2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup
Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from 12 October 2017 to 15 April 2018.[ 1] [ 2] The competition was played between the thirteen South African provincial teams and Namibia . Unlike its counterpart, the Sunfoil Series , the matches were three days in length instead of four. The tournament was played in parallel with the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge , a List A competition which features the same teams.
Northerns and Free State were the defending champions, as the final of the previous tournament ended in a draw.[ 3]
In the fixture between Border and Eastern Province in November 2017, Marco Marais of Border scored 300 not out from 191 deliveries .[ 4] This was the fastest triple century in first-class cricket, the ninth triple century in first-class cricket in South Africa and the first in the country since 2010.[ 5] [ 6]
Following Namibia's fixture against Free State in February 2018, Namibia's captain Sarel Burger and vice-captain Craig Williams retired from cricket.[ 7] [ 8] They played their final match for Namibia in the corresponding one-day fixture in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 25 February 2018.[ 7] [ 8]
The final was played between KwaZulu-Natal and Namibia at the Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban , starting on 12 April 2018.[ 9] It was the first time that Namibia had reached the final of the 3-Day Cup.[ 10] KwaZulu-Natal won the tournament, beating Namibia by an innings and 25 runs.[ 11] [ 12]
Points table
Pool A
Team qualified for the final
Pool B
Team qualified for the final
Fixtures
October 2017
Free State won the toss and elected to field.
Aubrey Ferreira (Eastern Province) made his first-class debut.
KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to bat.
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to field.
Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
Eastern Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Themba Maupa (Northern Cape) made his first-class debut.
Border won the toss and elected to field.
Renaldo Meyer (Western Province) made his first-class debut.
November 2017
North West won the toss and elected to bat.
Ruan Haasbroek (North West) made his first-class debut.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Bailey Aarons (South Western Districts) made his first-class debut.
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
Boland won the toss and elected to field.
Free State won the toss and elected to field.
Northerns won the toss and elected to field.
Mitchell Van Buuren (Northerns) made his first-class debut.
Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
Kgaudisa Molefe (Gauteng) made his first-class debut.
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
Thula Ngcobo (KwaZulu-Natal) made his first-class debut.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Eastern Province won the toss and elected to field.
Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Louren Steenkamp (North West) made his first-class debut.
Border won the toss and elected to bat.
KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to field.
Free State won the toss and elected to bat.
Lefa Thaba (Gauteng) and Janko Dreyer (Free State) both made their first-class debuts.
December 2017
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
Gregory Mahlokwana (Northerns) made his first-class debut.
Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to bat.
Gauteng won the toss and elected to field.
Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
January 2018
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to field.
Eastern Province won the toss and elected to field.
Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
Eastern Province won the toss and elected to field.
Niko Davin (Namibia) made his first-class debut.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
Mathew Goles and Bonga Makaka (Western Province) both made their first-class debuts.
Northerns won the toss and elected to field.
Dalen Mmako (Northerns) made his first-class debut.
Border won the toss and elected to field.
Boland won the toss and elected to field.
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
February 2018
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
Mpho Ndumo (KwaZulu-Natal Inland) made his first-class debut.
Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
Bradley de Villiers (South Western Districts) made his first class debut.
Gauteng won the toss and elected to bat.
Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
North West won the toss and elected to field.
Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
Boland won the toss and elected to field.
Gauteng won the toss and elected to field.
Jade de Klerk (Eastern Province) made his first-class debut.
Free State won the toss and elected to bat.
Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
March 2018
Free State won the toss and elected to field.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Wandile Makwetu (Northerns) made his first-class debut.
Eastern Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
Only three balls were bowled on day 1 due to rain.
North West won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
Kevin Crowie (North West) made his first-class debut.
No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.
Free State won the toss and elected to field.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Boland won the toss and elected to field.
Border won the toss and elected to field.
Malwande Zamo (Border) made his first-class debut.
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on days 1 and 2 due to rain.
Free State won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
Final
KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to field.
References
External links
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