2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series

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
Teams
South Africa A South Africa Afghanistan A Afghanistan India A India
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)
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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]

  1. ^ "Afghanistan A to replace Australia A in Triangular Series". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Players withdraw from Australia A tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Afghans to replace Aussies in SA". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Afghanistan A replace Australia A in tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Iyer, Shankar power India A to series title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Samarth and Nair script comeback win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2017.