2017 South Africa Women's Quadrangular Series

The 2017 South Africa Women's Quadrangular Series was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in Potchefstroom, South Africa, from 4 to 21 May 2017.^[1] The series was contested between the teams of India, Ireland, South Africa and Zimbabwe.^[2] The matches were played at Senwes Park and The PUK Oval.^[3] All the matches were played as Women's One Day International (WODI) matches, except for fixtures that featured Zimbabwe, who do not have WODI status.^[4]

2017 South Africa Women's Quadrangular Series

Dates	4 – 21 May 2017
Administrator(s)	ICC
Cricket format	50 overs
Host(s)	South Africa
Champions	India
Participants	4
Matches	14
Player of the series	Deepti Sharma
Most runs	Deepti Sharma (347)
Most wickets	Shabnim Ismail (17)

Ahead of the tournament, South Africa's captain Dane van Niekerk was ruled out of the tournament due to a foot injury.^[5] South Africa named an interim captain, but they did not add a replacement to their squad.^[5]

India won the tournament, beating South Africa by eight wickets in the final.^[6]

Squads

India[7][8]	Ireland[9]	South Africa[10]	Zimbabwe[11][12]
Mithali Raj (c) Ekta Bisht Rajeshwari Gayakwad Jhulan Goswami Mansi Joshi Harmanpreet Kaur Veda Krishnamurthy Mona Meshram Shikha Pandey Poonam Yadav Nuzhat Parween Poonam Raut Deepti Sharma Devika Vaidya Sushma Verma (wk)	Laura Delany (c) Aoife Beggs Laura Boylan Rachel Delaney Jennifer Gray Shauna Kavanagh Amy Kenealy Gaby Lewis Louise Little Lara Maritz Sophie MacMahon Lucy O'Reilly Leah Paul Rebecca Stokell Mary Waldron	Dane van Niekerk (c) Suné Luus (c) Trisha Chetty (wk) Moseline Daniels Nadine de Klerk Mignon du Preez Shabnim Ismail Marizanne Kapp Ayabonga Khaka Masabata Klaas Lizelle Lee Raisibe Ntozakhe Andrie Steyn Chloe Tryon Laura Wolvaardt	Sharne Mayers (c) Precious Marange Chiedza Dhururu Tasmeen Granger Audrey Mazvishaya Esther Mbofana Chipo Mugeri Pellagia Mujaji Modester Mupachikwa Anesu Mushangwe Nomatter Mutasa Josephine Nkomo Nomvelo Sibanda Loreen Tshuma

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	India	6	5	1	0	0	4	24	2.693
2	South Africa	6	5	1	0	0	4	24	2.117
3	Zimbabwe	6	2	4	0	0	0	8	−1.854
4	Ireland	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	−2.687

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Fixtures

Warm-up matches

4 May 2017 Scorecard

Ireland  157/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 158/2 (27.2 overs)
Laura Delany 67 (101) Marizanne Kapp 2/11 (5 overs)		Laura Wolvaardt 57* (74) Shauna Kavanagh 2/20 (4 overs)

South Africa Women won by 8 wickets North West University No 2 Ground, Potchefstroom Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Thomas Mokorosi (SA)

• Ireland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

4 May 2017 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  106 (41 overs)	v	India 107/4 (19.5 overs)
Chipo Mugeri 46 (112) Shikha Pandey 5/20 (7 overs)		Deepti Sharma 29 (43) Esther Mbofana 2/23 (5 overs)

India Women won by 6 wickets Witrand Cricket Field, Potchefstroom Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA)

• Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• India reached their target by 19.5 overs, but the match continued with India being bowled out for 291 runs in the final over.

Round-robin stage

7 May 2017 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  78 (26.5 overs)	v	South Africa 79/2 (11.4 overs)
Sharne Mayers 24 (29) Shabnim Ismail 5/25 (8.5 overs)		Laura Wolvaardt 28 (31) Nomatter Mutasa 1/27 (5 overs)

South Africa Women won by 8 wickets Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Thomas Mokorosi (SA) Player of the match: Shabnim Ismail (SA)

• Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to bat.

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7 May 2017 Scorecard

Ireland  96 (44.4 overs)	v	India 99/0 (18.4 overs)
Jennifer Gray 24 (38) Deepti Sharma 3/20 (7.4 overs)		Deepti Sharma 51* (47)

India Women won by 10 wickets PUK Oval, Potchefstroom Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA) Player of the match: Deepti Sharma (Ind)

• India Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Aoife Beggs, Rachel Delaney, Lara Maritz and Leah Paul (Ire) all made their WODI debuts.

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9 May 2017 Scorecard

South Africa  119 (39.3 overs)	v	India 121/3 (41.1 overs)
Mignon du Preez 31 (57) Jhulan Goswami 3/20 (7.3 overs)		Mithali Raj 51* (65) Shabnim Ismail 2/17 (8 overs)

India Women won by 7 wickets PUK Oval, Potchefstroom Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA) Player of the match: Shikha Pandey (Ind)

• India Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Nadine de Klerk and Raisibe Ntozakhe (SA) both made their WODI debuts.
• Jhulan Goswami (Ind) became the highest wicket-taker in WODIs.^[13]

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9 May 2017 Scorecard

Ireland  209 (46.1 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 211/4 (47 overs)
Shauna Kavanagh 53 (63) Precious Marange 4/32 (8.1 overs)		Mary-Anne Musonda 65* (90) Rachel Delaney 2/21 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe Women won by 6 wickets Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Thomas Mokorosi (SA) Player of the match: Mary-Anne Musonda (Zim)

• Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to field.

