2017 Africa T20 Cup
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| Dates | 25 August – 25 September 2017 |
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| Administrator | Cricket South Africa |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage, playoffs |
| Host | South Africa |
| Champions | KwaZulu-Natal Inland (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Free State |
| Participants | 16 |
| Matches | 27 |
| Most runs | Sarel Erwee (231) |
| Most wickets | Wihan Lubbe (7) Nelson Odhiambo (7) Shadley van Schalkwyk (7) |
The 2017 Africa T20 Cup was the third edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa from 25 August to 25 September 2017, as a curtain-raiser to the 2017–18 South African domestic season.[1] Organised by Cricket South Africa, it featured thirteen South African provincial teams, as well as national representative sides of Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe.[2][3]
The sixteen participating teams were split into four pools of four, with the teams from each pool playing all of their matches at one ground across a single weekend.[2] Defending champions Eastern Province were drawn in Pool B.
Namibia won all three games in Group A, progressing to the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time.[4] Gauteng also progressed to the semi-finals for the first time, after winning Group B.[5] They topped the table with a bonus-point win in their final group match, knocking out defending champions Eastern Province in the process.[5] In Group C, Free State progressed, after beating Northern Cape by 62 runs in the final match of the group.[6] KwaZulu-Natal Inland progressed from Group D after beating Border by six wickets in their final group fixture.[7]
In the first semi-final, KwaZulu-Natal Inland beat Gauteng by 8 wickets to progress to the final.[8] They were joined in the final with Free State, who beat Namibia by 10 wickets. Andries Gous scored a century, the second-ever in the Africa T20 Cup.[9]
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the tournament, beating Free State by 6 wickets in the final.[10]
Squads
 Easterns |
 Namibia[11] |
South Western Districts |
Western Province[11] |
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Points table
| Team[12] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Namibia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.621 |
| South Western Districts | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.192 |
| Easterns | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.125 |
| Western Province | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –0.733 |
Fixtures
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- Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Petrus Burger (Namibia), Michael Cohen, Carlos Koyana, Luke Philander and Jean Strydom (Western Province) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
- Katleho Bala, Tumelo Simelane, Sizwe Zulu (Easterns), Murray Commins and Todd Walker (South Western Districts) all made their T20 debuts.
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- South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
- Mthiwekhaya Nabe (Western Province) made his T20 debut.
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
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- Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
Pool B
Squads
| Eastern Province[13] |
Gauteng[13] |
North West[14] |
Northerns[14] |
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Points table
| Team[12] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Gauteng | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.946 |
| Eastern Province | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | +0.178 |
| North West | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | +0.169 |
| Northerns | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.326 |
Fixtures
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- Eastern Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Matthew Breetzke (Eastern Province) and Ryan Rickelton (Gauteng) both made their T20 debuts.
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- Northerns won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ruan Haasbroek (North West), Gregory Mahlokwana, Luvuyo Nkese, Jiveshan Pillay and Migael Pretorius (Northerns) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Northerns won the toss and elected to bat.
- Roger Arendse and Rubin Hermann (Northerns) both made their T20 debuts.
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- Northerns won the toss and elected to bat.
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- North West won the toss and elected to bat.
Pool C
Squads
| Free State[15] |
 Kenya[15] |
KwaZulu-Natal[16] |
Northern Cape[16] |
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Points table
| Team[12] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Free State | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +1.420 |
| Kenya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.008 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –0.208 |
| Northern Cape | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.108 |
Fixtures
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
- Nealan van Heerden, Raynard van Tonder (Free State) and Pushpak Kerai (Kenya) all made their T20 debuts.
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- KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tyron Koen, Andile Mokgakane, Zakariya Paruk, Jason Wagener (KwaZulu-Natal) and Themba Maupa (Northern Cape) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Free State won the toss and elected to field.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
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- Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
- Richard Ntumka (Northern Cape) made his T20 debut.
Pool D
Squads
| Boland[17] |
Border[17] |
KwaZulu-Natal Inland[18] |
 Zimbabwe[18] |
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Points table
| Team[12] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| KwaZulu-Natal Inland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | +0.815 |
| Boland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | +3.877 |
| Border | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | –0.747 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | –2.188 |
Fixtures
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- KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
- Nduduzo Mfoza, Kerwin Mungroo (KwaZulu-Natal Inland), Keith Jaure, Innocent Kaia and Ainsley Ndlovu (Zimbabwe) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Border won the toss and elected to field.
- Ricardo Vasconcelos, Curtley Louw (Boland) and Sithembile Langa (Borland) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Boland won the toss and elected to field.
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- KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
