Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alastair Cook (c)	lbw b Mnyaka	2	7	10	0	0	28.57
Alex Hales	b Dala	8	10	19	2	0	80.00
Nick Compton	lbw b Mnyaka	58	120	164	9	0	48.33
Joe Root	c †Klaasen b Phehlukwayo	28	26	39	7	0	107.69
James Taylor	retired out	114	152	246	14	1	75.00
Ben Stokes	retired out	158	131	162	23	5	120.61
Jonny Bairstow †	b Mnyaka	35	46	65	5	0	76.08
Moeen Ali	not out	33	30	50	7	0	110.00
Chris Woakes	not out	10	16	18	2	0	62.50
Extras	(b 4, lb 10, nb 10)	24
Total	88 Ov (RR: 5.34, 388 Mins)	470/7d
Did not bat: Gary Ballance, Stuart Broad, Mark Footitt, James Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Alastair Cook, 2.1 ov), 2-10 (Alex Hales, 3.4 ov), 3-56 (Joe Root, 11.5 ov), 4-155 (Nick Compton, 37.2 ov), 5-350 (James Taylor, 68.6 ov), 6-413 (Ben Stokes, 76.6 ov), 7-450 (Jonny Bairstow, 84.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Thandolwethu Mnyaka	18	3	66	3	3.66	80	9	1	0	3
2.1 to AN Cook, . 6/1 37.2 to NRD Compton, . 155/4 84.2 to JM Bairstow, . 450/7
Junior Dala	10	0	47	1	4.70	43	9	0	0	0
3.4 to AD Hales, . 10/2
Dieter Klein	13	1	90	0	6.92	50	16	0	0	7
Andile Phehlukwayo	17	4	62	1	3.64	80	12	0	0	0
11.5 to JE Root, . 56/3
Johannes Diseko	9	0	64	0	7.11	23	6	2	0	0
Ruben Claassen	8	0	42	0	5.25	31	6	1	0	0
Luthando Mnyanda	4	0	22	0	5.50	12	3	0	0	0
Aiden Markram	4	0	30	0	7.50	11	4	1	0	0
Somila Seyibokwe	5	1	33	0	6.60	15	4	1	0	0

South African Invitation XI 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aiden Markram (c)	c Cook b Broad	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Simon Khomari	c Taylor b Woakes	20	48	79	3	0	41.66
Luthando Mnyanda	b Broad	7	19	29	1	0	36.84
Zubayr Hamza	c †Bairstow b Footitt	12	13	24	3	0	92.30
Qaasim Adams	lbw b Footitt	34	64	94	6	0	53.12
Somila Seyibokwe	c †Bairstow b Stokes	1	10	15	0	0	10.00
Heinrich Klaasen †	c Cook b Ali	48	53	68	8	1	90.56
Andile Phehlukwayo	b Stokes	6	21	34	1	0	28.57
Ruben Claassen	run out (Ali)	0	17	30	0	0	0.00
Thandolwethu Mnyaka	c †Bairstow b Broad	30	49	62	4	1	61.22
Johannes Diseko	not out	22	46	55	4	0	47.82
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 1, w 1)	8
Total	57.1 Ov (RR: 3.28, 251 Mins)	188
Did not bat: Dieter Klein, Junior Dala
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Aiden Markram, 0.4 ov), 2-22 (Luthando Mnyanda, 6.6 ov), 3-43 (Zubayr Hamza, 11.5 ov), 4-47 (Simon Khomari, 16.4 ov), 5-56 (Somila Seyibokwe, 20.3 ov), 6-118 (Qaasim Adams, 33.6 ov), 7-128 (Heinrich Klaasen, 36.1 ov), 8-134 (Andile Phehlukwayo, 41.3 ov), 9-137 (Ruben Claassen, 42.2 ov), 10-188 (Thandolwethu Mnyaka, 57.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Stuart Broad	6.1	1	18	3	2.91	30	3	0	0	0
0.4 to AK Markram, . 0/1 6.6 to LL Mnyanda, . 22/2 57.1 to T Mnyaka, . 188/10
Mark Footitt	12	2	51	2	4.25	54	9	0	0	0
11.5 to Zubayr Hamza, . 43/3 33.6 to MQ Adams, . 118/6
Chris Woakes	10	2	35	1	3.50	49	5	1	1	0
16.4 to SM Khomari, . 47/4
Moeen Ali	17	8	34	1	2.00	91	5	1	0	1
36.1 to H Klaasen, . 128/7
Ben Stokes	8	2	25	2	3.12	38	4	0	0	0
20.3 to S Seyibokwe, . 56/5 41.3 to AL Phehlukwayo, . 134/8
James Anderson	4	0	19	0	4.75	18	4	0	0	0

