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England men · ODI · International series

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

South Africa won by 7 wickets

South Africa
319/3
England
318/8
Date
Tuesday 9 February 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
Centurion
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 318/8 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy run out (M Morkel/Q de Kock) 20 23 4 0 87.0
Alex Hales c M Morkel b K Rabada 65 73 8 0 89.0
Joe Root run out (D Wiese/Q de Kock) 125 113 10 5 110.6
Jos Buttler c JP Duminy b K Rabada 0 1 0 0 0.0
Eoin Morgan c HM Amla b D Wiese 8 24 0 0 33.3
Ben Stokes c F Behardien b KJ Abbott 53 37 5 2 143.2
Moeen Ali c HM Amla b M Morkel 3 9 0 0 33.3
Chris Jordan c JP Duminy b KJ Abbott 3 5 0 0 60.0
David Willey not out 13* 7 0 1 185.7
Adil Rashid not out 13* 8 1 1 162.5
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 8, nb 0) 15
Total 50 overs 318/8

Did not bat: RJW Topley

Fall of wickets: 1-36 (JJ Roy, 5.5 ov), 2-161 (AD Hales, 26.2 ov), 3-162 (JC Buttler, 26.5 ov), 4-187 (EJG Morgan, 33.6 ov), 5-269 (JE Root, 42.6 ov), 6-284 (MM Ali, 45.6 ov), 7-291 (BA Stokes, 47.2 ov), 8-291 (CJ Jordan, 47.3 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KJ Abbott 10 0 50 2 5.00 3 0
K Rabada 10 0 65 2 6.50 3 0
M Morkel 10 0 63 1 6.30 1 0
D Wiese 10 0 64 1 6.40 0 0
Imran Tahir 8 0 56 0 7.00 1 0
F Behardien 2 0 13 0 6.50 0 0

South Africa · Innings 319/3 (46.2 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Q de Kock c JE Root b AU Rashid 135 117 16 4 115.4
HM Amla c JC Buttler b CJ Jordan 127 130 13 2 97.7
D Wiese b MM Ali 7 4 0 1 175.0
F du Plessis not out 33* 29 4 1 113.8
AB de Villiers not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 9, nb 3) 17
Total 46.2 overs 319/3

Did not bat: JP Duminy, F Behardien, K Rabada, KJ Abbott, M Morkel, Imran Tahir

Fall of wickets: 1-239 (Q de Kock, 36.5 ov), 2-249 (D Wiese, 37.6 ov), 3-311 (HM Amla, 45.5 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
David Willey 5 0 40 0 8.00 0 0
Reece Topley 6 0 46 0 7.67 1 0
Ben Stokes 8.2 0 54 0 6.48 2 1
Chris Jordan 7 0 54 1 7.71 4 1
Moeen Ali 10 0 75 1 7.50 1 1
Adil Rashid 10 0 45 1 4.50 1 0

Player of the match: Q de Kock · Umpires: JD Cloete, CB Gaffaney · TV umpire: HDPK Dharmasena · 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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England v South Africa stats

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Meetings74In our results database
England wins31England perspective
Draws, ties & NR6Drawn, tied or no result
South Africa wins37South Africa victories

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