2015–16 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup

2015–16 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup
Dates 8 October 2015 (2015-10-08) – 3 April 2016 (2016-04-03)
Administrator(s) Cricket South Africa
Cricket format First-class
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Champions South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Inland (2nd title)
Participants 14
Most runs Zubayr Hamza (830)
Most wickets Gurshwin Rabie (43)

The 2015–16 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from 8 October 2015 to 4 April 2016.[1] The competition was played between the thirteen South African provincial teams and Namibia. Unlike its counterpart, the Sunfoil Series, the matches were three days in length instead of four.

Western Province finished top of Pool A and KwaZulu-Natal Inland finished top of Pool B, with both teams progressing to the final of the competition. The final was played at Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town, with KwaZulu-Natal Inland winning by 46 runs.[2]

Points table

Pool A

Team[3] Pld W L D Pts
South Africa Western Province 10 5 3 2 127.44
South Africa North West 10 5 2 3 113.74
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal 10 4 2 4 103.24
South Africa Northerns 10 3 2 5 102.60
South Africa South Western Districts 10 3 3 4 91.52
South Africa Northern Cape 10 3 5 2 86.38
South Africa Border 10 2 3 5 76.82

     Team qualified for the final

Pool B

Team[3] Pld W L D Pts
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Inland 10 4 0 6 117.16
South Africa Eastern Province 10 4 2 4 116.1
South Africa Easterns 10 3 4 3 106.88
South Africa Gauteng 10 2 5 3 90.40
South Africa Free State 10 3 3 4 86.70
South Africa Boland 10 2 2 6 81.30
 Namibia 10 1 8 1 47.60

     Team qualified for the final

Final

31 March – 3 April 2016
Scorecard
v
268 (80.4 overs)
Mbasa Gqadushe 116 (188)
George Linde 5/55 (20 overs)
137 (60.3 overs)
Zubayr Hamza 59* (154)
Ruhan Pretorious 3/10 (7 overs)
162 (59.5 overs)
Divan van Wyk 32 (54)
Jason Smith 3/35 (12 overs)
247 (85.1 overs)
Pieter Malan 69 (159)
Gareth Dukes 4/42 (16.1 overs)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won by 46 runs
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Ryan Hendricks and Jeff Wolhuter
  • KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to bat.

References

  1. ↑ "2015–16 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup: Fixtures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "KZN Inland crowned 2015/16 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup champions". CSA. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
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