South Africa vs England 1st Test at Durban, 26 Dec, 2015

Toss: South Africa, who chose to bowl first
England 303/10 (100.1)  &  326/10 (102.1)
South Africa 214/10 (81.4)  &  174/10 (71)
England won by 241 runs
Man of the Match: Moeen Ali
  • JP Duminy 26 * (59)

Over 6.6DWSteyn bowls short of length delivery to Joe Root, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

Over 7.4M Morkel bowls pitched up delivery to Joe Root, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.Two runs

Over 7.5M Morkel bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 7.6M Morkel bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 8.5DWSteyn bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 8.6DWSteyn bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 9.1M Morkel bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 9.2M Morkel bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 9.3M Morkel bowls short of length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 9.4M Morkel bowls pitched up delivery to Joe Root, opens up on the backfoot to defend that towards the legside.One leg bye

Over 10.1DWSteyn bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 10.2DWSteyn bowls short of length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 10.3DWSteyn bowls pitched up delivery to Joe Root, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.Two runs

Over 11.1Kyle Abbott bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 11.2Kyle Abbott bowls short of length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 11.3Kyle Abbott bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 11.4Kyle Abbott bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 11.5Kyle Abbott bowls short of length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 11.6Kyle Abbott bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 12.5M Morkel bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 12.6M Morkel bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 14.3M Morkel to Joe Root No runs ...

Over 14.4M Morkel to Joe Root Three runs ...

Over 15.1Kyle Abbott to Joe Root No runs ...

Over 15.2Kyle Abbott to Joe Root Single ...

Over 16.1M Morkel to Joe Root No runs ...

Over 16.2M Morkel to Joe Root No runs ...

Over 16.3M Morkel to Joe Root Boundary! ...

Over 16.4M Morkel to Joe Root No runs ...

Over 16.5M Morkel to Joe Root Single ...

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