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Test No. 2196

England tour of South Africa 2015-16
2015-16 season
South Africa vs England - 1st Test
26-30 December, 2015 (5-day match)

England led the 4-match series 1-0

Venue : Kingsmead, Durban
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to field first
Result : England won by 241 runs


England 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alastair Cook c Elgar b Steyn
0 
11 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Alex Hales c de Villiers b Steyn
10 
22 
0 
0
45.45 
»
 Nick Compton c de Villiers b Morkel
85 
236 
8 
0
36.02 
»
 Joe Root lbw b Piedt
24 
37 
2 
1
64.86 
»
 James Taylor c de Villiers b Steyn
70 
137 
9 
1
51.09 
»
 Ben Stokes c Duminy b Morkel
21 
34 
4 
0
61.76 
»
 Jonny Bairstow c Elgar b Abbott
41 
56 
6 
0
73.21 
»
 Moeen Ali c de Villiers b Morkel
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Chris Woakes lbw b Morkel
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Stuart Broad Not Out
32 
33 
5 
0
96.97 
»
 Steven Finn lbw b Steyn
12 
33 
1 
0
36.36 
Extras B 1, LB 3, W 1, N 3
8
Total : (all out in 100.1 overs)
303
 RR : 3.02

Fall of wickets : 1-3 (Cook, 2.5 ov), 2-12 (Hales, 6.5 ov), 3-49 (Root, 18.1 ov), 4-174 (Taylor, 63.3 ov), 5-196 (Stokes, 71.3 ov), 6-247 (Compton, 85.5 ov), 7-253 (Ali, 87.3 ov), 8-253 (Woakes, 87.4 ov), 9-267 (Bairstow, 90.4 ov), 10-303 (Finn, 100.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dale Steyn
25
 .1
5 
70 
4
2.78
0
0
»
 Kyle Abbott
24
4 
66 
1
2.75
1
0
»
 Morne Morkel
26
5 
76 
4
2.92
2
1
»
 Dane Piedt
16
2 
63 
1
3.94
0
0
»
 Stiaan van Zyl
2
1 
2 
0
1.00
0
0
»
 Dean Elgar
7
2 
22 
0
3.14
0
0

South Africa 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Stiaan van Zyl b Broad
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Dean Elgar Not Out
118 
246 
8 
1
47.97 
»
 Hashim Amla c Bairstow b Broad
7 
24 
1 
0
29.17 
»
 AB de Villiers c Bairstow b Broad
49 
79 
7 
1
62.03 
»
 Faf du Plessis b Moeen Ali
2 
19 
0 
0
10.53 
»
 Temba Bavuma b Broad
10 
35 
1 
0
28.57 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy c Stokes b Moeen Ali
2 
15 
0 
0
13.33 
»
 Kyle Abbott c Taylor b Moeen Ali
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Dale Steyn c Woakes b Moeen Ali
17 
52 
2 
0
32.69 
»
 Dane Piedt c Bairstow b Finn
1 
9 
0 
0
11.11 
»
 Morne Morkel c Root b Finn
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 6, LB 1, W 1
8
Total : (all out in 81.4 overs)
214
 RR : 2.62

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (van Zyl, 0.2 ov), 2-14 (Amla, 6.3 ov), 3-100 (de Villiers, 32.4 ov), 4-113 (du Plessis, 39.6 ov), 5-137 (Bavuma, 52.2 ov), 6-150 (Duminy, 57.3 ov), 7-156 (Abbott, 59.3 ov), 8-210 (Steyn, 77.6 ov), 9-214 (Piedt, 81.1 ov), 10-214 (Morkel, 81.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Stuart Broad
15
6 
25 
4
1.67
0
0
»
 Chris Woakes
14
1 
28 
0
2.00
0
0
»
 Moeen Ali
25
3 
69 
4
2.76
0
0
»
 Steven Finn
15
 .4
1 
49 
2
3.13
0
0
»
 Ben Stokes
9
1 
25 
0
2.78
0
1
»
 Joe Root
3
1 
11 
0
3.67
0
0

England 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alastair Cook lbw b Piedt
7 
27 
1 
0
25.93 
»
 Alex Hales c Abbott b Piedt
26 
84 
1 
1
30.95 
»
 Nick Compton c de Villiers b Morkel
49 
116 
5 
0
42.24 
»
 Joe Root c van Zyl b Abbott
73 
128 
5 
1
57.03 
»
 James Taylor st de Villiers b Piedt
42 
97 
3 
0
43.30 
»
 Ben Stokes c Elgar b Piedt
5 
14 
1 
0
35.71 
»
 Jonny Bairstow c Duminy b van Zyl
79 
76 
9 
3
103.95 
»
 Moeen Ali lbw b Piedt
16 
27 
2 
0
59.26 
»
 Chris Woakes c Duminy b van Zyl
23 
38 
3 
0
60.53 
»
 Stuart Broad c de Villiers b van Zyl
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Steven Finn Not Out
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 3, LB 3
6
Total : (all out in 102.1 overs)
326
 RR : 3.19

