Basil D'Oliveira TrophyMatch 3 · Test
England beat South Africa by 7 wickets - Match Info
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, . South Africa won the toss and chose to bat.
South Africa313 & 8333.1 ov
England323 & 74/322.4 ov
England won by 7 wickets
Match details
- Match
- Match 3, Test · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy 2015/16
- Date
- (Thu 14 Jan, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Toss
- South Africa, chose to bat
- Result
- England won by 7 wickets
- Player of the match
- Stuart Broad
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Rod Tucker (Australia)
- TV umpire
- Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
- Reserve umpire
- Johan Cloete (South Africa)
- Match referee
- Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Head to head (Test)
Played 156 · SA won 35 · ENG won 66 · Drawn 55
Last 5 meetings
- Match 2 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · SA 627/7d v ENG 629/6d & 159/6Match drawn
- 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
Recent results (Test)
- D vs SA · SA 627/7d v ENG 629/6d & 159/6Match drawn
- 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
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 | 17 | 1357 | 174 | 46.79 | 52.19 |
| Hashim Amla SA | 15 | 1324 | 311 | 55.17 | 50.15 |
| Alastair Cook ENG | 13 | 853 | 118 | 35.54 | 44.54 |
| Ian Bell ENG | 11 | 789 | 199 | 41.53 | 43.28 |
| Jonny Bairstow ENG | 3 | 449 | 150 | 112.25 | 70.05 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson ENG | 18 | 58 | 3.14 |
| Morné Morkel SA | 13 | 52 | 3.04 |
| Dale Steyn SA | 12 | 50 | 3.42 |
| Stuart Broad ENG | 12 | 39 | 3.09 |
| Steven Finn ENG | 4 | 18 | 3.39 |
Tests at New Wanderers Stadium
- Matches
- 21
- Average 1st-innings score
- 328
- Won batting first
- 10
- Won chasing
- 5
- Highest total
- 652/7 by Australia ()