The South African cricket team toured England in the 1998 season to play a five-match Test series against England.
| South Africa in England 1998 | |||
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| South Africa | England | ||
| Dates | 14 May – 20 August 1998 | ||
| Captains | Hansie Cronje | Alec Stewart | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 5-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Hansie Cronje (401) | Mike Atherton (493) | |
| Most wickets | Allan Donald (33) | Angus Fraser (24) | |
| Player of the series | Allan Donald (SA), Mike Atherton (Eng) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Hansie Cronje (110) | Nick Knight (149) | |
| Most wickets | Allan Donald (7) | Mark Ealham, Robert Croft, Darren Gough (5) | |
| Player of the series | Jonty Rhodes (SA), Darren Gough (Eng) | ||
England won the series 2-1 with two matches drawn after being 1-0 behind with only the last two matches to play.
South Africa played a three-match series of One Day Internationals (LOI) against England in May at the start of the tour and then played a short LOI tri-series against England and Sri Lanka to close the tour in August.
In addition, South Africa played seven first-class matches against Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Sussex, Durham, Derbyshire, Essex and the British Universities.
Test series summary edit
First Test edit
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- There was no play on the final day.
Second Test edit
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- SP James (ENG) made his Test debut.
Third Test edit
Fourth Test edit
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- A Flintoff (ENG) and S Elworthy (SA) made their Test debuts.
Fifth Test edit
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
ODI series edit
1st ODI edit
21 May 1998
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2nd ODI edit
3rd ODI edit
In the end of tour Emirates Triangular tri-series, South Africa lost to Sri Lanka by 57 runs at Trent Bridge and defeated England by 14 runs at Edgbaston. The win against England was not enough to qualify them for the final, in which Sri Lanka defeated England by 5 wickets at Lord's.
Squad edit
The South African team was captained by Hansie Cronje and included Paul Adams, Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Lance Klusener, Jacques Kallis, Jonty Rhodes, Mark Boucher, Daryl Cullinan, Gary Kirsten, Gerhardus Liebenberg, Nantie Hayward, Brian McMillan, Makhaya Ntini, Pat Symcox, Adam Bacher, Steve Elworthy and Mike Rindel.
Best performances edit
Darryl Cullinan with 900 runs at an average of 69.23 and Gary Kirsten with 892 runs at 63.71 were the highest scorers for South Africa in first-class matches on the tour. Kirsten had the highest individual innings of 210 while Cullinan's top score was 200*.
Allan Donald with 39 wickets at an average of 20.12 and a best analysis of 6-56 was the leading bowler on the tour. Shaun Pollock was the next best with 24 wickets at 24.75.
Mark Boucher kept wicket in nearly all of the tour matches, taking 43 catches and 1 stumping.
External sources edit
References edit
- Playfair Cricket Annual
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack