND}}
| team2 = {{flagicon|AFG}} [[Afghanistan A cricket team|Afghanistan A]]
| score1 = 322/5 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Manish Pandey]] 86[[not out|*]] (87)
| wickets1 = [[Sharafuddin Ashraf]] 2/48 (10 overs)
| score2 = 209/9 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Najibullah Zadran]] 62 (78)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammed Siraj]] 3/49 (8 overs)
| result = India A won by 113 runs
| report = [http://espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/1099001.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[LC de Villiers Oval]], [[Pretoria]]
| umpires = [[Sam Nogajski]] (Aus) and [[Brad White]] (SA)
| motm = [[Manish Pandey]] (India A)
| toss = Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}

===5th match===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 3 August 2017
| time = 
| daynight =
| team1 = [[South Africa A cricket team|South Africa A]] {{flagicon|SA}}
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[India A cricket team|India A]]
| score1 = 266 (48.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Heinrich Klaasen]] 127 (108)
| wickets1 = [[Shardul Thakur]] 4/35 (8.2 overs)
| score2 = 267/9 (49.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Manish Pandey]] 93[[not out|*]] (85)
| wickets2 = [[Junior Dala]] 3/55 (9 overs)
| result = India A won by 1 wicket
| report = [http://espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/1099002.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[LC de Villiers Oval]], [[Pretoria]]
| umpires = [[Adrian Holdstock]] (SA) and [[Sam Nogajski]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Heinrich Klaasen]] (South Africa A)
| toss = India A won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}

===6th match===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 5 August 2017
| time = 
| daynight =
| team1 = [[Afghanistan A cricket team|Afghanistan A]] {{flagicon|AFG}}
| team2 = {{flagicon|SA}} [[South Africa A cricket team|South Africa A]]
| score1 = 202/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Usman Ghani]] 54 (65)
| wickets1 = [[Aaron Phangiso]] 3/39 (10 overs)
| score2 = 203/7 (36.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Reeza Hendricks]] 76 (76)
| wickets2 = [[Rahmat Shah Zurmatai|Rahmat Shah]] 2/44 (9.4 overs)
| result = South Africa A won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/1099003.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[LC de Villiers Oval]], [[Pretoria]]
| umpires = [[Bongani Jele]] (SA) and [[Brad White]] (SA)
| motm = [[Aaron Phangiso]] (South Africa A)
| toss = South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}

===Final===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 8 August 2017
| time = 
| daynight =
| team1 = [[South Africa A cricket team|South Africa A]] {{flagicon|SA}}
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[India A cricket team|India A]]
| score1 = 267/7 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Farhaan Behardien]] 101[[not out|*]] (114)
| wickets1 = [[Shardul Thakur]] 3/52 (10 overs)
| score2 = 270/3 (46.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Shreyas Iyer]] 140[[not out|*]] (131)
| wickets2 = [[Junior Dala]] 2/49 (8 overs)
| result = India A won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/1099004.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[LC de Villiers Oval]], [[Pretoria]]
| umpires = [[Adrian Holdstock]] (SA) and [[Sam Nogajski]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Shreyas Iyer]] (India A)
| toss = India A won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}

==First-class series==
===Squads===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
![[India A cricket team|India A]] {{flagicon|IND}}<ref name="IndSquad"/><ref name="mukund_replacement" />
![[South Africa A cricket team|South Africa A]] {{flagicon|SA}}<ref name="SA4DaySquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-south-africa-2017/content/story/1115339.html |title=Quick turnaround for Markram with A-team captaincy |accessdate=6 August 2017|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Karun Nair]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Priyank Panchal]]
* <s>[[Abhinav Mukund]]</s>
* [[Shreyas Iyer]]
* [[Ankit Bawne]]
* [[Sudip Chatterjee (cricketer)|Sudip Chatterjee]]
* [[Ishan Kishan]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Hanuma Vihari]]
* [[Jayant Yadav]]
* [[Shahbaz Nadeem]]
* [[Navdeep Saini]]
* [[Mohammed Siraj]]
* [[Shardul Thakur]]
* [[Aniket Choudhary]]
* [[Ankit Rajpoot]]
* [[Ravikumar Samarth]]
|
* [[Aiden Markram]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Stephen Cook (cricketer)|Stephen Cook]]
* [[Junior Dala]]
* [[Beuran Hendricks]]
* [[Heinrich Klaasen]]
* [[David Miller (South African cricketer)|David Miller]]
* [[Duanne Olivier]]
* [[Dane Paterson]]
* [[Andile Phehlukwayo]]
* [[Dane Piedt]]
* [[Omphile Ramela]]
* [[Rudi Second]]
* [[Jason Smith (cricketer)|Jason Smith]]
* [[Shaun von Berg]]
* [[Khaya Zondo]]
|}
[[Ravikumar Samarth]] replaced [[Abhinav Mukund]] following the former's selection to the [[India cricket team|India]] squad for the [[Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2017|Sri Lanka tour]].<ref name="mukund_replacement">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/ravikumar-samarth-replaces-abhinav-mukund-in-india-a-squad-for-south-africa-tour/articleshow/59543250.cms|title=Ravikumar Samarth replaces Abhinav Mukund in India ‘A’ squad|website=The Times of India|date=11 July 2017|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref>

===1st unofficial Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 12–15 August 2017
| team1 = [[South Africa A cricket team|South Africa A]] {{flagicon|SA}}
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[India A cricket team|India A]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 346 (117.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Stephen Cook (cricketer)|Stephen Cook]] 120 (252)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Mohammed Siraj]] 4/61 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 120 (39 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Shreyas Iyer]] 31 (32)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Beuran Hendricks]] 3/23 (7 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 220/5[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (56.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Aiden Markram]] 79 (120)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Navdeep Saini]] 3/20 (9 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 211 (52.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ankit Bawne]] 46 (82)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Junior Dala]] 5/36 (10.1 overs)

| result = South Africa A won by 235 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1099005.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
| umpires = [[Shaun George (cricketer)|Shaun George]] (SA) and [[Sam Nogajski]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Stephen Cook (cricketer)|Stephen Cook]] (South Africa A)
| toss = South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}

===2nd unofficial Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 19–22 August 2017
| team1 = [[South Africa A cricket team|South Africa A]] {{flagicon|SA}}
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[India A cricket team|India A]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 322 (124.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Stephen Cook (cricketer)|Stephen Cook]] 98 (205)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Shahbaz Nadeem]] 4/118 (40 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 276 (89.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ravikumar Samarth]] 77 (113)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Dane Piedt]] 4/70 (19.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 177 (65.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Stephen Cook (cricketer)|Stephen Cook]] 70[[not out|*]] (196)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ankit Rajpoot]] 3/15 (7.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 226/4 (62.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Karun Nair]] 90 (144)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Dane Piedt]] 2/75 (19 overs)

| result = India A won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1099006.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Senwes Park]], [[Potchefstroom]]
| umpires = [[Adrian Holdstock]] (SA) and [[Sam Nogajski]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Ravikumar Samarth]] (India A)
| toss = South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/1098990.html List A series home at ESPN Cricinfo]
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/1098988.html First-class series home at ESPN Cricinfo]

{{International cricket in 2017}}

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