South Africa v England 1st Test Match Scorcard, Results, 2015 England tour of South Africa 1st Test Match at Durban Highlights

England 303 and 326

South Africa 214 and 136/4 (47.0 ov)

South Africa require another 280 runs with 6 wickets remaining

Stumps - Day 4

• Basil D'Oliveira Trophy - 1st Test
• Test no. 2196 | 2015/16 season
• Played at Kingsmead, Durban
• 26,27,28,29,30 December 2015 (5-day match)

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England 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook*	c Elgar b Steyn	0	11	11	0	0	0.00
AD Hales	c †de Villiers b Steyn	10	30	22	0	0	45.45
NRD Compton	c †de Villiers b Morkel	85	383	236	8	0	36.01
JE Root	lbw b Piedt	24	55	37	2	1	64.86
JWA Taylor	c †de Villiers b Steyn	70	203	137	9	1	51.09
BA Stokes	c Duminy b Morkel	21	37	34	4	0	61.76
JM Bairstow†	c Elgar b Abbott	41	99	56	6	0	73.21
MM Ali	c †de Villiers b Morkel	0	11	4	0	0	0.00
CR Woakes	lbw b Morkel	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
SCJ Broad	not out	32	63	33	5	0	96.96
ST Finn	lbw b Steyn	12	46	33	1	0	36.36
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 3)	8
Total	(all out; 100.1 overs; 475 mins)	303	(3.02 runs per over)

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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
DW Steyn	25.1	5	70	4	2.78	118	10	0
KJ Abbott	24	4	66	1	2.75	116	7	1	(1nb)
M Morkel	26	5	76	4	2.92	115	8	0	(2nb, 1w)
DL Piedt	16	2	63	1	3.93	64	9	0
S van Zyl	2	1	2	0	1.00	10	0	0
D Elgar	7	2	22	0	3.14	30	1	1

South Africa 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
S van Zyl	b Broad	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
D Elgar	not out	118	386	246	8	1	47.96
HM Amla*	c †Bairstow b Broad	7	31	24	1	0	29.16
AB de Villiers†	c †Bairstow b Broad	49	123	79	7	1	62.02
F du Plessis	b Ali	2	34	19	0	0	10.52
T Bavuma	b Broad	10	53	35	1	0	28.57
JP Duminy	c Stokes b Ali	2	26	15	0	0	13.33
KJ Abbott	c Taylor b Ali	0	10	6	0	0	0.00
DW Steyn	c Woakes b Ali	17	80	52	2	0	32.69
DL Piedt	c †Bairstow b Finn	1	15	9	0	0	11.11
M Morkel	c Root b Finn	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 1)	8
Total	(all out; 81.4 overs; 386 mins)	214	(2.62 runs per over)

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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
SCJ Broad	15	6	25	4	1.66	78	3	0
CR Woakes	14	1	28	0	2.00	66	2	0
MM Ali	25	3	69	4	2.76	112	3	2
ST Finn	15.4	1	49	2	3.12	75	8	0
BA Stokes	9	1	25	0	2.77	41	3	0	(1w)
JE Root	3	1	11	0	3.66	12	0	0

England 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook*	lbw b Piedt	7	38	27	1	0	25.92
AD Hales	c Abbott b Piedt	26	109	84	1	1	30.95
NRD Compton	c †de Villiers b Morkel	49	171	116	5	0	42.24
JE Root	c van Zyl b Abbott	73	192	128	5	1	57.03
JWA Taylor	st †de Villiers b Piedt	42	134	97	3	0	43.29
BA Stokes	c Elgar b Piedt	5	12	14	1	0	35.71
JM Bairstow†	c Duminy b van Zyl	79	128	76	9	3	103.94
MM Ali	lbw b Piedt	16	44	27	2	0	59.25
CR Woakes	c Duminy b van Zyl	23	38	38	3	0	60.52
SCJ Broad	c †de Villiers b van Zyl	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
ST Finn	not out	0	10	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 3)	6
Total	(all out; 102.1 overs)	326	(3.19 runs per over)

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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
DW Steyn	3.5	0	10	0	2.60	18	1	0
M Morkel	20.3	5	38	1	1.85	108	6	0
KJ Abbott	21.4	3	62	1	2.86	103	9	0
DL Piedt	36	4	153	5	4.25	130	10	4
D Elgar	9	0	32	0	3.55	31	1	1
S van Zyl	10.1	3	20	3	1.96	47	2	0
JP Duminy	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	1	0

South Africa 2nd innings (target: 416 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c Root b Finn	40	99	71	6	0	56.33
S van Zyl	b Stokes	33	51	36	6	0	91.66
HM Amla*	c †Bairstow b Finn	12	36	23	2	0	52.17
AB de Villiers†	not out	37		83	6	0	44.57
F du Plessis	c Cook b Finn	9	103	66	1	0	13.63
DW Steyn	not out	0		3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 3)	5
Total	(4 wickets; 47 overs)	136	(2.89 runs per over)

To bat JP Duminy, T Bavuma, KJ Abbott, M Morkel, DL Piedt

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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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
SCJ Broad	11	4	25	0	2.27	54	4	0
CR Woakes	6	2	17	0	2.83	28	2	0
ST Finn	8	3	27	3	3.37	37	5	0
BA Stokes	7	1	26	1	3.71	34	5	0
MM Ali	15	3	36	0	2.40	70	5	0

MATCH DETAILS

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Toss - South Africa, who chose to field
Test debut - AD Hales (England)
Player of the match - tba
Umpires - Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and RJ Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire - BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
Match referee - RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire - JD Cloete
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)

MATCH NOTES

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• England: 200 runs in 74.2 overs (446 balls), Extras 6
• Drinks: England - 217/5 in 79.0 overs (JWA Taylor 41, JM Bairstow 10)
• Reviews used before 80 overs: England 2 (1 successful, 0 unsuccessful); South Africa 1 (0 successful, 1 unsuccessful)
• Over 82.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - JM Bairstow (Struck down)
• England: 250 runs in 86.2 overs (518 balls), Extras 6
• Over 89.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batsman - MM Ali (Upheld)
• Lunch: England - 275/7 in 91.0 overs (JM Bairstow 49, CR Woakes 2)
• JM Bairstow: 50 off 50 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
• England: 300 runs in 98.2 overs (590 balls), Extras 6
• Innings Break: England - 326/10 in 102.1 overs (ST Finn 0)
• South Africa: 50 runs in 9.4 overs (58 balls), Extras 2
• 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (D Elgar 15, S van Zyl 33, Ex 2)
• Tea: South Africa - 65/1 in 13.0 overs (D Elgar 26, HM Amla 4)
• South Africa: 100 runs in 26.4 overs (160 balls), Extras 2
• Drinks: South Africa - 113/3 in 31.0 overs (AB de Villiers 24, F du Plessis 2)
• End Of Day: South Africa - 136/4 in 47.0 overs (AB de Villiers 37, DW Steyn 0)