Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook	not out	53	170	252	4	0	31.17
Reeza Hendricks	c †Bairstow b Footitt	13	15	16	2	0	86.66

Rilee Rossouw	c †Bairstow b Broad	6	13	25	0	0	46.15
Quinton de Kock	c Hales b Finn	4	11	20	0	0	36.36
Omphile Ramela	c Taylor b Finn	20	80	113	2	0	25.00
Khaya Zondo	c Root b Finn	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Dane Vilas (c)†	lbw b Finn	4	7	12	1	0	57.14

Chris Morris	c Root b Stokes	21	23	33	4	0	91.30

Keshav Maharaj	run out (Hales)	5	14	17	1	0	35.71
Marchant de Lange	c †Bairstow b Stokes	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Dane Paterson	b Stokes	4	3	1	1	0	133.33
Extras	(lb 1, nb 4, w 1)	6
Total	56 Ov (RR: 2.42, 252 Mins)	136
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Reeza Hendricks, 3.4 ov), 2-32 (Rilee Rossouw, 8.3 ov), 3-40 (Quinton de Kock, 12.3 ov), 4-91 (Omphile Ramela, 39.2 ov), 5-91 (Khaya Zondo, 39.3 ov), 6-99 (Dane Vilas, 41.4 ov), 7-123 (Chris Morris, 49.1 ov), 8-132 (Keshav Maharaj, 54.2 ov), 9-132 (Marchant de Lange, 55.3 ov), 10-136 (Dane Paterson, 55.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Stuart Broad	10	3	18	1	1.80	49	0	0	1	0
8.3 to RR Rossouw, . 32/2
Mark Footitt	10	3	32	1	3.20	50	5	0	0	1
3.4 to RR Hendricks, EDGED, this one creeps up on him and a faint out side edge goes to the Keeper. 14/1
Ben Stokes	11	1	25	3	2.27	54	3	0	0	1
49.1 to CH Morris, Got him,a thick out side edge and Root at 3rd-slip takes it. 123/7 55.3 to M de Lange, . 132/9 55.6 to D Paterson, . 136/10
Steven Finn	12	3	34	4	2.83	58	4	0	0	2
12.3 to Q de Kock, . 40/3 39.2 to OA Ramela, . 91/4 39.3 to K Zondo, EDGED and gone. Two in a row for Finn. Roots takes in clean at 3rd-slip. 91/5 41.4 to DJ Vilas, Villas misses a straight one. 99/6
Moeen Ali	13	4	26	0	2.00	65	3	0	0	0

England XI 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alastair Cook (c)	c Paterson b Maharaj	126	194	286	16	2	64.94

Alex Hales	b Paterson	56	102	143	9	0	54.90

Nick Compton	lbw b Maharaj	29	74	69	4	0	39.18

Joe Root	c Ramela b Maharaj	117	125	186	16	2	93.60

James Taylor	c & b Maharaj	15	36	46	1	0	41.66
Ben Stokes	c Maharaj b de Lange	66	47	67	8	2	140.42

Jonny Bairstow †	not out	2	9	10	0	0	22.22
Extras	(lb 2, w 1)	3
Total	97.5 Ov (RR: 4.23, 409 Mins)	414/6d
Did not bat: Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Mark Footitt
Fall of wickets: 1-112 (Alex Hales, 33.2 ov), 2-178 (Nick Compton, 53.2 ov), 3-241 (Alastair Cook, 67.5 ov), 4-291 (James Taylor, 79.4 ov), 5-395 (Ben Stokes, 94.5 ov), 6-414 (Joe Root, 97.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Morris	25	2	93	0	3.72	121	14	0	0	0
Marchant de Lange	21	4	99	1	4.71	75	12	2	0	0
94.5 to BA Stokes, hooked towards deep square, Maharaj running in front the fence takes a good catch. 395/5
Dane Paterson	20	3	78	1	3.90	94	15	0	1	0
33.2 to AD Hales, leaves one that swings back in and clips the top of off-stump. 112/1
Keshav Maharaj	26.5	3	129	4	4.80	101	13	4	0	0
53.2 to NRD Compton, play and a miss hits the pads. 178/2 67.5 to AN Cook, creeps up on Cook, miss ques the drive to the mid-on fielder. 241/3 79.4 to JWA Taylor, . 291/4 97.5 to JE Root, pulled and top edged to backward square. 414/6
Stephen Cook	5	0	13	0	2.60	20	0	0	0	0

