| Dates | 25 August – 25 September 2017 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Cricket South Africa |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage, playoffs |
| Host(s) |  South Africa |
| Champions | KwaZulu-Natal Inland (1st title) |
| Participants | 16 |
| Matches | 27 |
| Most runs | Sarel Erwee (231) |
| Most wickets | Wihan Lubbe (7) Nelson Odhiambo (7) Shadley van Schalkwyk (7) |
The 2017 Africa T20 Cup was the third edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa from 25 August to 25 September 2017, as a curtain-raiser to the 2017–18 South African domestic season.[1] Organised by Cricket South Africa, it featured thirteen South African provincial teams, as well as national representative sides of Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe.[2][3]
The sixteen participating teams were split into four pools of four, with the teams from each pool playing all of their matches at one ground across a single weekend.[2] Defending champions Eastern Province were drawn in Pool B.
Namibia won all three games in Group A, progressing to the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time.[4] Gauteng also progressed to the semi-finals for the first time, after winning Group B.[5] They topped the table with a bonus-point win in their final group match, knocking out defending champions Eastern Province in the process.[5] In Group C, Free State progressed, after beating Northern Cape by 62 runs in the final match of the group.[6] KwaZulu-Natal Inland progressed from Group D after beating Border by six wickets in their final group fixture.[7]
In the first semi-final, KwaZulu-Natal Inland beat Gauteng by 8 wickets to progress to the final.[8] They were joined in the final with Free State, who beat Namibia by 10 wickets. Andries Gous scored a century, the second-ever in the Africa T20 Cup.[9]
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the tournament, beating Free State by 6 wickets in the final.[10]
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- ^ "All-round Du Plooy puts Free State in semis". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ "Dukes blitz puts KZN Inland into semis". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Mfoza, Erwee lead KZN Inland to Africa T20 Cup Final". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Gous & Mogotsi bulldoze Free State into Africa T20 Cup final". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "KZN Inland beat Free State to win Africa T20 Cup Title". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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