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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

Match drawn

South Africa
627/7d
England
629/6d & 159/6
Date
Saturday 2 January 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
Cape Town
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 629/6 dec (125.5 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c CH Morris b K Rabada 27 49 4 0 55.1
Alex Hales c AB de Villiers b M Morkel 60 140 10 0 42.9
NRD Compton c T Bavuma b K Rabada 45 105 5 1 42.9
Joe Root c Q de Kock b CH Morris 50 79 5 0 63.3
James Taylor c Q de Kock b K Rabada 0 1 0 0 0.0
Ben Stokes run out (AB de Villiers) 258 198 30 11 130.3
Jonny Bairstow not out 150* 191 18 2 78.5
Moeen Ali not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 12, lb 6, w 13, nb 8) 39
Total 125.5 overs 629/6

Did not bat: SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, ST Finn

Fall of wickets: 1-55 (AN Cook, 16.3 ov), 2-129 (AD Hales, 43.5 ov), 3-167 (NRD Compton, 55.2 ov), 4-167 (JWA Taylor, 55.3 ov), 5-223 (JE Root, 67.5 ov), 6-622 (BA Stokes, 125.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 29 5 114 1 3.93 1 1
CH Morris 28 3 150 1 5.36 0 0
K Rabada 29.5 2 175 3 5.87 4 7
DL Piedt 25 5 112 0 4.48 0 0
S van Zyl 10 0 43 0 4.30 0 0
D Elgar 4 0 17 0 4.25 0 0

South Africa · 1st innings 627/7 dec (211 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
D Elgar c NRD Compton b BA Stokes 44 71 6 1 62.0
S van Zyl run out (NRD Compton/JM Bairstow) 4 12 1 0 33.3
HM Amla b SCJ Broad 201 477 27 0 42.1
AB de Villiers c JM Anderson b ST Finn 88 211 12 1 41.7
F du Plessis c BA Stokes b JM Anderson 86 216 11 0 39.8
T Bavuma not out 102* 148 16 0 68.9
Q de Kock c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad 5 10 0 0 50.0
CH Morris c JE Root b ST Finn 69 111 10 0 62.2
K Rabada not out 2* 10 0 0 20.0
Extras (b 4, lb 9, w 13, nb 0) 26
Total 211 overs 627/7

Did not bat: DL Piedt, M Morkel

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (S van Zyl, 2.3 ov), 2-85 (D Elgar, 24.5 ov), 3-268 (AB de Villiers, 93.3 ov), 4-439 (HM Amla, 163.6 ov), 5-439 (F du Plessis, 164.3 ov), 6-449 (Q de Kock, 167.3 ov), 7-616 (CH Morris, 207.2 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 35 12 77 1 2.20 0 0
Stuart Broad 34 8 94 2 2.76 2 0
Moeen Ali 52 14 155 0 2.98 0 0
Steven Finn 39 5 132 2 3.38 2 0
Joe Root 20 4 54 0 2.70 3 0
Ben Stokes 28 4 100 1 3.57 4 0
Alex Hales 3 1 2 0 0.67 0 0

England · 2nd innings 159/6 (65 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c Q de Kock b K Rabada 8 27 1 0 29.6
Alex Hales c CH Morris b M Morkel 5 26 0 0 19.2
NRD Compton c F du Plessis b DL Piedt 15 60 2 0 25.0
Joe Root b CH Morris 29 29 5 0 100.0
James Taylor c T Bavuma b DL Piedt 27 84 1 1 32.1
Ben Stokes c M Morkel b DL Piedt 26 34 4 0 76.5
Jonny Bairstow not out 30* 75 2 0 40.0
Moeen Ali not out 10* 60 0 0 16.7
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 5) 9
Total 65 overs 159/6

Did not bat: SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, ST Finn

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (AN Cook, 7.2 ov), 2-19 (AD Hales, 8.6 ov), 3-55 (JE Root, 17.1 ov), 4-85 (NRD Compton, 30.3 ov), 5-115 (BA Stokes, 40.6 ov), 6-116 (JWA Taylor, 42.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 16 7 26 1 1.63 0 3
K Rabada 13 2 57 1 4.38 0 2
CH Morris 12 4 24 1 2.00 0 0
DL Piedt 18 8 38 3 2.11 0 0
D Elgar 6 2 10 0 1.67 0 0

Player of the match: Ben Stokes · Umpires: Aleem Dar, BNJ Oxenford · TV umpire: RJ Tucker · 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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South Africa wins35South Africa victories

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