South Africa A 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook	lbw b Broad	1	10	22	0	0	10.00

Reeza Hendricks	b Ali	19	35	51	2	0	54.28

Rilee Rossouw	lbw b Ali	32	50	107	5	0	64.00

Marchant de Lange	c Taylor b Footitt	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Quinton de Kock	lbw b Ali	53	64	65	10	0	82.81

Omphile Ramela	lbw b Finn	0	10	12	0	0	0.00

Khaya Zondo	c Stokes b Finn	0	4	7	0	0	0.00

Dane Vilas (c)†	not out	30	41	59	2	1	73.17
Chris Morris	lbw b Ali	5	16	19	0	0	31.25

Keshav Maharaj	b Ali	31	19	21	6	0	163.15

Dane Paterson	c Hales b Ali	12	5	8	1	1	240.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 1)	4
Total	42.5 Ov (RR: 4.36, 193 Mins)	187
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Stephen Cook, 4.2 ov), 2-34 (Reeza Hendricks, 10.4 ov), 3-35 (Marchant de Lange, 11.1 ov), 4-102 (Quinton de Kock, 26.1 ov), 5-107 (Rilee Rossouw, 28.3 ov), 6-107 (Omphile Ramela, 29.1 ov), 7-110 (Khaya Zondo, 29.5 ov), 8-129 (Chris Morris, 34.6 ov), 9-175 (Keshav Maharaj, 40.6 ov), 10-187 (Dane Paterson, 42.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Stuart Broad	6	1	20	1	3.33	28	4	0	0	0
4.2 to SC Cook, full and straight delivery, Cook tries to fend it away and misses. 10/1
Mark Footitt	8	1	38	1	4.75	35	7	0	0	0
11.1 to M de Lange, full on leg and off, de Lange tries to flick it away and gets gets a leading edge to Taylor at short-leg. 35/3
Ben Stokes	6	2	18	0	3.00	27	2	0	1	0
Steven Finn	7	1	30	2	4.28	27	3	0	0	0
29.1 to OA Ramela, this one keeps low and Ramela pushes at it and misses. 107/6 29.5 to K Zondo, EDGED and Zondo gets a pair. Stokes at 4th slip take a diving catch. 110/7
Moeen Ali	14.5	4	77	6	5.19	60	10	2	0	0
10.4 to RR Hendricks, Hendricks just plays down the wrong lin and the stumps are distrbed. 34/2 26.1 to Q de Kock, misses one that goes straight and hits the oads. No hestiataion from Umpire Jele. 102/4 28.3 to RR Rossouw, Rossouw tries to pull and misses. 107/5 34.6 to CH Morris, Ali gets his 3rd LBW. 129/8 40.6 to KA Maharaj, tries to sweep to the on-side and misses. 175/9 42.5 to D Paterson, . 187/10
Joe Root	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

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Close of Play

Sun, 20 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 64/0 (Alastair Cook 36*, Alex Hales 28*, 20 ov)

Mon, 21 Dec - day 2 - SA A 2nd innings 35/2 (Rilee Rossouw 13*, Marchant de Lange 0*, 11 ov)

Tue, 22 Dec - day 3 - SA A 2nd innings 187 (42.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

South Africa A 1st Innings
South Africa "A" 53 runs in 16.3 overs ( 100 balls, 84 mins) (5x4,0x6)
4th Wicket: 51 runs off 162 balls in 110 mins (SC Cook 27, OA Ramela 20 , Ex 4)
South Africa "A" 103 runs in 43.5 overs ( 268 balls, 203 mins) (10x4,0x6)
SC Cook: 51 off 153 balls in 235 mins (4x4, 0x6)
England XI 1st Innings
England XI 53 runs in 15.2 overs ( 92 balls, 65 mins) (10x4,0x6)
1th Wicket: 53 runs off 92 balls in 65 mins (AN Cook 29, AD Hales 24 , Ex 0)

