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Test No. 2199

England tour of South Africa 2015-16
2015-16 season
South Africa vs England - 3rd Test
14-16 January, 2016 (5-day match)

England led the 4-match series 2-0

Venue : The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 7 wickets


South Africa 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar c Bairstow b Ali
46 
122 
5 
0
37.70 
»
 Stiaan van Zyl c Bairstow b Stokes
21 
47 
4 
0
44.68 
»
 Hashim Amla c Bairstow b Finn
40 
90 
7 
0
44.44 
»
 AB de Villiers c Bairstow b Stokes
36 
40 
4 
1
90.00 
»
 Faf du Plessis c Hales b Finn
16 
57 
2 
0
28.07 
»
 Temba Bavuma run out
23 
44 
3 
0
52.27 
»
 Dane Vilas c Ali b Broad
26 
38 
4 
0
68.42 
»
 Chris Morris c Bairstow b Broad
28 
61 
4 
0
45.90 
»
 Kagiso Rabada c Bairstow b Anderson
24 
64 
2 
1
37.50 
»
 Hardus Viljoen Not Out
20 
16 
4 
0
125.00 
»
 Morne Morkel c Cook b Stokes
12 
20 
1 
0
60.00 
Extras B 8, LB 10, W 1, N 2
21
Total : (all out in 99.3 overs)
313
 RR : 3.15

Fall of wickets : 1-44 (van Zyl, 17.3 ov), 2-117 (Elgar, 41.2 ov), 3-127 (Amla, 44.3 ov), 4-161 (de Villiers, 55.5 ov), 5-185 (du Plessis, 62.5 ov), 6-212 (Bavuma, 70.5 ov), 7-225 (Vilas, 74.4 ov), 8-281 (Morris, 92.6 ov), 9-281 (Rabada, 93.3 ov), 10-313 (Morkel, 99.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
25
 .2
5 
60 
1
2.37
0
0
»
 Stuart Broad
22
5 
82 
2
3.73
0
1
»
 Steven Finn
18
4 
50 
2
2.78
2
0
»
 Moeen Ali
16
4 
50 
1
3.13
0
0
»
 Ben Stokes
18
 .1
1 
53 
3
2.92
0
0

England 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alastair Cook c Vilas b Viljoen
18 
27 
0 
0
66.67 
»
 Alex Hales c de Villiers b Rabada
1 
10 
0 
0
10.00 
»
 Nick Compton c Elgar b Rabada
26 
68 
4 
0
38.24 
»
 Joe Root c Vilas b Rabada
110 
139 
17 
0
79.14 
»
 James Taylor c Bavuma b Morkel
7 
13 
1 
0
53.85 
»
 Ben Stokes c & b Morkel
58 
54 
9 
1
107.41 
»
 Jonny Bairstow c van Zyl b Rabada
45 
84 
5 
0
53.57 
»
 Moeen Ali c Vilas b Morris
19 
28 
3 
0
67.86 
»
 Stuart Broad b Rabada
12 
28 
0 
0
42.86 
»
 Steven Finn c Vilas b Morkel
0 
9 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 James Anderson Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 1, LB 14, W 9, N 3
27
Total : (all out in 76.1 overs)
323
 RR : 4.24

Fall of wickets : 1-10 (Hales, 3.5 ov), 2-22 (Cook, 10.1 ov), 3-74 (Compton, 25.1 ov), 4-91 (Taylor, 30.1 ov), 5-202 (Stokes, 45.6 ov), 6-242 (Root, 54.6 ov), 7-279 (Ali, 64.3 ov), 8-309 (Broad, 71.5 ov), 9-311 (Finn, 73.6 ov), 10-323 (Bairstow, 76.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Chris Morris
15
1 
71 
1
4.73
0
0
»
 Kagiso Rabada
23
 .1
5 
78 
5
3.37
1
3
»
 Morne Morkel
20
1 
76 
3
3.80
0
0
»
 Hardus Viljoen
15
0 
79 
1
5.27
2
0
»
 Stiaan van Zyl
3
0 
4 
0
1.33
0
0

