# English cricket team in South Africa in 2015–16

The England cricket team toured South Africa from 15 December 2015 to 21 February 2016. The tour consisted of four Test matches, five One Day International and two Twenty20 International matches. England won the Test series 2–1. South Africa won the ODI series 3–2 and the T20I series 2–0.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs | T20Is | T20Is |
| South Africa | England | South Africa | England | South Africa | England |
| Hashim Amla (c) AB de Villiers (c, wk) Kyle Abbott Temba Bavuma Stephen Cook JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Dean Elgar Quinton de Kock (wk) Morne Morkel Chris Morris Dane Piedt Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw Dale Steyn Dane Vilas (wk) Hardus Viljoen Stiaan van Zyl | Alastair Cook (c) Moeen Ali James Anderson Jonny Bairstow (wk) Gary Ballance Stuart Broad Jos Buttler (wk) Nick Compton Steven Finn Mark Footitt Alex Hales Chris Jordan Samit Patel Joe Root Ben Stokes James Taylor Chris Woakes | AB de Villiers (c) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock (wk) JP Duminy Marchant de Lange Faf du Plessis David Miller Morne Morkel Chris Morris Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw Dale Steyn Imran Tahir | Eoin Morgan (c) Moeen Ali Jonny Bairstow (wk) Stuart Broad Jos Buttler (wk) Steven Finn Alex Hales Chris Jordan Liam Plunkett Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy Ben Stokes James Taylor Reece Topley David Willey Chris Woakes | Faf du Plessis (c) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock (wk) AB de Villiers (wk) JP Duminy Imran Tahir David Miller Chris Morris Aaron Phangiso Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw Dale Steyn David Wiese | Eoin Morgan (c) Moeen Ali Sam Billings (wk) Jos Buttler (wk) Steven Finn Alex Hales Chris Jordan Liam Plunkett Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy Ben Stokes Reece Topley David Willey Chris Woakes James Vince |
Steven Finn was added to England's Test squad on 14 December 2015. Following the conclusion of the first Test, Quinton de Kock and Chris Morris were added to the South African squad. South Africa later added Hardus Viljoen to their squad as cover for Kyle Abbott. Hashim Amla resigned from the captaincy at the end of the second Test with AB de Villiers replacing him for the rest of the series. Dale Steyn only played in the first Test and was ruled out of the rest of the series with a shoulder injury. Dane Vilas was added to South Africa's Test squad as a late replacement for Quinton de Kock, who suffered a knee injury. Vilas was due to play in the Sunfoil Series and had to catch a flight from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg on the morning of the third Test. Stephen Cook was added to South Africa's squad ahead of the fourth Test, with Rilee Rossouw being released to play in the Sunfoil Series.
Liam Plunkett was added to England's limited-overs squad as replacement for Finn, who suffered a side strain during the 3rd Test. However, Plunkett would later suffer from injury too, and was replaced by Stuart Broad. Dale Steyn was ruled out of the ODI series with a shoulder injury. Marchant de Lange was added to South Africa's ODI squad.
Quinton de Kock was selected for the T20I series, but was rested for both games. AB de Villiers kept wicket for South Africa in his absence.

## Tour matches
### Three-day: South African Invitation XI v England XI

* 15–17 December 2015 Scorecard
* Match drawn Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA)
* England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
* 13 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

### First-class: South Africa A v England XI

* 20–22 December 2015 Scorecard
* England XI won by an innings and 91 runs City Oval, Pietermaritzburg Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA)
* England XI won the toss and elected to field.

### List A: South Africa A v England XI

* 30 January 2016 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| England XI 368/7 (50 overs) | v | South Africa A 205 (30.5 overs) |
| James Taylor 116 (116) Marchant de Lange 2/69 (10 overs) | | Theunis de Bruyn 73* (82) Reece Topley 3/38 (5.5 overs) |
* England XI won by 163 runs Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Shaun George (SA)
* England XI won the toss and elected to bat.

### T20: South Africa A v England XI

* 17 February 2016 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| England XI 202/6 (20 overs) | v | South Africa A 158/8 (20 overs) |
| Alex Hales 78 (52) Wayne Parnell 3/26 (4 overs) | | Theunis de Bruyn 56 (38) Reece Topley 3/29 (4 overs) |
* England XI won by 44 runs Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA)
* England XI won the toss and elected to bat.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 26–30 December 2015 Scorecard
* England won by 241 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Eng)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain stopped play at 11:05 on Day 1 and lunch was taken. Bad light stopped play at 17.56 on Day 1 and play ended for the day.
* Alex Hales (Eng) made his Test debut.
* Dean Elgar became the first South African to carry his bat in a Test innings since Gary Kirsten in 1997.

