2017–18 Sunfoil Series
| 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 played | 30 |
| Most runs | Rassie van der Dussen (959) |
| Most wickets | Simon Harmer (47) |
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]
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]
Contents
Points table
| 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
Round 1
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19–22 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]
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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
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28 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.
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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
Round 4
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16–19 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
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23–26 October 2017
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- Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 2.
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
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22–25 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.
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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.
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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
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