Day 2

England XI 1st Innings
AN Cook: 51 off 82 balls in 118 mins (8x4, 0x6)
AD Hales: 5 off 86 balls in 123 mins (8x4, 0x6)
England XI 100 runs in 28.3 overs ( 171 balls, 123 mins) (16x4,0x6)
1th Wicket: 101 runs off 171 balls in 123 mins (AN Cook 51, AD Hales 50 , Ex 0)
England XI 150 runs in 41.3 overs ( 249 balls, 179 mins) (23x4,1x6)
2nd Wicket: 52 runs off 74 balls in 52 mins (AN Cook 27, NRD Compton 25 , Ex 0)
AN Cook: 104 off 155 balls in 237 mins (14x4, 2x6)
England XI 200 runs in 59.4 overs ( 358 balls, 248 mins) (29x4,2x6)
3rd Wicket: 52 runs off 63 balls in 41 mins (AN Cook 27, JE Root 25 , Ex 0)
England XI 251 runs in 70.5 overs ( 425 balls, 301 mins) (37x4,2x6)
:JE Root 50 off 60 balls in 92 mins (7x4, 1x6)
New ball taken at 82.1. Score 296/4
England XI 301 runs in 82.5 overs ( 497 balls, 344 mins) (38x4,4x6)
5th Wicket: 51 runs off 61 balls in 43 mins (JE Root 21, BA Stokes 29 , Ex 1)
England XI 350 runs in 90.3 overs ( 544 balls, 377 mins) (47x4,4x6)
:BA Stokes 53 off 40 balls in 58 mins (8x4, 1x6)
:JE Root 100 off 116 balls in 168 mins (13x4, 2x6)
5th Wicket: 102 runs off 89 balls in 66 mins (JE Root 37, BA Stokes 64 , Ex 1)
England XI 350 runs in 95.6 overs ( 577 balls, 403 mins) (52x4,6x6)
England XI 400 runs in 95.6 overs ( 577 balls, 403 mins) (52x4,6x6)

Day 3

South Africa A 2nd Innings
South Africa A 52 runs in 14.2 overs ( 87 balls, 68 mins) (7x4,0x6)
4th Wicket: 53 runs off 69 balls in 47 mins (RR Rossouw 9, Q de Kock 44 , Ex 1)
:Q de Kock 52 off 56 balls in 55 mins (10x4, 0x6)
South Africa A 100 runs in 25.6 overs ( 157 balls, 117 mins) (17x4,0x6)

Match Details

City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
Toss	England XI, elected to field first
Series	England tour of South Africa
Season	2015/16
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30
Match days	20,21,22 December 2015 - day (3-day match)
Umpires	Bongani Jele Shaun George
Reserve Umpire	Lubabalo Gcuma
Match Referee	Dev Govindjee

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SA A Innings

Player Name		R	B
SC Cook	lbw	1	10
RR Hendricks	bowled	19	35
RR Rossouw	lbw	32	50
M de Lange	caught	0	3
Q de Kock	lbw	53	64
OA Ramela	lbw	0	10
K Zondo	caught	0	4
DJ Vilas	not out	30	41
CH Morris	lbw	5	16
KA Maharaj	bowled	31	19
D Paterson	caught	12	5
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 1)
Total	187(10 wkts; 42.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	6	1	20	1	3.33
MHA Footitt	8	1	38	1	4.75
BA Stokes	6	2	18	0	3
ST Finn	7	1	30	2	4.28
MM Ali	14.5	4	77	6	5.19
JE Root	1	0	1	0	1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	10	Stephen Cook	Reeza Hendricks
2nd	24	Reeza Hendricks	Rilee Rossouw
3rd	1	Rilee Rossouw	Marchant de Lange
4th	67	Rilee Rossouw	Quinton de Kock
5th	5	Omphile Ramela	Rilee Rossouw
6th	0	Omphile Ramela	Khaya Zondo
7th	3	Dane Vilas	Khaya Zondo
8th	19	Dane Vilas	Chris Morris
9th	46	Dane Vilas	Keshav Maharaj
10th	12	Dane Vilas	Dane Paterson

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