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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

2015-16 South Africa Vs England Third Test @Johannesburg January 14-18,2016



4-Match Test Series Result
First Test @ Durban Dec 26-30,2015
Scorecard
England 303 and 326
South Africa 214 and 174(Target 416 Runs)
Match Result - England won by 241 runs
MOM - Moeen Ali for his 4/69(25 Overs) and 3/47(26 Overs)
Series Result  -  England led the 4-match series 1-0

Second Test @ Cape Town January 02-06,2016
Scorecard
England 629/6 Declared and 159/6
South Africa  627/7 Declared
Match Result - Draw
MOM - Ben Stoke for his 258(198 Balls 4x30 and 6x11) 
Series Result - England led the 4-match series 1-0

Third Test @ Johannesburg January 14-18,2016
Scorecard
South Africa 313 & 83
England 323 & 74/3(Target 74 Runs)
Match Result - England won by 7 wickets
MOM - Stuart Broad for his 6/17 (12.1 Overs)in the 2nd Innings
Series Result - England led the 4-match series 2-0 




Day One Thursday January 13,2016

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

Test Debut - Hardus Viljoen(SA)

Hardus Viljoen - who is one of the five pacers in South Africa's squad - has taken in his last five first-class games at the Wanderers. Viljoen has averaged 13.95 in his last five matches at this venue and has taken at least four wickets in seven innings including five five-wicket hauls. Overall, Viljoen has taken 296 first-class wickets at an average of 25.77

Squads

South Africa
1 Dean Elgar, 2 Stiaan van Zyl, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 AB de Villiers (capt), 5 Faf du Plessis, 6 Temba Bavuma, 7 Dane Vilas (wk), 8 Chris Morris, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Hardus Viljoen, 11 Morne Morkel

England
1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Alex Hales, 3 Nick Compton, 4 Joe Root, 5 James Taylor, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 8 Moeen Ali, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 James Anderson, 11 Steven Finn
 


Scorecard
South Africa 313 & 83
England 323 & 74/3(Target 74 Runs)
Match Result - England won by 7 wickets 
MOM - Stuart Broad for his 6/17 (12.1 Overs)in the 2nd Innings 
Series Result - England led the 4-match series 2-0 


  • South Africa's 83 is their lowest at home since being readmitted to Test cricket
  • This is the fifth time in five games that South Africa have had a spell where they have lost five wickets for 15 runs or fewer
  • Broad moved to 330 Test wickets, past Bob Willis into third on the all-time England list; only Sir Ian Botham (383) and Anderson (429) are ahead of him
  • De Villiers has been dismissed nine times by Broad in Test cricket; no other bowler has dismissed him more than six times
  • Bairstow averages 48.55 with the bat when playing as a wicketkeeper, the highest of any England keeper to have played at least 10 innings
  • Bairstow claimed nine wicketkeeping dismissals in the match; only Jack Russell and Bob Taylor have taken more in a Test for England
 

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