2015–16 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup

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.^[1] 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.

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)
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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.^[2]

Points table

Pool A Team[3] 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[3] 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.