- South African cricket team in England in 1998
Infobox_Cricket_series_begin
series_name = South Africa in England 1998
team1_
team1_name = South Africa
team2_| team2_name = England
from_date =14 May
to_date =20 August 1998
team1_captain = Hansie Cronje
team2_captain = Alec Stewart
Infobox_Cricket_series_tests
no_of_tests = 5
team1_tests_won = 1
team2_tests_won = 2
team1_tests_most_runs =Hansie Cronje (401)
team2_tests_most_runs =Michael Atherton (493)
team1_tests_most_wickets =Allan Donald (33)
team2_tests_most_wickets =Angus Fraser (24)
player_of_test_series = Allan Donald (SA), Mike Atherton (Eng)
Infobox_Cricket_series_ODI
no_of_ODIs = 3
team1_ODIs_won = 2
team2_ODIs_won = 1
team1_ODIs_most_runs =Hansie Cronje (110)
team2_ODIs_most_runs =Nick Knight (149)
team1_ODIs_most_wickets =Allan Donald (7)
team2_ODIs_most_wickets =Mark Ealham ,Robert Croft ,Darren Gough (5)
player_of_ODI_series = Jonty Rhodes (SA), Darren Gough (Eng)The South African cricket team toured England in the 1998 season to play a five-match Test series against England.
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 International s (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
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/65/65891.html 1st Test] (Edgbaston) – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/65/65988.html 2nd Test] (Lord's Cricket Ground ) – South Africa won by 10 wickets
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/66/66097.html 3rd Test] (Old Trafford) – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/66/66226.html 4th Test] (Trent Bridge ) – England won by 8 wickets
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/66/66303.html 5th Test] (Headingley) – England won by 23 runsLOI series summary
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/65/65810.html 1st LOI] (
The Oval ) – South Africa won by three wickets
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/65/65814.html 2nd LOI] (Old Trafford) – South Africa won by 32 runs
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/65/65815.html 3rd LOI] (Headingley) – England won by 7 wicketsIn 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.
quad
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 andMike Rindel Best performances
Darryl Cullinan with 900 runs @ 69.23 and Gary Kirsten with 892 @ 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 @ 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 @ 24.75.
Mark Boucher as specialist wicketkeeper in nearly all matches took 43 catches and 1 stumping.
External sources
[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1998_ENG_South_Africa_in_England_1998.html CricketArchive tour itinerary]
References
* "Playfair Cricket Annual"
* "Wisden Cricketers Almanack "
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