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11 May 2017 Scorecard

South Africa  337/5 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 159/8 (50 overs)
Laura Wolvaardt 149 (149) Aoife Beggs 3/64 (10 overs)		Mary Waldron 35 (96) Suné Luus 2/27 (10 overs)

South Africa Women won by 178 runs Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Thomas Mokorosi (SA) Player of the match: Laura Wolvaardt (SA)

• South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Louise Little and Rebecca Stokell (Ire) both made their WODI debuts.
• Laura Delany (Ire) played in her 100th international match.^[14]
• This was South Africa Women's highest total in WODIs.^[15]

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11 May 2017 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  93 (38.4 overs)	v	India 94/1 (18.3 overs)
Precious Marange 17 (13) Rajeshwari Gayakwad 3/25 (9 overs)		Mona Meshram 46* (53) Josephine Nkomo 1/41 (9 overs)

India Women won by 9 wickets PUK Oval, Potchefstroom Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Rajeshwari Gayakwad (Ind)

• Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to bat.

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15 May 2017 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  113 (40.2 overs)	v	South Africa 114/3 (21.2 overs)
Modester Mupachikwa 29 (49) Shabnim Ismail 4/14 (7.2 overs)		Andrie Steyn 22 (27) Nomvelo Sibanda 1/10 (1 over)

South Africa Women won by 7 wickets PUK Oval, Potchefstroom Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Shabnim Ismail (SA)

• Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to bat.

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15 May 2017 Scorecard

India  358/3 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 109 (40 overs)
Deepti Sharma 188 (160) Rachel Delaney 1/44 (7 overs)		Mary Waldron 35 (71) Rajeshwari Gayakwad 4/18 (8 overs)

India Women won by 249 runs Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Thomas Mokorosi (SA) Player of the match: Deepti Sharma (Ind)

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Nuzhat Parween (Ind) and Sophie MacMahon (Ire) both made their WODI debuts.
• Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut (Ind) both scored their first centuries in a WODI.^[16]
• Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut made the highest partnership for any wicket in a WODI (320).^[16]
• Deepti Sharma made the second-highest score in a WODI and hit the most fours in an innings (27).^[16]

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17 May 2017 Scorecard

South Africa  269/5 (50 overs)	v	India 261/9 (50 overs)
Andrie Steyn 83 (134) Ekta Bisht 2/47 (10 overs)		Deepti Sharma 71 (71) Shabnim Ismail 3/54 (10 overs)

South Africa Women won by 8 runs Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Thomas Mokorosi (SA) Player of the match: Chloe Tryon (SA)

• India Women won the toss and elected to field.

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17 May 2017 Scorecard

Ireland  150 (45 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 154/5 (41 overs)
Lara Maritz 26* (34) Tasmeen Granger 4/24 (10 overs)		Chipo Mugeri 42 (89) Leah Paul 1/14 (2 overs)

Zimbabwe Women won by 5 wickets PUK Oval, Potchefstroom Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA) Player of the match: Tasmeen Granger (Zim)

• Ireland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

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19 May 2017 Scorecard

South Africa  323/8 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 203/6 (50 overs)
Andrie Steyn 117 (123) Rachel Delaney 3/70 (10 overs)		Mary Waldron 41 (52) Ayabonga Khaka 3/15 (5 overs)

South Africa Women won by 120 runs PUK Oval, Potchefstroom Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA) Player of the match: Andrie Steyn (SA)

• South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Andrie Steyn (SA) scored her first century in a WODI.

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19 May 2017 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  98 (42.3 overs)	v	India 99/0 (16 overs)
Chipo Mugeri 34 (60) Poonam Yadav 4/11 (9.3 overs)		Veda Krishnamurthy 50* (51)

India Women won by 10 wickets Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Thomas Mokorosi (SA) Player of the match: Deepti Sharma (Ind)

• Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Finals

3rd-place Playoff 21 May 2017 Scorecard

Ireland  254/5 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 235 (49.4 overs)
Laura Delany 81 (86) Loreen Tshuma 2/27 (7 overs)		Chipo Mugeri 57 (99) Aoife Beggs 5/52 (10 overs)

Ireland Women won by 19 runs PUK Oval, Potchefstroom Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Thomas Mokorosi (SA) Player of the match: Aoife Beggs (Ire)

• Ireland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

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Final 21 May 2017 Scorecard

South Africa  156 (40.2 overs)	v	India 160/2 (33 overs)
Suné Luus 55 (74) Jhulan Goswami 3/22 (8 overs)		Poonam Raut 70* (92) Marizanne Kapp 1/22 (7 overs)

India Women won by 8 wickets Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Poonam Raut (Ind)

• India Women won the toss and elected to field.