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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.[1][2] England won the Test series 2–1. South Africa won the ODI series 3–2 and the T20I series 2–0.
| English cricket team in South Africa in 2015–16 | |||
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| South Africa | England | ||
| Dates | 15 December 2015 – 21 February 2016 | ||
| Captains |
Hashim Amla (Tests)[n 1] AB de Villiers (ODIs) Faf du Plessis (T20Is) |
Alastair Cook (Tests) Eoin Morgan (ODIs and T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 4-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Hashim Amla (470) | Ben Stokes (411) | |
| Most wickets | Kagiso Rabada (22) | Stuart Broad (18) | |
| Player of the series | Ben Stokes (Eng) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Quinton de Kock (326) | Alex Hales (383) | |
| Most wickets | Kagiso Rabada (9) | Reece Topley (10) | |
| Player of the series | Alex Hales (Eng) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Hashim Amla (91) | Jos Buttler (86) | |
| Most wickets |
Imran Tahir (5) Kyle Abbott (5) | Chris Jordan (3) | |
| Player of the series | Imran Tahir (SA) | ||
| Tests | ODIs | T20Is | |||
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 England[4] |
South Africa[5] |
England[6] |
South Africa[7] |
England[6] |
Steven Finn was added to England's Test squad on 14 December 2015.[8] Following the conclusion of the first Test, Quinton de Kock and Chris Morris were added to the South African squad.[9] South Africa later added Hardus Viljoen to their squad as cover for Kyle Abbott.[10] 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.[11] Dale Steyn only played in the first Test and was ruled out of the rest of the series with a shoulder injury.[12][13] 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.[14] 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.[15][16]
Liam Plunkett was added to England's limited-overs squad as replacement for Finn, who suffered a side strain during the 3rd Test.[17] However, Plunkett would later suffer from injury too, and was replaced by Stuart Broad.[18] Dale Steyn was ruled out of the ODI series with a shoulder injury.[19] Marchant de Lange was added to South Africa's ODI squad.[20]
Quinton de Kock was selected for the T20I series, but was rested for both games.[21] AB de Villiers kept wicket for South Africa in his absence.
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Three-day: South African Invitation XI v England XI
15–17 December 2015 Scorecard |
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5/0 (2 overs) Simon Khomari 5* (6) |
- 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
List A: South Africa A v England XI
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- England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
T20: South Africa A v England XI
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- England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
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1st Test
26–30 December 2015 Scorecard |
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- 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.[22]
2nd Test
2–6 January 2016 Scorecard |
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- 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.[23]
- Ben Stokes became the first England player batting at number 6 to make a double century in Test cricket.[24] He also scored the second-fastest double century, the fastest by an Englishman and the fastest ever 250 in Tests.[25][26]
- 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.[27]
- This is the first time that both teams scored more than 600 runs in their first innings of a Test in South Africa.[28]
- 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.[11]
3rd Test
14–18 January 2016 Scorecard |
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- 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.[29]
- 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.[30]
- With this defeat, South Africa lost their number one place in the Test rankings, dropping to third place behind India and Australia.[31]
- Following his man of the match performance, Stuart Broad (Eng) became the number one ranked Test bowler in the ICC Player Rankings.[32]
4th Test
22–26 January 2016 Scorecard |
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- 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.[33]
- Quinton de Kock (SA) scored his maiden Test century.[34]
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1st ODI
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- 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
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3rd ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was the highest successful run-chase in an ODI at this venue.[36]
- Quinton de Kock (SA) became the youngest player to make 10 centuries in ODI matches.[37]
- Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla's 239-run partnership is the highest partnership for South Africa when batting second in an ODI.[38]
4th ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
5th ODI
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1st T20I
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
2nd T20I
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- AB de Villiers scored the fastest 50 (21 balls) for South Africa in a T20I.[40]
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- AB de Villiers captained South Africa for the last two Test matches.
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