The 2017–18 Sunfoil Series was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from 19 September 2017 to 25 March 2018.[1] Knights were the defending champions.[2]
| Dates | 19 September 2017 – 25 March 2018 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket South Africa |
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin |
| Champions | Titans (6th title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 30 |
| Most runs | Rassie van der Dussen (959) |
| Most wickets | Simon Harmer (47) |
There was a planned break in the competition between October and February for the first season of the T20 Global League (TGL).[3][4] However, the TGL was postponed to November 2018,[5] with South Africa's domestic T20 competition moved back from March 2018 to November 2017 to replace it.[6]
After the first four rounds of fixtures, all twelve matches had ended in draws.[7] The first win of the tournament came in the fifth round, when Titans beat Lions by nine wickets.[8] By the end of the mid-season break in October 2017, fourteen of the fifteen matches had ended as a draw.[9] Ahead of the final round of fixtures, five of the six teams were still in contention of winning the title.[10]
Titans won the series, after they beat Knights by four wickets in the final round of matches.[11][12]
Points table
edit| Teams[13] | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | NRR |
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| Titans | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 143.96 | +0.407 |
| Warriors | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 142.44 | +0.037 |
| Cape Cobras | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 133.36 | –0.119 |
| Knights | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 126.68 | +0.087 |
| Dolphins | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 126.66 | +0.086 |
| Lions | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 120.46 | –0.495 |
Fixtures
editRound 1
edit19–22 September 2017
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- Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to bat.
- In the Knights first innings, Keegan Petersen, Theunis de Bruyn, Rudi Second and Werner Coetsee all scored centuries. This was the first time in franchise cricket in South Africa that four players from one team had made a century in the same innings.[14]
- Aviwe Mgijima (Cape Cobras) scored his maiden first-class century.[15]
19–22 September 2017
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- Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
- Omphile Ramela (Lions) played in his 100th first-class match.[16]
Round 2
edit28 September–1 October 2017
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- Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
28 September–1 October 2017
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- Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
- Corbin Bosch (Titans) made his first-class debut.
Round 3
edit6–9 October 2017
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- Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 4
edit16–19 October 2017
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- Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to field.
- Pieter Malan (Cape Cobras) scored his 25th century in first-class cricket.[17]
Round 5
edit23–26 October 2017
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- Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 2.
Round 6
editRound 7
editRound 8
editRound 9
editRound 10
edit22–25 March 2018
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- Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on days 1 and 2 due to rain.
22–25 March 2018
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- Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
22–25 March 2018
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- Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on days 1 and 2 due to rain.
References
edit- ^ "SA first-class calendar to feature two-month pause for T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Knights take first-class title with innings win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ "One chance for Proteas hopefuls to impress Gibson". IOL. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "CSA announce franchise fixtures". Cricket365. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "CSA announces revised Franchise Competition schedules". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Twelve games, twelve draws to begin Sunfoil Series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ "Titans seal first outright win of Sunfoil Series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Sunfoil Series: form of domestic seamers prompts questions". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "Sunfoil Series race to go down to the wire". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Titans crowned Sunfoil Series champs". SuperSport. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "CSA congratulates Multiply Titans on winning Sunfoil Series title". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "2017–18 Sunfoil Series Points table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Record-setting Knights in control against Cobras". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Amla, Mgijima help Cobras earn draw with Knights". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "Lions, Warriors settle for a draw". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "Big Malan century gives Cobras victory chance". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.