The 2017 South Africa Women's Quadrangular Series was an international

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tournament that was held in

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, from 4 to 21 May 2017. The series was contested between the teams of

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and

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. The matches were played at

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and The PUK Oval. All the matches were played as

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(WODI) matches, except for fixtures that featured Zimbabwe, who do not have WODI status. Ahead of the tournament, South Africa's captain

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was ruled out of the tournament due to a foot injury. South Africa named an interim captain, but they did not add a replacement to their squad. India won the tournament, beating South Africa by eight wickets in the final.

Squads

Points table

Fixtures

Warm-up matches

Round-robin stage

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Finals

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References

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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