South African cricket team in England in 1998

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
	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

First Test

4–8 June 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	South Africa
462 (181 overs) MA Atherton 103 (279) AA Donald 4/95 (35 overs)		343 (117.3 overs) JN Rhodes 95 (156) DG Cork 5/93 (32.3 overs)
170/8d (45.1 overs) MA Atherton 43 (115) GP Thorpe 43 (59) L Klusener 3/27 (11 overs)

Match drawn Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: DR Shepherd (ENG) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: MA Atherton (ENG)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• There was no play on the final day.

Second Test

18–21 June 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard

South Africa	v	England
360 (108.1 overs) JN Rhodes 117 (200) DG Cork 6/119 (31.1 overs)		110 (46.3 overs) Extras 20 N Hussain 15 (47) AA Donald 5/32 (15.3 overs)
15/0 (1.1 overs) G Kirsten 9* (4)		264 (f/o) (120 overs) N Hussain 105 (294) JH Kallis 4/24 (19 overs)

South Africa won by 10 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: DB Hair (AUS) and G Sharp (ENG) Player of the match: JN Rhodes (SA)

• 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

2–6 July 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard

South Africa	v	England
552/5d (199.5 overs) G Kirsten 210 (525) D Gough 3/116 (37 overs)		183 (82.1 overs) MA Atherton 41 (120) PR Adams 4/63 (31 overs)
		369/9 (f/o) (171 overs) AJ Stewart 164 (317) AA Donald 6/88 (40 overs)

Match drawn Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: DB Cowie (NZ) and P Willey (ENG) Player of the match: JH Kallis (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• AF Giles (ENG) made his Test debut.

Fourth Test

23–27 July 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard

South Africa	v	England
374 (103.2 overs) WJ Cronje 126 (212) ARC Fraser 5/60 (26 overs)		336 (127.5 overs) MA Butcher 75 (141) AA Donald 5/109 (33 overs)
208 (75.3 overs) WJ Cronje 67 (168) ARC Fraser 5/62 (28.3 overs)		247/2 (87 overs) MA Atherton 98* (277) AA Donald 1/56 (23 overs)

England won by 8 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and MJ Kitchen (ENG) Player of the match: ARC Fraser (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• A Flintoff (ENG) and S Elworthy (SA) made their Test debuts.

Fifth Test

6–10 August 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	South Africa
230 (83.3 overs) MA Butcher 116 (252) M Ntini 4/72 (21 overs)		252 (90.3 overs) WJ Cronje 57 (163) ARC Fraser 5/42 (25 overs)
240 (110.2 overs) N Hussain 94 (341) SM Pollock 5/53 (35 overs)		195 (75 overs) JN Rhodes 85 (147) D Gough 6/42 (23 overs)

England won by 23 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Javed Akhtar (PAK) and P Willey (ENG) Player of the match: MA Butcher (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

21 May 1998 Scorecard

England 223/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 224/7 (48.4 overs)
NV Knight 64 (90) AA Donald 2/45 (10 overs)		JH Kallis 62 (91) RDB Croft 3/51 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 3 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: JC Balderstone (ENG) and P Willey (ENG) Player of the match: JH Kallis (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• CJ Adams and DL Maddy (ENG) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

23 May 1998 Scorecard

South Africa 226/9 (50 overs)	v	England 194 (46.4 overs)
L Klusener 55* (49) D Gough 4/35 (10 overs)		AJ Stewart 52 (75) AA Donald 3/32 (8.4 overs)

South Africa won by 32 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: R Julian (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: L Klusener (SA)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

24 May 1998 Scorecard

South Africa 205/8 (50 overs)	v	England 206/3 (35 overs)
SM Pollock 60 (64) MA Ealham 3/44 (10 overs)		AD Brown 59 (40) AA Donald 2/35 (7 overs)

England won by 7 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: JH Hampshire (ENG) and G Sharp (ENG) Player of the match: AD Brown (ENG)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

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

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

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

CricketArchive tour itinerary

References

• Playfair Cricket Annual
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack