2017–18 Momentum One Day Cup
The 2017–18 Momentum One Day Cup was a domestic one-day cricket championship that was held in South Africa.[1] It was the 37th time that the championship was contested. The competition started on 20 December 2017 and concluded with the final on 3 February 2018.[2][3] Titans were the defending champions.[4]
| Dates | 20 December 2017 – 3 February 2018 | 
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Cricket South Africa | 
| Cricket format | List A | 
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs | 
| Champions | Dolphins Warriors | 
| Participants | 6 | 
| Most runs | Pieter Malan (615) | 
| Most wickets | Tabraiz Shamsi (26) | 
On 17 January 2018, JP Duminy set a new South African record for the most runs scored in a single over in a List A match, when he made 37 runs off the bowling of Eddie Leie.[5] During the last round of group stage fixtures, Reeza Hendricks became the first player to score a century in all three franchise competitions in South Africa in the same season. He previously scored a first-class century in October 2017 in the Sunfoil Series and a Twenty20 century in the Ram Slam Challenge in November 2017.[6]
Following the group stage, Titans and Warriors advanced to the first semi-final with Cape Cobras and Dolphins advancing to the second semi-final.[7] In the first semi-final, Warriors beat Titans, the defending champions, by eight wickets to progress to the final.[8] In the second semi-final, Dolphins beat Cape Cobras by 49 runs to advance.[9] In the final, the match was abandoned as no result, after heavy rain and lightning, with the match rescheduled to played again the following day.[10] No play was possible on the reserve day, so the title was shared between Dolphins and Warriors.
Points table
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Titans | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 1.019 | 
| 2 | Cape Cobras | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0.334 | 
| 3 | Dolphins | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0.338 | 
| 4 | Warriors | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | −0.388 | 
| 5 | Lions | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | −0.183 | 
| 6 | Knights | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | −1.125 | 
Teams qualified for the finals
Fixtures
    
    Round-robin
    
|  20 December 2017     Scorecard | 
| Lions 209/9 (39.4 overs) | v | Warriors 210/4 (37 overs) | 
- Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- JJ Smuts and Christiaan Jonker (Warriors) scored an unbeaten 131 runs, the highest partnership for the fifth wicket in franchise cricket in South Africa.[14]
|  21 December 2017     Scorecard | 
| Dolphins 315/7 (50 overs) | v | Cape Cobras 289 (49.2 overs) | 
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
|  22 December 2017     Scorecard | 
| Knights 212 (42.4 overs) | v | Titans 216/3 (29 overs) | 
- Titans won the toss and elected to field.
|  23 December 2017     Scorecard | 
| Cape Cobras 242/9 (50 overs) | v | Warriors 175 (36.1 overs) | 
- Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
|  23 December 2017     Scorecard | 
| Dolphins 253 (48.5 overs) | v | Lions 254/8 (50 overs) | 
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
|  3 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Titans 264 (47.3 overs) | v | Lions 232 (48.5 overs) | 
- Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
|  5 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Knights 272/8 (50 overs) | v | Lions 272/9 (50 overs) | 
- Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
|  5 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Titans 212/9 (50 overs) | v | Cape Cobras 213/6 (38.2 overs) | 
- Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to field.
|  5 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Dolphins 250/9 (50 overs) | v | Warriors 171 (38.3 overs) | 
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
|  7 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Lions 237 (49.4 overs) | v | Cape Cobras 241/3 (47.1 overs) | 
- Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
|  7 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Titans 312/7 (50 overs) | v | Warriors 208 (38.4 overs) | 
- Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
- Andrea Agathangelou and Rivaldo Moonsamy (Titans) both scored their maiden centuries in List A cricket.[15]
|  9 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Warriors 335/9 (50 overs) | v | Knights 275 (49.1 overs) | 
- Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
|  10 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Cape Cobras 289/6 (50 overs) | v | Dolphins 291/7 (50 overs) | 
- Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to bat.
|  11 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Warriors 306/6 (50 overs) | v | Lions 309/6 (49.4 overs) | 
- Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
|  12 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Titans 270/7 (50 overs) | v | Cape Cobras 271/9 (49.3 overs) | 
- Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
|  12 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Knights 193 (41.5 overs) | v | Dolphins 195/3 (36.3 overs) | 
- Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
|  14 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Titans 250/9 (50 overs) | v | Warriors 129 (34.2 overs) | 
- Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
|  14 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Knights 233/9 (50 overs) | v | Dolphins 233/9 (50 overs) | 
- Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
|  17 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Knights 239/9 (50 overs) | v | Cape Cobras 245/2 (37 overs) | 
- Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
- Patrick Kruger (Knights) scored his first century in List A cricket.[16]
- JP Duminy scored the most runs off one over in a List A match in South Africa (37).[5]
|  17 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Lions 176 (43.2 overs) | v | Titans 177/5 (38.2 overs) | 
- Titans won the toss and elected to field.
|  19 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Cape Cobras 273/6 (50 overs) | v | Lions 246 (48.2 overs) | 
- Lions won the toss and elected to field.
|  19 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Dolphins 207 (48 overs) | v | Warriors 208/3 (45 overs) | 
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
|  19 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Titans 309/8 (50 overs) | v | Knights 214 (40.1 overs) | 
- Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Tony de Zorzi (Titans) scored his first century in List A cricket.[17]
|  21 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Titans 242/8 (50 overs) | v | Dolphins 213 (47.4 overs) | 
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
|  21 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Knights 320/4 (50 overs) | v | Cape Cobras 245 (41.4 overs) | 
- Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to field.
|  24 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Lions 194 (46.1 overs) | v | Dolphins 195/3 (44 overs) | 
- Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
|  24 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Knights 216 (49.5 overs) | v | Warriors 219/8 (40.4 overs) | 
- Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
|  26 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Warriors 264/7 (50 overs) | v | Cape Cobras 249/7 (46.5 overs) | 
- Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
|  26 January 2018     Scorecard | 
| Lions 299/8 (50 overs) | v | Knights 161 (36.3 overs) | 
- Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
Finals
    
| Dolphins 154/6 (39.4 overs) | v | |
- Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain and lightning prevented any further play, with the match rescheduled to played again the following day.[10]
References
    
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- "JP Duminy smashes 37 runs in an over". ESPN Cricino. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- "Hendricks celebrates rare triple". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- "Malan holds nerve to earn Cobras home semi". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- "Warriors stun Titans to reach Momentum One-Day Cup Final". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Erwee and Van Wyk set platform before bowlers clinch home Final for Dolphins". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "Rain reschedules Momentum Cup Final for Saturday". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- "Points table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- "Magala, Smuts and Jonker crush Lions". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- "Agathangelou and Moonsamy tons flatten Warriors". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- "Kruger ton outshone by dazzling Duminy". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- "Maiden De Zorzi ton helps Titans stretch lead". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

