The 2016–17 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup was a
first-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...
competition that took place in South Africa from 6 October 2016 to 9 April 2017.
The competition was played between the thirteen South African provincial teams and
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
. Unlike its counterpart, the
Sunfoil Series
The CSA 4-Day Domestic Series is the domestic first class cricket competition of South Africa. The tournament is contested by teams from all nine provinces of South Africa.
First contested as the Currie Cup from 1889–90, the tournament has u ...
, the matches were three days in length instead of four. The tournament was played in parallel with the
2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge
The 2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge was a List A cricket competition that took place in South Africa from 9 October 2016 to 2 April 2017. The competition was played between the thirteen South African provincial teams and Namibia. The ...
, a
List A
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...
competition which featured the same teams.
Northerns finished top of Pool A and
Free State finished top of Pool B, with both teams progressing to the final of the competition. The final ended as a draw, with both teams sharing the title.
Points table
Pool A
Team qualified for the final
Pool B
Team qualified for the final
Group stage
Pool A
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Pool B
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Cross Pool
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Final
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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South African domestic cricket competitions
Sunfoil 3-Day Cup
2016–17 South African cricket season
Sunfoil Series