The Standard Bank International Series was the name of the One Day International cricket tournament in South Africa for the 1996-97 season. It was a tri-nation series between South Africa, India and Zimbabwe.
| 1996-97 Standard Bank International One-Day Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part of the Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1996–97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 23 January – 13 February 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Won by  South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Hansie Cronje | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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South Africa booked a slot into the Finals through six straight wins. The slot for the second finalist came down to wire being decided in the last league match between India and Zimbabwe. India had to beat Zimbabwe to equal their points tally. They also needed to chase down the target set by Zimbabwe within 40.5 overs to ensure a slot in the Finals on the basis of Net run rate. India managed to chase the target within 40 overs thereby, moving into the Finals. South Africa beat India in the Finals to clinch the trophy.
Squads edit
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The South Africa squad was announced on 20 January 1997. Jonty Rhodes was recalled to the side following good performances for Natal in the domestic circuit. Other inclusions included all-rounder Jacques Kallis and Pat Symcox to the side that played India in the Test series that preceded the tournament.[4] To its squad, India named Ajay Jadeja and Robin Singh as inclusions.[5] All-rounder Brian McMillan of South Africa was ruled out of the tournament with an inflamed tendon in his left foot and Craig Matthews was named as his replacement.[6] Matthews injured his ankle during the second game and was replaced by Rudi Bryson.[1]
Group stage points table edit
South Africa won all of their six round-robin matches. India and Zimbabwe each claimed one victory over the other. The third match between the two teams ended in a tie. Tied at 3 points each, India qualified for the final against South Africa based on superior run-rate.
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts[7] | NRR |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.393 |
| India
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −0.178 |
| Zimbabwe
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −0.233 |
Group stage matches edit
1st match edit
2nd match edit
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd match edit
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
4th match edit
5th match edit
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
6th match edit
2 February 1997
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- AM Bacher (SA) made his ODI debut.
7th match edit
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
8th match edit
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Zimbabwe target was 171 runs in 34 overs.
9th match edit
9 February 1997
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- India's target in order to qualify for the final was 241 runs off 40.5 overs.
Finals edit
1st final edit
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Match abandoned due to rain. Re-scheduled for 13 February.
2nd final edit
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- India's target was revised to 251 in 40 overs due to rain.
References edit
- ^ a b "Standard Bank International One Day Series, Jan-Feb 1997, South African Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Standard Bank International One Day Series, Jan-Feb 1997, Indian Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Standard Bank International One Day Series, Jan-Feb 1997, Zimbabwean Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ Hawthorne, Guy (20 January 1997). "Jonty so Happy to be back for SA". The Star. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Time to Draft Young Talent for One-Dayers". The Sunday Times. ESPN Cricinfo. 21 January 1997. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ Hawthorne, Guy (22 January 1997). "McMillan Out Of Triangular Tourney". The Star. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ Result Summary – Points Table