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	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. 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.

Points table

Pool A

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

  Team qualified for the final

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts
KwaZulu-Natal Inland	10	4	0	6	117.16
Eastern Province	10	4	2	4	116.1
Easterns	10	3	4	3	106.88
Gauteng	10	2	5	3	90.40
Free State	10	3	3	4	86.70
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

KwaZulu-Natal Inland	v	Western Province
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.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo