The Standard Bank International Series was the name of the

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tournament in South Africa for the 1996-97 season. It was a tri-nation series between South Africa, India and Zimbabwe. South Africa booked a slot into the Finals through six straight wins. The slot for the second finalist came down to wire being decided in the last league match between India and Zimbabwe. India had to beat Zimbabwe to equal their points tally. They also needed to chase down the target set by Zimbabwe within 40.5 overs to ensure a slot in the Finals on the basis of Net run rate. India managed to chase the target within 40 overs thereby, moving into the Finals. South Africa beat India in the Finals to clinch the trophy.

Squads

The South Africa squad was announced on 20 January 1997.

Jonty Rhodes Jonathan Neil "Jonty" Rhodes (born 27 July 1969) is a South African professional cricket commentator and former Test and One Day International cricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest fielders of all time and was the first South African ...

was recalled to the side following good performances for Natal in the domestic circuit. Other inclusions included all-rounder Jacques Kallis and

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that preceded the tournament. To its squad, India named Ajay Jadeja and Robin Singh as inclusions. All-rounder

Brian McMillan Brian Mervin McMillan (born 22 December 1963) played 38 Test matches and 78 One Day Internationals for South Africa from 1991 to 1998. He was rated by many as the best all-rounder in the world in the mid-1990s, and won South African Cricket ...

of South Africa was ruled out of the tournament with an inflamed tendon in his left foot and

Craig Matthews Craig Russell Matthews (born 15 February 1965 is a former South African cricketer who played in 18 Test matches and 56 One Day Internationals between 1991 and 1997. Matthews was born in Cape Town, Cape Province, and attended Pinelands High Scho ...

was named as his replacement. Matthews injured his ankle during the second game and was replaced by

Rudi Bryson Rudi Edwin Bryson (born 25 July 1968) is a former South African cricketer who played seven One Day Internationals in 1997. He also played in 96 first-class and 155 List A List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form ...

Group stage points table

South Africa won all of their six round-robin matches. India and Zimbabwe each claimed one victory over the other. The third match between the two teams ended in a tie. Tied at 3 points each, India qualified for the final against South Africa based on superior run-rate.

Group stage matches

1st match

2nd match

3rd match

4th match

5th match

6th match

7th match

8th match

9th match

Finals

1st final

2nd final

References

External links

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