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England men · ODI · International series

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

England won by 5 wickets

South Africa
262/7
England
263/5
Date
Saturday 6 February 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
Gqeberha
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England ODI scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa · Innings 262/7 (50 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HM Amla b RJW Topley 4 8 1 0 50.0
Q de Kock lbw b BA Stokes 22 33 4 0 66.7
F du Plessis c CJ Jordan b AU Rashid 46 48 4 1 95.8
AB de Villiers c CJ Jordan b BA Stokes 73 91 4 1 80.2
JP Duminy lbw b RJW Topley 47 66 2 0 71.2
RR Rossouw c JC Buttler b RJW Topley 11 11 2 0 100.0
F Behardien not out 23* 26 1 0 88.5
K Rabada c EJG Morgan b RJW Topley 12 10 1 0 120.0
KJ Abbott not out 7* 7 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 9, nb 0) 17
Total 50 overs 262/7

Did not bat: M Morkel, Imran Tahir

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (HM Amla, 2.2 ov), 2-53 (Q de Kock, 10.4 ov), 3-98 (F du Plessis, 19.5 ov), 4-205 (AB de Villiers, 40.4 ov), 5-206 (JP Duminy, 41.1 ov), 6-225 (RR Rossouw, 43.6 ov), 7-245 (K Rabada, 47.3 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Reece Topley 9 1 50 4 5.56 2 0
David Willey 7 2 33 0 4.71 1 0
Ben Stokes 9 0 54 2 6.00 2 0
Adil Rashid 10 0 43 1 4.30 0 0
Moeen Ali 10 1 41 0 4.10 3 0
Chris Jordan 5 0 33 0 6.60 1 0

England · Innings 263/5 (46.2 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy b KJ Abbott 14 13 3 0 107.7
Alex Hales c Q de Kock b KJ Abbott 99 124 8 0 79.8
Joe Root b KJ Abbott 38 64 2 0 59.4
Eoin Morgan c AB de Villiers b M Morkel 29 28 1 2 103.6
Ben Stokes b M Morkel 0 6 0 0 0.0
Jos Buttler not out 48* 28 4 3 171.4
Moeen Ali not out 21* 15 3 0 140.0
Extras (b 0, lb 11, w 3, nb 0) 14
Total 46.2 overs 263/5

Did not bat: CJ Jordan, AU Rashid, DJ Willey, RJW Topley

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (JJ Roy, 2.6 ov), 2-117 (JE Root, 25.5 ov), 3-169 (EJG Morgan, 34.3 ov), 4-176 (BA Stokes, 36.4 ov), 5-202 (AD Hales, 41.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KJ Abbott 9 1 58 3 6.44 1 0
K Rabada 9 0 35 0 3.89 0 0
M Morkel 8.2 0 31 2 3.72 1 0
Imran Tahir 10 0 66 0 6.60 0 0
F Behardien 6 0 35 0 5.83 1 0
JP Duminy 4 0 27 0 6.75 0 0

Player of the match: Alex Hales · Umpires: JD Cloete, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · Match referee: J Srinath. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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South Africa wins37South Africa victories

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