2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series

2017 South Africa A Team Tri-Series
Date	26 July-22 August 2017
Location	South Africa
Result	India A won the series
Player of the series	Manish Pandey
Teams South Africa A Afghanistan A India A 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.

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 [4]	India A [7]	South Africa A [8]
Shafiqullah (c) Afsar Zazai (wk) Usman Ghani Javed Ahmadi Rahmat Shah Younas Ahmadzai Nasir Jamal Najibullah Zadran Karim Janat Sharafuddin Ashraf Yamin Ahmadzai Fareed Ahmad Ihsanullah Younas Ahmadzai Nawaz Khan Mohammad Ibrahim	Manish Pandey (c) Mandeep Singh Shreyas Iyer Sanju Samson Deepak Hooda Karun Nair Krunal Pandya Rishabh Pant (wk) Vijay Shankar Axar Patel Yuzvendra Chahal Jayant Yadav Basil Thampi Mohammed Siraj Shardul Thakur Siddarth Kaul	Khaya Zondo (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 Jon-Jon Smuts

1st match

26 July 2017 Scorecard

India A 152 (41.5 overs)	v	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 149 (40.5 overs)	v	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 336/5 (50 overs)	v	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 322/5 (50 overs)	v	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 266 (48.2 overs)	v	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 202/9 (50 overs)	v	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 267/7 (50 overs)	v	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 [7][9]	South Africa A [10]
Karun Nair (c) Priyank Panchal Abhinav Mukund Shreyas Iyer Ankit Bawne Sudip Chatterjee Ishan Kishan (wk) Hanuma Vihari Jayant Yadav Shahbaz Nadeem Navdeep Saini Mohammed Siraj Shardul Thakur Aniket Choudhary Ankit Rajpoot Ravikumar Samarth	Aiden Markram (c) Stephen Cook Junior Dala Beuran Hendricks Heinrich Klaasen David Miller Duanne Olivier Dane Paterson Andile Phehlukwayo Dane Piedt Omphile Ramela Rudi Second Jason Smith Shaun von Berg Khaya Zondo

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

South Africa A	v	India A
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

South Africa A	v	India A
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.

References

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.
7. "Krunal Pandya, Thampi get maiden India A call-up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
8. "Smuts replaces Markram in SA A one-day squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
9. "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". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

External links

• List A series home at ESPNcricinfo
• First-class series home at ESPNcricinfo