English national cricket team in South Africa in the 2015/16 season

The game series of the England cricket team in South Africa in the 2015/16 season took place from December 15, 2015 to February 21, 2016. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015/16 international cricket season and included four test matches , five ODIs and two Twenty20s . England won the Test series 2–1, while South Africa won the ODI series 3-2 and the Twenty20 series 2-0.

prehistory

classification

England previously played a tour in the United Arab Emirates against Pakistan , losing the Test series and winning the ODI and Twenty20 series. South Africa, which entered this tour as the leader of the ICC Test Championships, previously played a tour in India . They won the ODI and Twenty20 series, but lost the test series significantly. The last tour of the two took place in England in 2012 , while the last tour in South Africa was played by England in the 2009/10 season .

Stages

Durban Bloemfontein Centurion Johannesburg Port Elizabeth Cape Town

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on November 17, 2014.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Chevrolet Park	Bloemfontein	20,000	1. ODI
SuperSport Park	Centurion	22,000	4. test; 3. ODI
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	1st test
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	2. ODI
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	2. test; 5. ODI; 1. T20
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	3rd test; 4. ODI; 2. T20

Squad lists

England named their test squad on November 19 and their ODI and Twenty20 squad on December 23, 2015. South Africa named their test squad on December 10, 2015 and their PDI roster on January 8, 2016.

test		ODI		Twenty20
South Africa	England	South Africa	England	South Africa	England
Hashim Amla ( K ) AB de Villiers ( K , 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 ( K ) 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 ( K ) 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 ( K ) 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 ( K ) 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 ( K ) 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

Tour matches

December 15-17 Scorecard	Potchefstroom	England XI 470-7d (88) & 190 (52.4)	-	South African Invitation XI 188 (57.1) & 5-0 (2)
		draw

December 20-22 Scorecard	Pietermaritzburg	South African Invitation XI 136 (56) & 187 (42.5)	-	England XI 414-6d (97.5)
		England XI wins with one innings and 91 runs

January 30th scorecard	Kimberley	England XI 368-7 (50)	-	South African Invitation XI 205 (30.5)
		England XI wins with 163 runs

February 17th scorecard	Pair	South African Invitation XI	-	England XI

Testing

First test in Durban

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Durban	England 303 (100.1) & 326 (102.1)	-	South Africa 214 (81.4) & 174 (71)
		England wins with 241 runs

Second test in Cape Town

January 2-6 scorecard	Cape Town	England 629-6d (125.5) & 159-6 (65)	-	South Africa 627-7d (210)
		draw

English bowler Stuart Broad was fined for discussions with the referees. After the game, the South African Hashim Amla resigned as captain of his team.

Third test in Johannesburg

January 14-18 Scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 313 (99.3) & 83 (33.1)	-	England 323 (76.1) & 74-3 (22.4)
		England wins with 7 wickets

With the defeat, South Africa slipped from the first position in the test rankings.

Fourth test in Dunedin

January 22-26 Scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 475-132 & 248-5d (83.2)	-	England 342-104.2 & 101 (34.4)
		South Africa wins with 280 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Bloemfontein

February 3rd scorecard	Bloemfontein	England 399-9 (50)	-	South Africa 250-5 (33.3)
		England wins with 39 runs ( D / L method )

Second ODI in Port Elizabeth

February 6 scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 262-7 (50)	-	England 263-5 (46.2)
		England wins with 5 wickets

Third ODI in Centurion

February 9 scorecard	Centurion	England 318-8 (50)	-	South Africa 319-3 (46.2)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Fourth ODI in Johannesburg

February 12 scorecard	Johannesburg	England 262 (47.5)	-	South Africa 266-9 (47.2)
		South Africa wins with 1 wicket

Fifth ODI in Cape Town

February 14th scorecard	Cape Town	England 236 (45)	-	South Africa 237-5 (44)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Cape Town

February 19th scorecard	Cape Town	England 134-8 (20)	-	South Africa 135-7 (20)
		South Africa wins with 3 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Johannesburg

