Basil D'Oliveira TrophyMatch 2 · Test
South Africa and England draw - Match Info
Newlands, Cape Town, . England won the toss and chose to bat.
South Africa627/7d211 ov
England629/6d & 159/665 ov
Match drawn
Match details
- Match
- Match 2, Test · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy 2015/16
- Date
- (Sat 2 Jan, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- Match drawn
- Player of the match
- Ben Stokes
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Bruce Oxenford (Australia)
- TV umpire
- Rod Tucker (Australia)
- Reserve umpire
- S George
- Match referee
- Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Head to head (Test)
Played 156 · SA won 35 · ENG won 66 · Drawn 55
Last 5 meetings
- Match 1 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · SA 214 & 174 v ENG 303 & 326England won by 241 runs
- Match 3 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · ENG 315 & 294 v SA 309 & 351South Africa won by 51 runs
- Match 2 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · ENG 425 & 130/4 v SA 419 & 258/9dMatch drawn
- Match 1 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · ENG 385 & 240 v SA 637/2dSouth Africa won by an innings and 12 runs
- Match 4 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · SA 423/7d v ENG 180 & 169South Africa won by an innings and 74 runs
Recent results (Test)
- W vs SA · SA 214 & 174 v ENG 303 & 326England won by 241 runs
- L vs PAK · ENG 306 & 156 v PAK 234 & 355Pakistan won by 127 runs
- L vs PAK · ENG 242 & 312 v PAK 378 & 354/6dPakistan won by 178 runs
- D vs PAK · ENG 598/9d & 74/4 v PAK 523/8d & 173Match drawn
- L vs AUS · ENG 149 & 286 v AUS 481Australia won by an innings and 46 runs
Top players in this fixture
SA v ENG Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB de Villiers SA | 16 | 1269 | 174 | 45.32 | 53.12 |
| Hashim Amla SA | 14 | 1123 | 311 | 48.83 | 51.92 |
| Alastair Cook ENG | 12 | 818 | 118 | 37.18 | 44.48 |
| Ian Bell ENG | 11 | 789 | 199 | 41.53 | 43.28 |
| Matt Prior ENG | 7 | 433 | 76 | 33.31 | 58.83 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson ENG | 17 | 57 | 3.19 |
| Morné Morkel SA | 12 | 50 | 3.03 |
| Dale Steyn SA | 12 | 50 | 3.42 |
| Stuart Broad ENG | 11 | 37 | 3.12 |
| Steven Finn ENG | 3 | 16 | 3.39 |
Tests at Newlands
- Matches
- 37
- Average 1st-innings score
- 345
- Won batting first
- 12
- Won chasing
- 16
- Highest total
- 651 by South Africa ()