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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

England won by 7 wickets

South Africa
313 & 83
England
323 & 74/3
Date
Thursday 14 January 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
Johannesburg
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England Test scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa · 1st innings 313 all out (99.3 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
D Elgar c JM Bairstow b MM Ali 46 122 5 0 37.7
S van Zyl c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 21 47 4 0 44.7
HM Amla c JM Bairstow b ST Finn 40 90 7 0 44.4
AB de Villiers c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 36 40 4 1 90.0
F du Plessis c AD Hales b ST Finn 16 57 2 0 28.1
T Bavuma run out (sub (CR Woakes)/JM Bairstow) 23 44 3 0 52.3
DJ Vilas c MM Ali b SCJ Broad 26 38 4 0 68.4
CH Morris c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 28 61 4 0 45.9
K Rabada c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 24 64 2 1 37.5
GC Viljoen not out 20* 16 4 0 125.0
M Morkel c AN Cook b BA Stokes 12 20 1 0 60.0
Extras (b 9, lb 9, w 1, nb 2) 21
Total 99.3 overs 313

Fall of wickets: 1-44 (S van Zyl, 17.3 ov), 2-117 (D Elgar, 41.2 ov), 3-127 (HM Amla, 44.3 ov), 4-161 (AB de Villiers, 55.5 ov), 5-185 (F du Plessis, 62.5 ov), 6-212 (T Bavuma, 70.5 ov), 7-225 (DJ Vilas, 74.4 ov), 8-281 (CH Morris, 92.6 ov), 9-281 (K Rabada, 93.3 ov), 10-313 (M Morkel, 99.3 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 25.2 5 60 1 2.37 0 0
Stuart Broad 22 5 82 2 3.73 1 0
Steven Finn 18 4 50 2 2.78 0 2
Moeen Ali 16 4 50 1 3.13 0 0
Ben Stokes 18.1 1 53 3 2.92 0 0

England · 1st innings 323 all out (76.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c DJ Vilas b GC Viljoen 18 27 0 0 66.7
Alex Hales c AB de Villiers b K Rabada 1 10 0 0 10.0
NRD Compton c D Elgar b K Rabada 26 68 4 0 38.2
Joe Root c DJ Vilas b K Rabada 110 139 17 0 79.1
James Taylor c T Bavuma b M Morkel 7 13 1 0 53.8
Ben Stokes c & b M Morkel 58 54 9 1 107.4
Jonny Bairstow c S van Zyl b K Rabada 45 84 5 0 53.6
Moeen Ali c DJ Vilas b CH Morris 19 28 3 0 67.9
Stuart Broad b K Rabada 12 28 0 0 42.9
Steven Finn c DJ Vilas b M Morkel 0 9 0 0 0.0
James Anderson not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 1, lb 14, w 9, nb 3) 27
Total 76.1 overs 323

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (AD Hales, 3.5 ov), 2-22 (AN Cook, 10.1 ov), 3-74 (NRD Compton, 25.1 ov), 4-91 (JWA Taylor, 30.1 ov), 5-202 (BA Stokes, 45.6 ov), 6-242 (JE Root, 54.6 ov), 7-279 (MM Ali, 64.3 ov), 8-309 (SCJ Broad, 71.5 ov), 9-311 (ST Finn, 73.6 ov), 10-323 (JM Bairstow, 76.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
CH Morris 15 1 71 1 4.73 0 0
K Rabada 23.1 5 78 5 3.37 3 1
M Morkel 20 1 76 3 3.80 0 0
GC Viljoen 15 0 79 1 5.27 0 2
S van Zyl 3 0 4 0 1.33 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 83 all out (33.1 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
D Elgar c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 15 25 3 0 60.0
S van Zyl c BA Stokes b SCJ Broad 11 38 1 0 28.9
HM Amla c JWA Taylor b SCJ Broad 5 20 0 0 25.0
AB de Villiers c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 0 5 0 0 0.0
F du Plessis c & b SCJ Broad 14 41 1 0 34.1
T Bavuma b SCJ Broad 0 8 0 0 0.0
DJ Vilas c JWA Taylor b ST Finn 8 13 2 0 61.5
CH Morris b BA Stokes 1 5 0 0 20.0
K Rabada c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 16 21 2 0 76.2
GC Viljoen lbw b JM Anderson 6 15 0 0 40.0
M Morkel not out 4* 9 1 0 44.4
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 1) 3
Total 33.1 overs 83

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (D Elgar, 7.5 ov), 2-28 (S van Zyl, 11.6 ov), 3-30 (AB de Villiers, 13.5 ov), 4-31 (HM Amla, 15.3 ov), 5-35 (T Bavuma, 17.5 ov), 6-45 (DJ Vilas, 21.2 ov), 7-46 (CH Morris, 22.1 ov), 8-67 (K Rabada, 26.6 ov), 9-77 (GC Viljoen, 30.4 ov), 10-83 (F du Plessis, 33.1 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 10 1 26 1 2.60 0 0
Stuart Broad 12.1 6 17 6 1.40 0 0
Ben Stokes 8 1 24 2 3.00 0 0
Steven Finn 3 0 14 1 4.67 0 1

England · 2nd innings 74/3 (22.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c DJ Vilas b CH Morris 43 70 7 0 61.4
Alex Hales lbw b D Elgar 18 46 3 0 39.1
NRD Compton c M Morkel b D Elgar 0 2 0 0 0.0
Joe Root not out 4* 13 0 0 30.8
James Taylor not out 2* 5 0 0 40.0
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 0) 7
Total 22.4 overs 74/3

Did not bat: BA Stokes, JM Bairstow, MM Ali, SCJ Broad, ST Finn, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-64 (AD Hales, 16.6 ov), 2-68 (NRD Compton, 18.4 ov), 3-71 (AN Cook, 21.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 5 2 7 0 1.40 0 0
K Rabada 4 0 28 0 7.00 0 0
GC Viljoen 4 2 15 0 3.75 1 0
CH Morris 6 2 8 1 1.33 0 0
D Elgar 3.4 1 10 2 2.73 0 0

Player of the match: Stuart Broad · Umpires: Aleem Dar, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · 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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