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. Organised by Cricket South Africa, it featured thirteen South African provincial teams, as well as national representative sides of Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
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. 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. Gauteng also progressed to the semi-finals for the first time, after winning Group B. They topped the table with a bonus-point win in their final group match, knocking out defending champions Eastern Province in the process. In Group C, Free State progressed, after beating Northern Cape by 62 runs in the final match of the group. KwaZulu-Natal Inland progressed from Group D after beating Border by six wickets in their final group fixture.
In the first semi-final, KwaZulu-Natal Inland beat Gauteng by 8 wickets to progress to the final. 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.
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the tournament, beating Free State by 6 wickets in the final.
Pool A
Squads Easterns South Western Districts Western Province Kofi Apea-Adu Matthew Arnold Clayton August Katleho Bala Tumelo Bodibe Wesley Coulentianos Armandt Erasmus Wesley Marshall Sizwe Masondo Tumelo Simelane Jurie Snyman Grant Thomson Sizwe Zulu Stephan Baard Jean Bredenkamp Sarel Burger Petrus Burger Gerhard Erasmus Jan Frylinck Lo-handre Louwrens Tangeni Lungameni Mika Mutumbe Bernard Scholtz JJ Smit Eben van Wyk Craig Williams Mthobeli Bangindawo Murray Commins Justin Jordaan Hanno Kotze George Linde Brendon Louw Sammy Mofokeng Dane Paterson Obus Pienaar Letlotlo Sesele Daniel Sincuba Glenton Stuurman Todd Walker Qaasim Adams Michael Cohen Dayyaan Galiem Carlos Koyana Michael Loubser Aviwe Mgijima Travis Muller Mthiwekhaya Nabe Mpilo Njoloza Luke Philander Emmanuel Sebareme Jason Smith Jean Strydom
Points table Team 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
Pool B
Squads Eastern Province Gauteng North West NorthernsTladi Bokako Matthew Breetzke Mathew Christensen Jade de Klerk Brad Dolley Clyde Fortuin Sisanda Magala Edward Moore Anrich Nortje Solo Nqweni Onke Nyaku Kelly Smuts David WhiteNandre Burger Stephen Cook Yassar Cook Tshepang Dithole Matt McGillivray Mangaliso Mosehle Aaron Phangiso Shaylen Pillay Nono Pongolo Delano Potgieter Ryan Rickelton Zaid Saloojee Farhaan SayanvalaMarques Ackerman Craig Alexander Brady Barends Johannes Diseko Bjorn Fortuin Ruan Haasbroek Wihan Lubbe Andre Malan Janneman Malan Ayavuya Myoli Kagiso Rapulana Lesego Senokwane Jovuan van WyngaardtAndrea Agathangelou Roger Arendse Corbin Bosch Ruben Claassen Tony de Zorzi Rubin Hermann Thomas Kaber Lerato Kgoatle Gregory Mahlokwana Rivaldo Moonsamy Luvuyo Nkese Jiveshan Pillay Migael Pretorius
Points table Team 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
Pool C Squads Free State KwaZulu-Natal Northern Cape Patrick Botha Andries Gous Loyiso Mdashe Andrew Rasemene Romano Terblanche Diego Rosier Shadley van Schalkwyk Corné Dry Tshepo Ntuli Karabo Mogotsi Sean Whitehead Leus du Plooy Raynard van Tonder Rakep Patel Irfan Karim Shem Ngoche Alex Obanda Dhiren Gondaria Nelson Odhiambo Lucas Oluoch Collins Obuya Gurdeep Singh Rushab Patel Emmanuel Bundi Pushpak Kerai Peter Langat Prenelan Subrayen Jason Oakes Khalipha Cele Mishkal Ramsaroop Vaughn van Jaarsveld Jason Wagener Calvin Savage Smangaliso Nhlebela Tyron Koen Zakariya Paruk Bruce Kerr Dudu Zondo Andile Mokgakane Werner Coetsee Aubrey Swanepoel Patrick Kruger Kagiso Mohale Thandolwethu Mnyaka Akhona Kula Aidan Brooker Grant Mokoena Keegan Petersen Richard Ntumka Jacques Snyman Mbulelo Budaza Themba Maupa
Points table Team Free State 3 2 1 0 0 10 +1.420 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
Pool D Squads Boland Border KwaZulu-Natal Inland Ferisco Adams Cebo Tshiki Justin Ontong Simon Khomari Niel Botha Lizaad Williams Zakhele Qwabe Nkululeko Serame Pieter Malan Ricardo Vasconcelos Kyle Simmonds Curtley Louw Ziyaad Abrahams Gionne Koopman Mncedisi Malika Gerhardt Abrahams Somila Seyibokwe Jerry Nqolo Christiaan Jonker Clayton Bosch Yaseen Vallie Ayabulela Gqamane Marco Marais Phaphama Fojela Sithembile Langa Akhona Mnyaka Lefa Mosena Attie Maposa Graham Hume Ruhan Pretorius Gareth Dukes Kushen Kishun Cody Chetty Kurtlyn Mannikam Luke Schlemmer Grant Roelofsen Sohail Mahmoud Nduduzo Mfoza Kyle Nipper Peter Moor Kudzai Sauramba Ainsley Ndlovu Brian Chari Kevin Kasuza Innocent Kaia Tinashe Kamunhukamwe Timycen Maruma Nathan Waller Neville Madziva Rugare Magarira Tinotenda Mutombodzi Keith Jaure
Points table Team 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 3 0 2 0 1 2 –2.188
Fixtures
Finals Semi-finals
Final
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo