2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series Explained

Series:2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series
Date:26 July-22 August 2017
Place:South Africa
Result: India A won the series
Player Of Series: Manish Pandey
Team1:South Africa A
Team2:Afghanistan A
Team3:India A
Captain1:Khaya Zondo
Captain2:Shafiqullah
Captain3:Manish Pandey
Runs1:Reeza Hendricks (266)
Runs2:Rahmat Shah (150)
Runs3:Manish Pandey (307)
Wickets1:Aaron Phangiso (10)
Wickets2: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, 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

Final

First-class series

Squads

Ravikumar Samarth replaced Abhinav Mukund following the former's selection to the India squad for the Sri Lanka tour.[10]

2nd unofficial Test

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Afghanistan A to replace Australia A in Triangular Series . 17 July 2017 . Cricket South Africa . 21 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170721111553/http://cricket.co.za/news/19834/Afghanistan-A-to-replace-Australia-A-in-Triangular-Series . dead .
  2. Web site: Players withdraw from Australia A tour . 17 July 2017. ESPNcricinfo.
  3. Web site: Afghans to replace Aussies in SA . 17 July 2017. Cricket Australia.
  4. Web site: Afghanistan A replace Australia A in tri-series . 17 July 2017. ESPNcricinfo.
  5. Web site: Iyer, Shankar power India A to series title . 8 August 2017. ESPNcricinfo.
  6. Web site: Samarth and Nair script comeback win . 22 August 2017. ESPNcricinfo.
  7. Web site: Krunal Pandya, Thampi get maiden India A call-up . 17 July 2017. ESPNcricinfo.
  8. Web site: Smuts replaces Markram in SA A one-day squad . 18 July 2017. Cricket South Africa.
  9. Web site: Quick turnaround for Markram with A-team captaincy . 6 August 2017. ESPNcricinfo.
  10. Web site: Ravikumar Samarth replaces Abhinav Mukund in India ‘A’ squad. The Times of India. 11 July 2017. 17 August 2018.