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2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series
Date26 July-22 August 2017
LocationSouth Africa
ResultIndia India A won the series
Player of the seriesIndia Manish Pandey
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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, Afghanistan A and India A.[1] The one-day matches were played as List A fixtures. Following the List A fixtures, South Africa A and India A played two four-day games with first-class status, also called unofficial Tests.

Originally, Australia A were scheduled to play in the series, but they withdrew in early July following an ongoing pay dispute with Cricket Australia.[2][3] Later that month, Afghanistan A were named as their replacement, after the national team was awarded Test match status the previous month.[4]

India A won the tri-series, beating South Africa A by 7 wickets in the final of the competition.[5] The first-class series was drawn 1–1, with South Africa A winning the first match and India A winning the second.[6]

List A series[edit | edit source]

Squads[edit | edit source]

Afghanistan A Afghanistan[4] India A India[7] South Africa A South Africa[8]

1st match[edit | edit source]

26 July 2017
Scorecard
India A India
152 (41.5 overs)
v
South Africa South Africa A
153/8 (37.4 overs)
Manish Pandey 55 (95)
Aaron Phangiso 4/30 (10 overs)
Dwaine Pretorius 38 (54)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/41 (9.4 overs)
South Africa A won by 2 wickets
Groenkloof Oval, Pretoria
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA)
Player of the match: Dwaine Pretorius (South Africa A)
  • South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.

2nd match[edit | edit source]

28 July 2017
Scorecard
Afghanistan A Afghanistan
149 (40.5 overs)
v
India India A
150/3 (30.4 overs)
Sharafuddin Ashraf 39* (27)
Vijay Shankar 3/24 (7 overs)
Karun Nair 57 (83)
Yamin Ahmadzai 1/26 (7 overs)
India A won by 7 wickets
LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria
Umpires: Sam Nogajski (Aus) and Allahudien Paleker (SA)
Player of the match: Karun Nair (India A)
  • India A won the toss and elected to field.

3rd match[edit | edit source]

30 July 2017
Scorecard
South Africa A South Africa
336/5 (50 overs)
v
Afghanistan Afghanistan A
172 (32.2 overs)
Reeza Hendricks 173* (145)
Rahmat Shah Zurmatai 2/58 (10 overs)
Rahmat Shah Zurmatai 55 (54)
Tabraiz Shamsi 4/19 (8 overs)
South Africa A won by 164 runs
Groenkloof Stadium, Pretoria
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA)
Player of the match: Reeza Hendricks (South Africa A)
  • Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to field.

4th match[edit | edit source]

1 August 2017
Scorecard
India A India
322/5 (50 overs)
v
Afghanistan Afghanistan A
209/9 (50 overs)
Manish Pandey 86* (87)
Sharafuddin Ashraf 2/48 (10 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 62 (78)
Mohammed Siraj 3/49 (8 overs)
India A won by 113 runs
LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria
Umpires: Sam Nogajski (Aus) and Brad White (SA)
Player of the match: Manish Pandey (India A)
  • Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to field.

5th match[edit | edit source]

3 August 2017
Scorecard
South Africa A South Africa
266 (48.2 overs)
v
India India A
267/9 (49.4 overs)
Heinrich Klaasen 127 (108)
Shardul Thakur 4/35 (8.2 overs)
Manish Pandey 93* (85)
Junior Dala 3/55 (9 overs)
India A won by 1 wicket
LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Sam Nogajski (Aus)
Player of the match: Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa A)
  • India A won the toss and elected to field.

6th match[edit | edit source]

5 August 2017
Scorecard
Afghanistan A Afghanistan
202/9 (50 overs)
v
South Africa South Africa A
203/7 (36.4 overs)
Usman Ghani 54 (65)
Aaron Phangiso 3/39 (10 overs)
Reeza Hendricks 76 (76)
Rahmat Shah 2/44 (9.4 overs)
South Africa A won by 7 wickets
LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria
Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Brad White (SA)
Player of the match: Aaron Phangiso (South Africa A)
  • South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.

Final[edit | edit source]

8 August 2017
Scorecard
South Africa A South Africa
267/7 (50 overs)
v
India India A
270/3 (46.5 overs)
Farhaan Behardien 101* (114)
Shardul Thakur 3/52 (10 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 140* (131)
Junior Dala 2/49 (8 overs)
India A won by 7 wickets
LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Sam Nogajski (Aus)
Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (India A)
  • India A won the toss and elected to field.

First-class series[edit | edit source]

Squads[edit | edit source]

India A India[7][9] South Africa A South Africa[10]

Ravikumar Samarth replaced Abhinav Mukund following the former's selection to the India squad for the Sri Lanka tour.[9]

1st unofficial Test[edit | edit source]

12–15 August 2017
Scorecard
v
346 (117.3 overs)
Stephen Cook 120 (252)
Mohammed Siraj 4/61 (26 overs)
120 (39 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 31 (32)
Beuran Hendricks 3/23 (7 overs)
220/5d (56.3 overs)
Aiden Markram 79 (120)
Navdeep Saini 3/20 (9 overs)
211 (52.1 overs)
Ankit Bawne 46 (82)
Junior Dala 5/36 (10.1 overs)
  • South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd unofficial Test[edit | edit source]

19–22 August 2017
Scorecard
v
322 (124.4 overs)
Stephen Cook 98 (205)
Shahbaz Nadeem 4/118 (40 overs)
276 (89.4 overs)
Ravikumar Samarth 77 (113)
Dane Piedt 4/70 (19.4 overs)
177 (65.2 overs)
Stephen Cook 70* (196)
Ankit Rajpoot 3/15 (7.2 overs)
226/4 (62.3 overs)
Karun Nair 90 (144)
Dane Piedt 2/75 (19 overs)
  • South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Afghanistan A to replace Australia A in Triangular Series". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Players withdraw from Australia A tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Afghans to replace Aussies in SA". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Afghanistan A replace Australia A in tri-series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Iyer, Shankar power India A to series title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Samarth and Nair script comeback win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Krunal Pandya, Thampi get maiden India A call-up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Smuts replaces Markram in SA A one-day squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Ravikumar Samarth replaces Abhinav Mukund in India 'A' squad". The Times of India. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Quick turnaround for Markram with A-team captaincy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

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