England XI 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alastair Cook (c)	lbw b Phehlukwayo	37	47	68	7	0	78.72
Alex Hales	b Dala	8	42	59	1	0	19.04
Nick Compton	c Claassen b Diseko	15	34	52	2	0	44.11
Joe Root	c †Klaasen b Dala	39	65	112	2	0	60.00
Gary Ballance	c Mnyanda b Dala	25	46	58	2	0	54.34
Jonny Bairstow †	c †Klaasen b Klein	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Moeen Ali	c †Klaasen b Phehlukwayo	20	33	63	3	0	60.60
Chris Woakes	c Mnyanda b Dala	4	12	11	1	0	33.33
Stuart Broad	c †Klaasen b Dala	3	7	11	0	0	42.85
Ben Stokes	c Seyibokwe b Phehlukwayo	27	33	47	4	1	81.81
James Taylor	not out	0	5	12	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 9, w 2)	12
Total	52.4 Ov (RR: 3.60, 252 Mins)	190
Did not bat: Mark Footitt, James Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Alex Hales, 13.3 ov), 2-53 (Alastair Cook, 14.4 ov), 3-85 (Nick Compton, 24.5 ov), 4-135 (Gary Ballance, 36.6 ov), 5-136 (Jonny Bairstow, 37.3 ov), 6-136 (Joe Root, 38.1 ov), 7-142 (Chris Woakes, 40.3 ov), 8-148 (Stuart Broad, 42.3 ov), 9-182 (Moeen Ali, 49.6 ov), 10-190 (Ben Stokes, 52.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Thandolwethu Mnyaka	12	1	54	0	4.50	53	8	0	0	5
Dieter Klein	12	1	39	1	3.25	54	5	0	0	4
37.3 to JM Bairstow, . 136/5
Junior Dala	12	2	34	5	2.83	50	1	0	2	0
13.3 to AD Hales, . 46/1 36.6 to GS Ballance, . 135/4 38.1 to JE Root, . 136/6 40.3 to CR Woakes, . 142/7 42.3 to SCJ Broad, . 148/8
Andile Phehlukwayo	9.4	1	36	3	3.72	43	7	0	0	0
14.4 to AN Cook, . 53/2 49.6 to MM Ali, . 182/9 52.4 to BA Stokes, . 190/10
Johannes Diseko	6	0	19	1	3.16	23	1	0	0	0
24.5 to NRD Compton, . 85/3
Ruben Claassen	1	0	7	0	7.00	4	0	1	0	0

South African Invitation XI 2nd Innings (T: 473 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aiden Markram (c)	not out	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
Simon Khomari	not out	5	6	8	0	0	83.33
Extras		0
Total	2 Ov (RR: 2.50, 8 Mins)	5/0
Did not bat: Luthando Mnyanda, Zubayr Hamza, Qaasim Adams, Somila Seyibokwe, Heinrich Klaasen †, Andile Phehlukwayo, Ruben Claassen, Johannes Diseko, Thandolwethu Mnyaka, Dieter Klein, Junior Dala

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
James Anderson	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0
Mark Footitt	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	0	0	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 15 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 470/7 (Moeen Ali 33*, Chris Woakes 10*, 88 ov)

Wed, 16 Dec - day 2 - England 2nd innings 99/3 (Joe Root 26*, Gary Ballance 6*, 30 ov)

Thu, 17 Dec - day 3 - SAf Invit XI 2nd innings 5/0 (2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

England XI First Innings
England XI: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (65 balls,52 mins)
England XI: 100 runs in 26.6 overs (166 balls, 130 mins)
4th Wicket: 50 runs off 99 balls in 74 mins (NRD Compton 25, JWA Taylor 22, Ex 3)
NRD Compton: 50 off 107 balls in 144 mins (7x4, 0x6)
England XI: 154 runs in 36.6 overs (228 balls, 170 mins)
JWA Taylor: 51 off 66 balls in 111 mins (8x4, 0x6)
England XI: 200 runs in 47.3 overs (291 balls, 218 mins)
5th Wicket: 50 runs off 74 balls in 50 mins (JWA Taylor 17, BA Stokes 29, Ex 4)
BA Stokes: 51 off 59 balls in 76 mins (9x4, 1x6)
England XI: 250 runs in 56.3 overs (345 balls, 252 mins)
5th Wicket: 100 runs off 117 balls in 77 mins (JWA Taylor 39, BA Stokes 56, Ex 5)
JWA Taylor: 100 off 137 balls in 219 mins (13x4, 1x6)
England XI: 300 runs in 63.5 overs (391 balls, 283 mins)
5th Wicket: 150 runs off 166 balls in 110 mins (JWA Taylor 50, BA Stokes 92, Ex 8)
BA Stokes: 102 off 97 balls in 117 mins (19x4, 1x6)
England XI: 350 runs in 68.6 overs (422 balls, 305 mins)
5th Wicket: 51 runs off 44 balls in 30 mins (BA Stokes 22, JM Bairstow 29, Ex 0)
England XI: 401 runs in 76.2 overs (466 balls, 336 mins)
BA Stokes: 153 off 129 balls in 161 mins (22x4, 5x6)
England XI: 450 runs in 84.0 overs (513 balls, 370 mins)

Day 2

Day 3

Match Details

Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Toss	England XI, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of South Africa
Season	2015/16
Players per side	England XI 13 (11 batting, 11 fielding); South African Invitation XI 13 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
Hours of play (local time)	10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	15,16,17 December 2015 - day (3-day match)
Umpires	Bongani Jele Shaun George
Reserve Umpire	Allahuddien Paleker
Match Referee	Dev Govindjee