February 21 scorecard	Johannesburg	England 171 (19.4)	-	South Africa 172-1 (14.4)
		South Africa wins with 9 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Hashim Amla	South Africa	4th	7th	470	67.14	201	2	1
Ben Stokes	England	4th	7th	411	58.71	258	1	1
Joe Root	England	4th	8th	386	55.14	110	1	3
Jonny Bairstow	England	4th	7th	359	71.80	150 *	1	1
Dean Elgar	South Africa	4th	7th	284	47.33	118 *	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	3	109.4	22nd	21.90	7/112	3	1
Stuart Broad	England	4th	139.1	18th	20.61	6/17	1	0
Morné Morkel	South Africa	4th	151.5	15th	29.73	4/76	0	0
Ben Stokes	England	4th	113.1	12	29.16	4/86	0	0
Steven Finn	England	3	90.4	11	26.09	4/42	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Alex Hales	England	5	5	383	76.60	112	1	4th
Joe Root	England	5	5	351	70.20	125	2	1
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	5	5	326	81.50	138 *	2	0
AB de Villiers	South Africa	5	5	218	72.66	101 *	1	1
Hashim Amla	South Africa	5	5	196	39.20	127	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Reece Topley	England	5	36	10	21.90	4/50	0	0
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	4th	37.5	9	19.88	4/45	0	0
Kyle Abbott	South Africa	4th	37	8th	24.12	3/58	0	0
Imran Tahir	South Africa	5	48	8th	36.50	3/46	0	0
Adil Rashid	England	5	41.2	5	45.40	2/38	0	0
Moeen Ali	England	5	43	5	47.00	3/43	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Hashim Amla	South Africa	2	2	91	91.00	69 *	0	1
Jos Buttler	England	2	2	86	86.00	54	0	1
AB de Villiers	South Africa	2	2	78	39.00	71	0	1
Eoin Morgan	England	2	2	48	24.00	38	0	0
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	2	2	47	47.00	25th	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Imran Tahir	South Africa	2	8th	5	9.20	4/21	0	0
Kyle Abbott	South Africa	2	8th	5	11.40	3/26	0	0
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	2	7.4	3	19.00	2/28	0	0
Chris Jordan	England	2	6.4	3	23.66	3/23	0	0
Moeen Ali	England	2	6th	2	23.50	2/22	0	0
Adil Rashid	England	2	8th	2	27.00	1/24	0	0
Chris Morris	South Africa	2	8th	2	32.50	2/33	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Ben Stokes
ODI	Alex Hales
T20	Imran Tahir

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Moeen Ali
2nd test	Ben Stokes
3rd test	Stuart Broad
4th test	Kagiso Rabada
1. ODI	Quinton de Kock
2. ODI	Alex Hales
3. ODI	Quinton de Kock
4. ODI	Chris Morris
5. ODI	AB de Villiers
1. T20	Imran Tahir
2. T20	AB de Villiers

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Firdose Moonda: South Africa to host rare four-Test series ( English ) Cricinfo. November 17, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
2. ↑ Andrew McGlashan: Bell dropped; Compton, Ballance, Footitt called up ( English ) Cricinfo. November 19, 2015. Accessed December 13, 2015.
3. ↑ George Dobell: Stokes returns but no white-ball comeback for Broad ( English ) Cricinfo. December 23, 2015. Accessed May 14, 2016.
4. ↑ Firdose Moonda: De Villiers to keep wicket in England tests ( English ) Cricinfo. December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
5. ↑ Firdose Moonda: South Africa unchanged for last two tests ( English ) Cricinfo. January 8, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
6. ↑ Broad fined after telling Dar 'get on with the game' ( English ) Cricinfo. January 6, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
7. ↑ Amla steps down as South Africa captain ( English ) Cricinfo. January 6, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
8. ^ SA dethroned, India No. 1 test team ( English ) Cricinfo. January 16, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / England in South Africa ODI Series, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / England in South Africa ODI Series, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / England in South Africa T20I Series, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
14. ↑ Records / England in South Africa T20I Series, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 26, 2016.