2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series

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2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series
Date26 July-22 August 2017
Location South Africa
Result Flag of India.svg India A won the series
Player of the series Flag of India.svg Manish Pandey
Teams
South Africa A Flag of South Africa.svg Afghanistan A Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg India A Flag of India.svg
Captains
Khaya Zondo Shafiqullah Manish Pandey
Most runs
Reeza Hendricks (266) Rahmat Shah (150) Manish Pandey (307)
Most wickets
Aaron Phangiso (10) Rahmat Shah (5) 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.

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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

Squads

Afghanistan A Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg [4] India A Flag of India.svg [7] South Africa A Flag of South Africa.svg [8]

1st match

26 July 2017
Scorecard
India A Flag of India.svg
152 (41.5 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg 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

28 July 2017
Scorecard
Afghanistan A Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg
149 (40.5 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg 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

30 July 2017
Scorecard
South Africa A Flag of South Africa.svg
336/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg 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

1 August 2017
Scorecard
India A Flag of India.svg
322/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg 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

3 August 2017
Scorecard
South Africa A Flag of South Africa.svg
266 (48.2 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg 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

5 August 2017
Scorecard
Afghanistan A Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg
202/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg 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

8 August 2017
Scorecard
South Africa A Flag of South Africa.svg
267/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg 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

Squads

India A Flag of India.svg [7] [9] South Africa A Flag of South Africa.svg [10]

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

1st unofficial Test

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 by 235 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Sam Nogajski (Aus)
Player of the match: Stephen Cook (South Africa A)
  • South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd unofficial Test

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)
India A won by 6 wickets
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Sam Nogajski (Aus)
Player of the match: Ravikumar Samarth (India A)
  • South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.

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