### 2nd Test

* 2–6 January 2016 Scorecard
* Match drawn Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Ben Stokes (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bad light stopped play at 15:46 on Day 5, with no further play possible.
* Chris Morris (SA) made his Test debut.
* Aleem Dar (Pak) stood in his 100th Test match as an umpire.
* Ben Stokes became the first England player batting at number 6 to make a double century in Test cricket. He also scored the second-fastest double century, the fastest by an Englishman and the fastest ever 250 in Tests.
* Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow's 399-run partnership is the highest 6th-wicket partnership in Test cricket, England's second-highest partnership for any wicket and the highest partnership in South Africa for any wicket.
* Temba Bavuma became the first black African to score a century in Test cricket for South Africa.
* This is the first time that both teams scored more than 600 runs in their first innings of a Test in South Africa.
* Hashim Amla (SA) resigned from the captaincy at the end of the Test with AB de Villiers replacing him for the rest of the series.

### 3rd Test

* 14–18 January 2016 Scorecard
* England won by 7 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Stuart Broad (Eng)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bad light stopped play at 16:47 on Day 2, with no further play possible.
* Hardus Viljoen (SA) made his Test debut.
* Kagiso Rabada (SA) took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket.
* With victory in this match England won the Basil D'Oliveira Trophy.
* South Africa's 2nd innings total of 83 all out is their lowest home total since being readmitted to Test cricket.
* With this defeat, South Africa lost their number one place in the Test rankings, dropping to third place behind India and Australia.
* Following his man of the match performance, Stuart Broad (Eng) became the number one ranked Test bowler in the ICC Player Rankings.

### 4th Test

* 22–26 January 2016 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 280 runs Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Kagiso Rabada (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain delayed play for 45 minutes after lunch on Day 3.
* Rain stopped play at 16:00 on Day 4 with play resuming at 17:10.
* Stephen Cook (SA) made his Test debut.
* Stephen Cook became the 100th player to score a century on debut in a Test match.
* Quinton de Kock (SA) scored his maiden Test century.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 3 February 2016 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 399/9 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 250/5 (33.3 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 105 (76) Chris Morris 3/74 (10 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 138* (96) Moeen Ali 3/43 (6 overs) |
* England won by 39 runs (DLS method) Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Shaun George (SA) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain stopped play in the 34th over of South Africa's innings with no further play possible.

### 2nd ODI

* 6 February 2016 10:00 Scorecard
| South Africa 262/7 (50 overs) | v | England 263/5 (46.2 overs) |
| AB de Villiers 73 (91) Reece Topley 4/50 (9 overs) | | Alex Hales 99 (124) Kyle Abbott 3/58 (9 overs) |
* England won by 5 wickets St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Eng)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Alex Hales became the first batsmen to be dismissed for 99 in an ODI and a T20I.

### 3rd ODI

* 9 February 2016 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 318/8 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 319/3 (46.2 overs) |
| Joe Root 125 (113) Kyle Abbott 2/50 (10 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 135 (117) Adil Rashid 1/45 (10 overs) |
* South Africa won by 7 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* This was the highest successful run-chase in an ODI at this venue.
* Quinton de Kock (SA) became the youngest player to make 10 centuries in ODI matches.
* Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla's 239-run partnership is the highest partnership for South Africa when batting second in an ODI.

### 4th ODI

* 12 February 2016 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 262 (47.5 overs) | v | South Africa 266/9 (47.2 overs) |
| Joe Root 109 (124) Kagiso Rabada 4/45 (9.5 overs) | | Chris Morris 62 (38) Adil Rashid 2/38 (5.2 overs) |
* South Africa won by 1 wicket Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Shaun George (SA) Player of the match: Chris Morris (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

### 5th ODI

* 14 February 2016 10:00 Scorecard
| England 236 (45 overs) | v | South Africa 237/5 (44 overs) |
| Alex Hales 112 (128) Kagiso Rabada 3/34 (9 overs) | | AB de Villiers 101* (97) Reece Topley 3/41 (7 overs) |
* South Africa won by 5 wickets Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* AB de Villiers (SA) played his 200th ODI.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 19 February 2016 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 134/8 (20 overs) | v | South Africa 135/7 (20 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 32* (30) Imran Tahir 4/21 (4 overs) | | Faf du Plessis 25 (30) Chris Jordan 3/23 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 3 wickets Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Shaun George (SA) Player of the match: Imran Tahir (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd T20I

* 21 February 2016 14:30 Scorecard
| England 171 (19.4 overs) | v | South Africa 172/1 (14.4 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 54 (28) Kyle Abbott 3/26 (4 overs) | | AB de Villiers 71 (29) Adil Rashid 1/30 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 9 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* AB de Villiers scored the fastest 50 (21 balls) for South Africa in a T20I.