South Africa v England 1st Test

England tour of South Africa - 2015 (2015/16) · Kingsmead, Durban · 26 December 2015

England won by 241 runs

England won by 241 runs. Dean Elgar top-scored with 118* for South Africa. Dane Piedt took 5/153.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: England tour of South Africa - 2015 (2015/16)
Ground: Kingsmead, Durban
Dates: 26 December 2015 to 30 December 2015
Toss: South Africa, chose to field
Result: England won by 241 runs
Player of the match: Moeen Ali
Captains: Alastair Cook (England), Hashim Amla (South Africa)
Debut: Alex Hales (England)
Umpires: Aleem Dar and RJ Tucker
Match referee: RS Madugalle

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

South Africa won the toss and chose to field. It was Alex Hales's first Test.

England batted first and made 303 all out. Nick Compton top-scored with 85 off 236 balls, and James Taylor made 70. Dale Steyn took 4 for 70 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 125-run stand for the fourth wicket between Nick Compton and James Taylor, 41% of the total.

South Africa replied with 214 all out. Dean Elgar top-scored with 118 not out off 246 balls, and AB de Villiers made 49. Stuart Broad took 4 for 25 for England. England led by 89 on first innings.

England made 326 all out in their second innings. Jonny Bairstow top-scored with 79 off 76 balls, and Joe Root made 73. Dane Piedt took 5 for 153 for South Africa.

Set 416 to win, South Africa made 174 all out. Dean Elgar top-scored with 40 off 71 balls. Steven Finn took 4 for 42 for England. From 136 for 4 they lost 5 wickets for 19 runs, to 155 for 9.

England won by 241 runs.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 303 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Alastair Cook	c Dean Elgar b Dale Steyn	0	11
Alex Hales	c AB de Villiers b Dale Steyn	10	22
Nick Compton	c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel	85	236
Joe Root	lbw b Dane Piedt	24	37
James Taylor	c AB de Villiers b Dale Steyn	70	137
Ben Stokes	c Jean-Paul Duminy b Morne Morkel	21	34
Jonny Bairstow	c Dean Elgar b Kyle Abbott	41	56
Moeen Ali	c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel	0	4
Chris Woakes	lbw b Morne Morkel	0	1
Stuart Broad	not out	32	33
Steven Finn	lbw b Dale Steyn	12	33

Extras 8 · Total 303 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Dale Steyn	25.1	5	70	4
Kyle Abbott	24	4	66	1
Morne Morkel	26	5	76	4
Dane Piedt	16	2	63	1
Stiaan van Zyl	2	1	2	0
Dean Elgar	7	2	22	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-3 (Alastair Cook, 2.5 ov), 2-12 (Alex Hales, 6.5 ov), 3-49 (Joe Root, 18.1 ov), 4-174 (James Taylor, 63.3 ov), 5-196 (Ben Stokes, 71.3 ov), 6-247 (Nick Compton, 85.5 ov), 7-253 (Moeen Ali, 87.3 ov), 8-253 (Chris Woakes, 87.4 ov), 9-267 (Jonny Bairstow, 90.4 ov), 10-303 (Steven Finn, 100.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Alastair Cook (0) and Alex Hales (2)	3	18
second	Nick Compton (1) and Alex Hales (8)	9	24
third	Nick Compton (11) and Joe Root (24)	37	69
fourth	Nick Compton (51) and James Taylor (70)	125	273
fifth	Nick Compton (1) and Ben Stokes (21)	22	48
sixth	Nick Compton (21) and Jonny Bairstow (30)	51	86
seventh	Moeen Ali (0) and Jonny Bairstow (6)	6	10
eighth	Chris Woakes (0) and Jonny Bairstow (0)	0	1
ninth	Stuart Broad (9) and Jonny Bairstow (5)	14	18
tenth	Stuart Broad (23) and Steven Finn (12)	36	57

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 214 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Stiaan van Zyl	b Stuart Broad	0	2
Dean Elgar	not out	118	246
Hashim Amla	c Jonny Bairstow b Stuart Broad	7	24
AB de Villiers	c Jonny Bairstow b Stuart Broad	49	79
Faf du Plessis	b Moeen Ali	2	19
Temba Bavuma	b Stuart Broad	10	35
Jean-Paul Duminy	c Ben Stokes b Moeen Ali	2	15
Kyle Abbott	c James Taylor b Moeen Ali	0	6
Dale Steyn	c Chris Woakes b Moeen Ali	17	52
Dane Piedt	c Jonny Bairstow b Steven Finn	1	9
Morne Morkel	c Joe Root b Steven Finn	0	3

Extras 8 · Total 214 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Stuart Broad	15	6	25	4
Chris Woakes	14	1	28	0
Moeen Ali	25	3	69	4
Steven Finn	15.4	1	49	2
Ben Stokes	9	1	25	0
Joe Root	3	1	11	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Stiaan van Zyl, 0.2 ov), 2-14 (Hashim Amla, 6.3 ov), 3-100 (AB de Villiers, 32.4 ov), 4-113 (Faf du Plessis, 39.6 ov), 5-137 (Temba Bavuma, 52.2 ov), 6-150 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 57.3 ov), 7-156 (Kyle Abbott, 59.3 ov), 8-210 (Dale Steyn, 77.6 ov), 9-214 (Dane Piedt, 81.1 ov), 10-214 (Morne Morkel, 81.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dean Elgar (0) and Stiaan van Zyl (0)	0	2
second	Hashim Amla (7) and Dean Elgar (7)	14	37
third	AB de Villiers (49) and Dean Elgar (37)	86	157
fourth	Faf du Plessis (2) and Dean Elgar (10)	13	44
fifth	Dean Elgar (13) and Temba Bavuma (10)	24	74
sixth	Jean-Paul Duminy (2) and Dean Elgar (11)	13	31
seventh	Dean Elgar (4) and Kyle Abbott (0)	6	12
eighth	Dale Steyn (17) and Dean Elgar (33)	54	111
ninth	Dean Elgar (3) and Dane Piedt (1)	4	19
tenth	Morne Morkel (0) and Dean Elgar (0)	0	3

