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England men · Test · International series · 4th Test

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

South Africa won by 280 runs

South Africa
475 & 248/5d
England
342 & 101
Date
Friday 22 January 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
Centurion
Competition
Test · International series · 4th 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 475 all out (132 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
SC Cook b CR Woakes 115 218 14 0 52.8
D Elgar c JWA Taylor b MM Ali 20 36 3 0 55.6
HM Amla b BA Stokes 109 169 19 0 64.5
AB de Villiers c JE Root b SCJ Broad 0 2 0 0 0.0
JP Duminy lbw b MM Ali 16 31 4 0 51.6
T Bavuma c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 35 60 5 0 58.3
Q de Kock not out 129* 128 17 2 100.8
K Rabada lbw b JM Anderson 0 1 0 0 0.0
KJ Abbott lbw b BA Stokes 16 33 2 1 48.5
DL Piedt c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 19 104 1 0 18.3
M Morkel lbw b BA Stokes 0 10 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 12, w 4, nb 0) 16
Total 132 overs 475

Fall of wickets: 1-35 (D Elgar, 10.4 ov), 2-237 (HM Amla, 63.5 ov), 3-238 (AB de Villiers, 64.6 ov), 4-271 (SC Cook, 74.5 ov), 5-273 (JP Duminy, 77.1 ov), 6-335 (T Bavuma, 93.6 ov), 7-336 (K Rabada, 94.4 ov), 8-386 (KJ Abbott, 103.5 ov), 9-468 (DL Piedt, 129.2 ov), 10-475 (M Morkel, 131.6 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 30 6 91 1 3.03 1 0
Stuart Broad 28 4 91 2 3.25 2 0
Moeen Ali 25 5 104 2 4.16 0 0
Chris Woakes 22 3 91 1 4.14 1 0
Ben Stokes 27 3 86 4 3.19 0 0

England · 1st innings 342 all out (104.2 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c Q de Kock b M Morkel 76 186 11 0 40.9
Alex Hales c DL Piedt b K Rabada 15 14 3 0 107.1
NRD Compton lbw b K Rabada 19 52 3 0 36.5
Joe Root c Q de Kock b K Rabada 76 128 11 0 59.4
James Taylor c Q de Kock b K Rabada 14 46 2 0 30.4
Ben Stokes c HM Amla b K Rabada 33 29 5 1 113.8
Jonny Bairstow c Q de Kock b K Rabada 0 3 0 0 0.0
Moeen Ali c DL Piedt b M Morkel 61 101 11 0 60.4
Chris Woakes c D Elgar b JP Duminy 26 38 4 0 68.4
Stuart Broad c SC Cook b K Rabada 5 18 0 0 27.8
James Anderson not out 5* 11 1 0 45.5
Extras (b 2, lb 7, w 3, nb 0) 12
Total 104.2 overs 342

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (AD Hales, 5.2 ov), 2-78 (NRD Compton, 23.2 ov), 3-177 (AN Cook, 59.2 ov), 4-208 (JE Root, 69.1 ov), 5-211 (JWA Taylor, 71.3 ov), 6-211 (JM Bairstow, 71.6 ov), 7-252 (BA Stokes, 81.2 ov), 8-295 (CR Woakes, 92.4 ov), 9-320 (SCJ Broad, 99.3 ov), 10-342 (MM Ali, 104.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KJ Abbott 19 9 36 0 1.89 0 0
K Rabada 29 6 112 7 3.86 2 0
DL Piedt 24 4 78 0 3.25 0 0
M Morkel 23.2 4 73 2 3.13 1 0
D Elgar 4 0 13 0 3.25 0 0
JP Duminy 5 0 21 1 4.20 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 248/5 dec (83.2 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
SC Cook c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 25 69 4 0 36.2
D Elgar c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 1 3 0 0 33.3
HM Amla c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 96 199 11 0 48.2
AB de Villiers lbw b JM Anderson 0 2 0 0 0.0
JP Duminy c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 29 64 3 1 45.3
T Bavuma not out 78* 154 9 1 50.6
Q de Kock not out 9* 9 1 0 100.0
Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 3, nb 0) 10
Total 83.2 overs 248/5

Did not bat: K Rabada, KJ Abbott, DL Piedt, M Morkel

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (D Elgar, 2.2 ov), 2-49 (SC Cook, 21.1 ov), 3-49 (AB de Villiers, 21.3 ov), 4-106 (JP Duminy, 41.2 ov), 5-223 (HM Amla, 78.6 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 18 5 47 3 2.61 0 0
Stuart Broad 15 4 33 1 2.20 1 0
Ben Stokes 16 4 36 1 2.25 0 0
Chris Woakes 13.2 0 53 0 3.97 1 0
Moeen Ali 17 3 60 0 3.53 0 0
Joe Root 4 0 12 0 3.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 101 all out (34.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c & b M Morkel 5 27 1 0 18.5
Alex Hales lbw b K Rabada 1 7 0 0 14.3
NRD Compton c Q de Kock b K Rabada 6 9 1 0 66.7
Joe Root c D Elgar b DL Piedt 20 56 3 0 35.7
James Taylor c Q de Kock b M Morkel 24 48 4 0 50.0
Ben Stokes c SC Cook b M Morkel 10 14 2 0 71.4
Jonny Bairstow c Q de Kock b K Rabada 14 13 2 0 107.7
Moeen Ali not out 10* 21 2 0 47.6
Chris Woakes c Q de Kock b K Rabada 5 8 1 0 62.5
Stuart Broad c AB de Villiers b K Rabada 2 5 0 0 40.0
James Anderson lbw b K Rabada 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 1) 4
Total 34.4 overs 101

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AD Hales, 3.4 ov), 2-8 (AN Cook, 6.2 ov), 3-18 (NRD Compton, 9.1 ov), 4-58 (JWA Taylor, 23.6 ov), 5-58 (JE Root, 24.3 ov), 6-83 (JM Bairstow, 28.3 ov), 7-83 (BA Stokes, 29.2 ov), 8-91 (CR Woakes, 32.4 ov), 9-101 (SCJ Broad, 34.3 ov), 10-101 (JM Anderson, 34.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 12 5 36 3 3.00 0 0
K Rabada 10.4 2 32 6 3.00 1 1
KJ Abbott 2 0 10 0 5.00 0 0
DL Piedt 7 2 11 1 1.57 0 0
D Elgar 2 1 8 0 4.00 0 0
JP Duminy 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

Player of the match: K Rabada · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, CB Gaffaney · 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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