Fall of wickets : 1-13 (Cook, 9.2 ov), 2-48 (Hales, 25.3 ov), 3-119 (Compton, 48.6 ov), 4-192 (Root, 70.4 ov), 5-197 (Stokes, 73.6 ov), 6-224 (Taylor, 79.6 ov), 7-272 (Ali, 89.6 ov), 8-315 (Woakes, 100.2 ov), 9-315 (Broad, 100.4 ov), 10-326 (Bairstow, 102.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dale Steyn
3
 .5
0 
10 
0
2.61
0
0
»
 Morne Morkel
20
 .3
5 
38 
1
1.85
0
0
»
 Kyle Abbott
21
 .4
3 
62 
1
2.86
0
0
»
 Dane Piedt
36
4 
153 
5
4.25
0
0
»
 Dean Elgar
9
0 
32 
0
3.56
0
0
»
 Stiaan van Zyl
10
 .1
3 
20 
3
1.97
0
0
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy
1
0 
5 
0
5.00
0
0

South Africa 2nd innings
(Target: 416 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar c Root b Finn
40 
71 
6 
0
56.34 
»
 Stiaan van Zyl b Stokes
33 
36 
6 
0
91.67 
»
 Hashim Amla c Bairstow b Finn
12 
23 
2 
0
52.17 
»
 AB de Villiers b Moeen Ali
37 
86 
6 
0
43.02 
»
 Faf du Plessis c Cook b Finn
9 
66 
1 
0
13.64 
»
 Dale Steyn b Finn
2 
21 
0 
0
9.52 
»
 Temba Bavuma st Bairstow b Moeen Ali
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy Not Out
26 
59 
5 
0
44.07 
»
 Kyle Abbott lbw b Moeen Ali
2 
11 
0 
0
18.18 
»
 Dane Piedt c Taylor b Woakes
0 
27 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Morne Morkel lbw b Broad
8 
20 
2 
0
40.00 
Extras B 2, LB 3
5
Total : (all out in 71.0 overs)
174
 RR : 2.45

Fall of wickets : 1-53 (van Zyl, 10.5 ov), 2-85 (Amla, 20.2 ov), 3-88 (Elgar, 22.4 ov), 4-136 (du Plessis, 46.3 ov), 5-136 (de Villiers, 47.3 ov), 6-136 (Bavuma, 49.3 ov), 7-138 (Steyn, 52.3 ov), 8-143 (Abbott, 55.3 ov), 9-155 (Piedt, 63.6 ov), 10-174 (Morkel, 70.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Stuart Broad
13
5 
29 
1
2.23
0
0
»
 Chris Woakes
10
5 
25 
1
2.50
0
0
»
 Steven Finn
15
6 
42 
4
2.80
0
0
»
 Ben Stokes
7
1 
26 
1
3.71
0
0
»
 Moeen Ali
26
9 
47 
3
1.81
0
0

Match details
Debuts: AD Hales (England)
Man of the Match: MM Ali (England)
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and RJ Tucker (Australia)
Third Umpire: BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
Referee : RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: JD Cloete (South Africa)
Close of Play
Day 1 : England 1st innings - 179/4 (NRD Compton 63*, BA Stokes 5*, 65.1 ov)
Day 2 : South Africa 1st innings - 137/4 (D Elgar 67*, T Bavuma 10*, 52 ov)
Day 3 : England 2nd innings - 172/3 (JE Root 60*, JWA Taylor 24*, 64 ov)
Day 4 : South Africa 2nd innings - 136/4 (AB de Villiers 37*, DW Steyn 0*, 47 ov)
Day 5 : South Africa 2nd innings 174 (JP Duminy 26*, 71 ov) - end of match

Teams:
South Africa AB de Villiers (wk), Dale Steyn, Dane Piedt, Dean Elgar, Faf du Plessis, Hashim Amla (Capt.), Jean-Paul Duminy, Kyle Abbott, Morne Morkel, Stiaan van Zyl, Temba Bavuma
England Alastair Cook (Capt.), Alex Hales, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, James Taylor, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Nick Compton, Steven Finn, Stuart Broad
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