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 326 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Alastair Cook	lbw b Dane Piedt	7	27
Alex Hales	c Kyle Abbott b Dane Piedt	26	84
Nick Compton	c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel	49	116
Joe Root	c Stiaan van Zyl b Kyle Abbott	73	128
James Taylor	st AB de Villiers b Dane Piedt	42	97
Ben Stokes	c Dean Elgar b Dane Piedt	5	14
Jonny Bairstow	c Jean-Paul Duminy b Stiaan van Zyl	79	76
Moeen Ali	lbw b Dane Piedt	16	27
Chris Woakes	c Jean-Paul Duminy b Stiaan van Zyl	23	38
Stuart Broad	c AB de Villiers b Stiaan van Zyl	0	2
Steven Finn	not out	0	4

Extras 6 · Total 326 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Dale Steyn	3.5	0	10	0
Morne Morkel	20.3	5	38	1
Kyle Abbott	21.4	3	62	1
Dane Piedt	36	4	153	5
Dean Elgar	9	0	32	0
Stiaan van Zyl	10.1	3	20	3
Jean-Paul Duminy	1	0	5	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-13 (Alastair Cook, 9.2 ov), 2-48 (Alex Hales, 25.3 ov), 3-119 (Nick Compton, 48.6 ov), 4-192 (Joe Root, 70.4 ov), 5-197 (Ben Stokes, 73.6 ov), 6-224 (James Taylor, 79.6 ov), 7-272 (Moeen Ali, 89.6 ov), 8-315 (Chris Woakes, 100.2 ov), 9-315 (Stuart Broad, 100.4 ov), 10-326 (Jonny Bairstow, 102.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Alastair Cook (7) and Alex Hales (6)	13	56
second	Nick Compton (11) and Alex Hales (20)	35	97
third	Nick Compton (38) and Joe Root (33)	71	141
fourth	James Taylor (31) and Joe Root (40)	73	130
fifth	James Taylor (0) and Ben Stokes (5)	5	20
sixth	Jonny Bairstow (16) and James Taylor (11)	27	36
seventh	Moeen Ali (16) and Jonny Bairstow (32)	48	60
eighth	Chris Woakes (23) and Jonny Bairstow (20)	43	62
ninth	Stuart Broad (0) and Jonny Bairstow (0)	0	2
tenth	Steven Finn (0) and Jonny Bairstow (11)	11	9

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 174 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dean Elgar	c Joe Root b Steven Finn	40	71
Stiaan van Zyl	b Ben Stokes	33	36
Hashim Amla	c Jonny Bairstow b Steven Finn	12	23
AB de Villiers	lbw b Moeen Ali	37	86
Faf du Plessis	c Alastair Cook b Steven Finn	9	66
Dale Steyn	b Steven Finn	2	21
Temba Bavuma	st Jonny Bairstow b Moeen Ali	0	6
Jean-Paul Duminy	not out	26	59
Kyle Abbott	lbw b Moeen Ali	2	11
Dane Piedt	c James Taylor b Chris Woakes	0	27
Morne Morkel	lbw b Stuart Broad	8	20

Extras 5 · Total 174 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Stuart Broad	13	5	29	1
Chris Woakes	10	5	25	1
Steven Finn	15	6	42	4
Ben Stokes	7	1	26	1
Moeen Ali	26	9	47	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-53 (Stiaan van Zyl, 10.5 ov), 2-85 (Hashim Amla, 20.2 ov), 3-88 (Dean Elgar, 22.4 ov), 4-136 (Faf du Plessis, 46.3 ov), 5-136 (AB de Villiers, 47.3 ov), 6-136 (Temba Bavuma, 49.3 ov), 7-138 (Dale Steyn, 52.3 ov), 8-143 (Kyle Abbott, 55.3 ov), 9-155 (Dane Piedt, 63.6 ov), 10-174 (Morne Morkel, 70.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dean Elgar (18) and Stiaan van Zyl (33)	53	65
second	Hashim Amla (12) and Dean Elgar (20)	32	57
third	AB de Villiers (1) and Dean Elgar (2)	3	14
fourth	AB de Villiers (36) and Faf du Plessis (9)	48	143
fifth	AB de Villiers (0) and Dale Steyn (0)	0	6
sixth	Dale Steyn (0) and Temba Bavuma (0)	0	12
seventh	Jean-Paul Duminy (0) and Dale Steyn (2)	2	18
eighth	Jean-Paul Duminy (3) and Kyle Abbott (2)	5	18
ninth	Jean-Paul Duminy (12) and Dane Piedt (0)	12	51
tenth	Jean-Paul Duminy (11) and Morne Morkel (8)	19	42

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