South Africa v England, Centurion

South Africa 475/10 & 248/5

England 342/10 & 101/10

South Africa won by 280 runs

England v South Africa 2015 · 4th Test SuperSport Park, Centurion 22–26 Jan 2016

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.13× +13%

England

0.93× -7%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

HM Amla South Africa

205 +219

Q de Kock South Africa

138 +218

SC Cook South Africa

140 +134

MM Ali England

71 +133

T Bavuma South Africa

113 +123

Best bowling

Top match figures

K Rabada7/112

K Rabada6/32

Ben Stokes4/86

M Morkel3/36

Top score

129*

Q de Kock · South Africa

Biggest stand

202

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

4–18

4 wkts for 18 · England

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 280 runs

Length5 days

South Africa

475 /10 (132.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SC Cook	b CR Woakes	115	218	14	0	52.75
D Elgar	c JWA Taylor b MM Ali	20	36	3	0	55.56
HM Amla	b Ben Stokes	109	169	19	0	64.50
AB de Villiers	c Joe Root b SCJ Broad	0	2	0	0	0.00
JP Duminy	lbw b MM Ali	16	31	4	0	51.61
T Bavuma	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	35	60	5	0	58.33
Q de Kock*	not out	129	128	17	2	100.78
K Rabada	lbw b JM Anderson	0	1	0	0	0.00
KJ Abbott	lbw b Ben Stokes	16	33	2	1	48.48
DL Piedt	c JM Bairstow b Ben Stokes	19	104	1	0	18.27
M Morkel	lbw b Ben Stokes	0	10	0	0	0.00

Extras 16 (lb 12, w 4)

Total 475/10 (132.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	30.0	6	91	1	3.03
SCJ Broad	28.0	4	91	2	3.25
MM Ali	25.0	5	104	2	4.16
CR Woakes	22.0	3	91	1	4.14
Ben Stokes	27.0	3	86	4	3.19

Fall of wickets

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

England

342 /10 (104.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	76	186	11	0	40.86
AD Hales	c DL Piedt b K Rabada	15	14	3	0	107.14
NRD Compton	lbw b K Rabada	19	52	3	0	36.54
Joe Root	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	76	128	11	0	59.38
JWA Taylor	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	14	46	2	0	30.43
Ben Stokes	c HM Amla b K Rabada	33	29	5	1	113.79
JM Bairstow	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	0	3	0	0	0.00
MM Ali	c DL Piedt b M Morkel	61	101	11	0	60.40
CR Woakes	c D Elgar b JP Duminy	26	38	4	0	68.42
SCJ Broad	c SC Cook b K Rabada	5	18	0	0	27.78
JM Anderson*	not out	5	11	1	0	45.45

Extras 12 (b 2, lb 7, w 3)

Total 342/10 (104.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KJ Abbott	19.0	9	36	0	1.89
K Rabada	29.0	6	112	7	3.86
DL Piedt	24.0	4	78	0	3.25
M Morkel	23.2	4	73	2	3.13
D Elgar	4.0	0	13	0	3.25
JP Duminy	5.0	0	21	1	4.20

Fall of wickets

1-22 (AD Hales, 5.2)·2-78 (NRD Compton, 23.2)·3-177 (AN Cook, 59.3)·4-208 (Joe Root, 69.1)·5-211 (JWA Taylor, 71.3)·6-211 (JM Bairstow, 71.6)·7-252 (Ben Stokes, 81.2)·8-295 (CR Woakes, 92.4)·9-320 (SCJ Broad, 99.3)·10-342 (MM Ali, 104.2)

South Africa

248 /5 (83.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SC Cook	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	25	69	4	0	36.23
D Elgar	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	1	3	0	0	33.33
HM Amla	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	96	199	11	0	48.24
AB de Villiers	lbw b JM Anderson	0	2	0	0	0.00
JP Duminy	c JM Bairstow b Ben Stokes	29	64	3	1	45.31
T Bavuma*	not out	78	154	9	1	50.65
Q de Kock*	not out	9	9	1	0	100.00

Extras 10 (b 2, lb 5, w 3)

Total 248/5 (83.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	18.0	5	47	3	2.61
SCJ Broad	15.0	4	33	1	2.20
Ben Stokes	16.0	4	36	1	2.25
CR Woakes	13.2	0	53	0	3.97
MM Ali	17.0	3	60	0	3.53
Joe Root	4.0	0	12	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

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

England

101 /10 (34.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AN Cook	c & b M Morkel	5	27	1	18.52
AD Hales	lbw b K Rabada	1	7	0	14.29
NRD Compton	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	6	9	1	66.67
Joe Root	c D Elgar b DL Piedt	20	56	3	35.71
JWA Taylor	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	24	48	4	50.00
JM Bairstow	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	14	13	2	107.69
Ben Stokes	c SC Cook b M Morkel	10	14	2	71.43
MM Ali*	not out	10	21	2	47.62
CR Woakes	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	5	8	1	62.50
SCJ Broad	c AB de Villiers b K Rabada	2	5	0	40.00
JM Anderson	lbw b K Rabada	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 4 (lb 2, w 1, nb 1)

Total 101/10 (34.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	12.0	5	36	3	3.00
K Rabada	10.4	3	32	6	3.00
KJ Abbott	2.0	0	10	0	5.00
DL Piedt	7.0	2	11	1	1.57
D Elgar	2.0	1	8	0	4.00
JP Duminy	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-2 (AD Hales, 3.4)·2-8 (AN Cook, 6.2)·3-18 (NRD Compton, 9.1)·4-58 (JWA Taylor, 23.6)·5-58 (Joe Root, 24.3)·6-83 (JM Bairstow, 28.4)·7-83 (Ben Stokes, 29.2)·8-91 (CR Woakes, 32.4)·9-101 (SCJ Broad, 34.3)·10-101 (JM Anderson, 34.4)