South Africa 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar c Bairstow b Broad
15 
25 
3 
0
60.00 
»
 Stiaan van Zyl c Stokes b Broad
11 
38 
1 
0
28.95 
»
 Hashim Amla c Taylor b Broad
5 
20 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 AB de Villiers c Bairstow b Broad
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Faf du Plessis c & b Broad
14 
41 
1 
0
34.15 
»
 Temba Bavuma b Broad
0 
8 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Dane Vilas c Taylor b Finn
8 
13 
2 
0
61.54 
»
 Chris Morris b Stokes
1 
5 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Kagiso Rabada c Bairstow b Stokes
16 
21 
2 
0
76.19 
»
 Hardus Viljoen lbw b Anderson
6 
15 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Morne Morkel Not Out
4 
9 
1 
0
44.44 
Extras LB 2, N 1
3
Total : (all out in 33.1 overs)
83
 RR : 2.50

Fall of wickets : 1-23 (Elgar, 7.5 ov), 2-28 (van Zyl, 11.6 ov), 3-30 (de Villiers, 13.5 ov), 4-31 (Amla, 15.3 ov), 5-35 (Bavuma, 17.5 ov), 6-45 (Vilas, 21.2 ov), 7-46 (Morris, 22.1 ov), 8-67 (Rabada, 26.6 ov), 9-77 (Viljoen, 30.4 ov), 10-83 (du Plessis, 33.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
10
1 
26 
1
2.60
0
0
»
 Stuart Broad
12
 .1
6 
17 
6
1.40
0
0
»
 Ben Stokes
8
1 
24 
2
3.00
0
0
»
 Steven Finn
3
0 
14 
1
4.67
1
0

England 2nd innings
(Target: 74 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alastair Cook c Vilas b Morris
43 
70 
7 
0
61.43 
»
 Alex Hales lbw b Elgar
18 
46 
3 
0
39.13 
»
 Nick Compton c Morkel b Elgar
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Joe Root Not Out
4 
13 
0 
0
30.77 
»
 James Taylor Not Out
2 
5 
0 
0
40.00 
Extras B 4, LB 2, W 1
7
Total : (3 wickets in 22.4 overs)
74
 RR : 3.26

did not bat: Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, James Anderson, Steven Finn, Stuart Broad

Fall of wickets : 1-64 (Hales, 16.6 ov), 2-68 (Compton, 18.4 ov), 3-71 (Cook, 21.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Morne Morkel
5
2 
7 
0
1.40
0
0
»
 Kagiso Rabada
4
0 
28 
0
7.00
0
0
»
 Hardus Viljoen
4
2 
15 
0
3.75
0
1
»
 Chris Morris
6
2 
8 
1
1.33
0
0
»
 Dean Elgar
3
 .4
1 
10 
2
2.73
0
0

Match details
Debuts: GC Viljoen (South Africa)
Man of the Match: SCJ Broad (England)
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and RJ Tucker (Australia)
Third Umpire: CB Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Referee : RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: JD Cloete (South Africa)
Close of Play
Day 1 : South Africa 1st innings - 267/7 (CH Morris 26*, K Rabada 20*, 89 ov)
Day 2 : England 1st innings - 238/5 (JE Root 106*, JM Bairstow 4*, 52.4 ov)
Day 3 : England 2nd innings - 77/3 (JE Root 7*, JWA Taylor 2*, 22.4 ov) - end of match

Teams:
South Africa Dane Vilas (wk), AB de Villiers (Capt.), Dean Elgar, Stiaan van Zyl, Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis, Temba Bavuma, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Hardus Viljoen, Morne Morkel
England Jonny Bairstow (wk), Alastair Cook (Capt.), Alex Hales, Nick Compton, James Taylor, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, James Anderson, Steven Finn, Stuart Broad
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