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England
629/6 & 159/6
South Africa
627/7
Match drawn
England v South Africa 2015 · 2nd Test
Newlands, Cape Town
2–6 Jan 2016
Summary
Scorecard
How hard each side found the batting
Uneven — England had it far tougher than South Africa.
England
0.94×
-6%
South Africa
1.10×
+10%
harder to score
typical
easier
The lead
On equal conditions, England led by more than the scoreboard showed.
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England 629
South Africa 627
England 159
Who won it · by value
Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions
Ben Stokes
England
284
+433
JM Bairstow
England
180
+275
HM Amla
South Africa
201
+216
T Bavuma
South Africa
102
+149
CH Morris
South Africa
69
+85
Best bowling
Top match figures
DL Piedt
3/38
K Rabada
3/175
SCJ Broad
2/94
ST Finn
2/132
Top score
258
Ben Stokes · England
Biggest stand
399
6th wkt · England
Worst collapse
5
–99
5 wkts for 99 · England
Match facts
Toss
England, bat
Result
Match drawn
Length
5 days
England
629/6
South Africa
627/7
England
159/6
England
629
/6
(125.5 ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
AN Cook
c CH Morris b K Rabada
27
49
4
0
55.10
AD Hales
c AB de Villiers b M Morkel
60
140
10
0
42.86
NRD Compton
c T Bavuma b K Rabada
45
105
5
1
42.86
Joe Root
c Q de Kock b CH Morris
50
79
6
0
63.29
JWA Taylor
c Q de Kock b K Rabada
0
1
0
0
0.00
Ben Stokes
run out (AB de Villiers)
258
198
30
11
130.30
JM Bairstow
*
not out
150
191
18
2
78.53
Extras
39
(b 12, lb 6, w 13, nb 8)
Total
629/6 (125.5 ov)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
Econ
M Morkel
29.0
5
114
1
3.93
CH Morris
28.0
3
150
1
5.36
K Rabada
29.5
2
175
3
5.87
DL Piedt
25.0
5
112
0
4.48
S van Zyl
10.0
0
43
0
4.30
D Elgar
4.0
0
17
0
4.25
Fall of wickets
1
-55
(AN Cook, 16.3)
·
2
-129
(AD Hales, 43.5)
·
3
-167
(NRD Compton, 55.2)
·
4
-167
(JWA Taylor, 55.3)
·
5
-223
(Joe Root, 67.5)
·
6
-622
(Ben Stokes, 125.3)
South Africa
627
/7
(211.0 ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
D Elgar
c NRD Compton b Ben Stokes
44
71
6
1
61.97
S van Zyl
run out (NRD Compton)
4
12
1
0
33.33
HM Amla
b SCJ Broad
201
477
27
0
42.14
AB de Villiers
c JM Anderson b ST Finn
88
211
12
1
41.71
F du Plessis
c Ben Stokes b JM Anderson
86
216
11
0
39.81
Q de Kock
c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad
5
10
0
0
50.00
T Bavuma
*
not out
102
148
16
0
68.92
CH Morris
c Joe Root b ST Finn
69
111
10
0
62.16
K Rabada
*
not out
2
10
0
0
20.00
Extras
26
(b 4, lb 9, w 13)
Total
627/7 (211.0 ov)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
Econ
JM Anderson
35.0
12
77
1
2.20
SCJ Broad
34.0
8
94
2
2.76
MM Ali
52.0
14
155
0
2.98
ST Finn
39.0
5
132
2
3.38
Joe Root
20.0
4
54
0
2.70
Ben Stokes
28.0
4
100
1
3.57
AD Hales
3.0
1
2
0
0.67
Fall of wickets
1
-7
(S van Zyl, 2.3)
·
2
-85
(D Elgar, 24.5)
·
3
-268
(AB de Villiers, 93.3)
·
4
-439
(HM Amla, 163.7)
·
5
-439
(F du Plessis, 164.3)
·
6
-449
(Q de Kock, 167.4)
·
7
-616
(CH Morris, 207.2)
England
159
/6
(65.0 ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
AN Cook
c Q de Kock b K Rabada
8
27
1
0
29.63
AD Hales
c CH Morris b M Morkel
5
26
0
0
19.23
NRD Compton
c F du Plessis b DL Piedt
15
60
2
0
25.00
Joe Root
b CH Morris
29
29
5
0
100.00
JWA Taylor
c T Bavuma b DL Piedt
27
84
1
1
32.14
Ben Stokes
c M Morkel b DL Piedt
26
34
4
0
76.47
JM Bairstow
*
not out
30
75
2
0
40.00
MM Ali
*
not out
10
60
0
0
16.67
Extras
9
(lb 4, nb 5)
Total
159/6 (65.0 ov)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
Econ
M Morkel
16.0
7
26
1
1.62
K Rabada
13.0
2
57
1
4.38
CH Morris
12.0
4
24
1
2.00
DL Piedt
18.0
8
38
3
2.11
D Elgar
6.0
2
10
0
1.67
Fall of wickets
1
-17
(AN Cook, 7.2)
·
2
-19
(AD Hales, 8.6)
·
3
-55
(Joe Root, 17.1)
·
4
-85
(NRD Compton, 30.3)
·
5
-115
(Ben Stokes, 40.6)
·
6
-116
(JWA Taylor, 42.4)
