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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

England won by 241 runs

South Africa
214 & 174
England
303 & 326
Date
Saturday 26 December 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Durban
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England Test scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to field

England · 1st innings 303 all out (100.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c D Elgar b DW Steyn 0 11 0 0 0.0
Alex Hales c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn 10 22 0 0 45.5
NRD Compton c AB de Villiers b M Morkel 85 236 8 0 36.0
Joe Root lbw b DL Piedt 24 37 2 1 64.9
James Taylor c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn 70 137 9 1 51.1
Ben Stokes c JP Duminy b M Morkel 21 34 4 0 61.8
Jonny Bairstow c D Elgar b KJ Abbott 41 56 6 0 73.2
Moeen Ali c AB de Villiers b M Morkel 0 4 0 0 0.0
Chris Woakes lbw b M Morkel 0 1 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad not out 32* 33 5 0 97.0
Steven Finn lbw b DW Steyn 12 33 1 0 36.4
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 3) 8
Total 100.1 overs 303

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (AN Cook, 2.5 ov), 2-12 (AD Hales, 6.5 ov), 3-49 (JE Root, 18.1 ov), 4-174 (JWA Taylor, 63.3 ov), 5-196 (BA Stokes, 71.3 ov), 6-247 (NRD Compton, 85.5 ov), 7-253 (MM Ali, 87.3 ov), 8-253 (CR Woakes, 87.4 ov), 9-267 (JM Bairstow, 90.4 ov), 10-303 (ST Finn, 100.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
DW Steyn 25.1 5 70 4 2.78 0 0
KJ Abbott 24 4 66 1 2.75 0 1
M Morkel 26 5 76 4 2.92 1 2
DL Piedt 16 2 63 1 3.94 0 0
S van Zyl 2 1 2 0 1.00 0 0
D Elgar 7 2 22 0 3.14 0 0

South Africa · 1st innings 214 all out (81.4 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
S van Zyl b SCJ Broad 0 2 0 0 0.0
D Elgar not out 118* 246 8 1 48.0
HM Amla c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 7 24 1 0 29.2
AB de Villiers c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 49 79 7 1 62.0
F du Plessis b MM Ali 2 19 0 0 10.5
T Bavuma b SCJ Broad 10 35 1 0 28.6
JP Duminy c BA Stokes b MM Ali 2 15 0 0 13.3
KJ Abbott c JWA Taylor b MM Ali 0 6 0 0 0.0
DW Steyn c CR Woakes b MM Ali 17 52 2 0 32.7
DL Piedt c JM Bairstow b ST Finn 1 9 0 0 11.1
M Morkel c JE Root b ST Finn 0 3 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 0) 8
Total 81.4 overs 214

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (S van Zyl, 0.2 ov), 2-14 (HM Amla, 6.3 ov), 3-100 (AB de Villiers, 32.4 ov), 4-113 (F du Plessis, 39.6 ov), 5-137 (T Bavuma, 52.2 ov), 6-150 (JP Duminy, 57.3 ov), 7-156 (KJ Abbott, 59.3 ov), 8-210 (DW Steyn, 77.6 ov), 9-214 (DL Piedt, 81.1 ov), 10-214 (M Morkel, 81.4 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 15 6 25 4 1.67 0 0
Chris Woakes 14 1 28 0 2.00 0 0
Moeen Ali 25 3 69 4 2.76 0 0
Steven Finn 15.4 1 49 2 3.13 0 0
Ben Stokes 9 1 25 0 2.78 1 0
Joe Root 3 1 11 0 3.67 0 0

England · 2nd innings 326 all out (102.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook lbw b DL Piedt 7 27 1 0 25.9
Alex Hales c KJ Abbott b DL Piedt 26 84 1 1 31.0
NRD Compton c AB de Villiers b M Morkel 49 116 5 0 42.2
Joe Root c S van Zyl b KJ Abbott 73 128 5 1 57.0
James Taylor st AB de Villiers b DL Piedt 42 97 3 0 43.3
Ben Stokes c D Elgar b DL Piedt 5 14 1 0 35.7
Jonny Bairstow c JP Duminy b S van Zyl 79 76 9 3 103.9
Moeen Ali lbw b DL Piedt 16 27 2 0 59.3
Chris Woakes c JP Duminy b S van Zyl 23 38 3 0 60.5
Stuart Broad c AB de Villiers b S van Zyl 0 2 0 0 0.0
Steven Finn not out 0* 4 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 3, lb 3, w 0, nb 0) 6
Total 102.1 overs 326

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (AN Cook, 9.2 ov), 2-48 (AD Hales, 25.3 ov), 3-119 (NRD Compton, 48.6 ov), 4-192 (JE Root, 70.4 ov), 5-197 (BA Stokes, 73.6 ov), 6-224 (JWA Taylor, 79.6 ov), 7-272 (MM Ali, 89.6 ov), 8-315 (CR Woakes, 100.2 ov), 9-315 (SCJ Broad, 100.4 ov), 10-326 (JM Bairstow, 102.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
DW Steyn 3.5 0 10 0 2.61 0 0
M Morkel 20.3 5 38 1 1.85 0 0
KJ Abbott 21.4 3 62 1 2.86 0 0
DL Piedt 36 4 153 5 4.25 0 0
D Elgar 9 0 32 0 3.56 0 0
S van Zyl 10.1 3 20 3 1.97 0 0
JP Duminy 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 174 all out (71 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
D Elgar c JE Root b ST Finn 40 71 6 0 56.3
S van Zyl b BA Stokes 33 36 6 0 91.7
HM Amla c JM Bairstow b ST Finn 12 23 2 0 52.2
AB de Villiers lbw b MM Ali 37 86 6 0 43.0
F du Plessis c AN Cook b ST Finn 9 66 1 0 13.6
DW Steyn b ST Finn 2 21 0 0 9.5
T Bavuma st JM Bairstow b MM Ali 0 6 0 0 0.0
JP Duminy not out 26* 59 5 0 44.1
KJ Abbott lbw b MM Ali 2 11 0 0 18.2
DL Piedt c JWA Taylor b CR Woakes 0 27 0 0 0.0
M Morkel lbw b SCJ Broad 8 20 2 0 40.0
Extras (b 2, lb 3, w 0, nb 0) 5
Total 71 overs 174

Fall of wickets: 1-53 (S van Zyl, 10.5 ov), 2-85 (HM Amla, 20.2 ov), 3-88 (D Elgar, 22.4 ov), 4-136 (F du Plessis, 46.3 ov), 5-136 (AB de Villiers, 47.3 ov), 6-136 (T Bavuma, 49.3 ov), 7-138 (DW Steyn, 52.3 ov), 8-143 (KJ Abbott, 55.3 ov), 9-155 (DL Piedt, 63.6 ov), 10-174 (M Morkel, 70.6 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 13 5 29 1 2.23 0 0
Chris Woakes 10 5 25 1 2.50 0 0
Steven Finn 15 6 42 4 2.80 0 0
Ben Stokes 7 1 26 1 3.71 0 0
Moeen Ali 26 9 47 3 1.81 0 0

Player of the match: Moeen Ali · Umpires: Aleem Dar, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: BNJ Oxenford · Match referee: RS Madugalle. 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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