South African national cricket team in England in the 1998 season

The tour of the South African Cricket Team to England in the 1998 season was held from 21 May to 10 August 1998th The international cricket tour was part of the 1998 international cricket season and included five tests and three ODIs . England won the test series 2–1, while South Africa won the ODI series 2–1.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams against each other took place in the 1995/96 season in South Africa .

Stages

Birmingham Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	1st test
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	5. test; 3. ODI
The oval	London	23,500	1. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2nd test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	3rd test; 2. ODI
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	4th test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test		ODI
England	South Africa	England	South Africa
Mike Atherton Mark Butcher Dominic Cork Robert Croft Mark Ealham Andrew Flinthoff Angus Fraser Ashley Giles Darren Gough Dean Headley Graeme Hick Wet Hussain Steve James Nick Knight Mark Ramprakash Ian Salisbury Alec Stewart Graham Thorpe	Paul Adams Adam Bacher Mark Boucher Hansie Cronje Daryll Cullinan Allan Donald Steve Elworthy Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Gerhardus Liebenberg Brian McMillan Makhaya Ntini Shaun Pollock Jonty Rhodes	Chris Adams Ali Brown Robert Croft Mark Ealham Matthew Fleming Angus Fraser Ashley Giles Darren Gough Adam Hollioake Wet Hussain Nick Knight Chris Lewis Darren Maddy Alec Stewart	Mark Boucher Hansie Cronje Daryll Cullinan Allan Donald Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Gerhardus Liebenberg Shaun Pollock Jonty Rhodes Pat Symcox

One-day internationals

First ODI in London

May 21 scorecard	London (oval)	England 223-9 (50)	-	South Africa 224-7 (48.4)
		South Africa wins with 3 wickets

Second ODI in Manchester

May 23 scorecard	Manchester	South Africa 226-9 (50)	-	England 194 (46.4)
		South Africa wins with 32 runs

Third ODI in Leeds

May 24th scorecard	Leeds	South Africa 205-8 (50)	-	England 206-3 (35)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Testing

First test in Birmingham

June 4-8 scorecard	Birmingham	England 462 (181) & 170-8d (45.1)	-	South Africa 343 (117.3)
		draw

Second test in London

June 18-21 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	South Africa 360 (108.1) & 15-0 (1.1)	-	England 110 (46.3) & 264 (120) (f / o)
		South Africa wins with 10 wickets

Third test in Manchester

July 2-6 scorecard	Manchester	South Africa 552-5d (199.5)	-	England 183 (82.1) & 369-9 (171) (f / o)
		draw

Fourth test in Nottingham

July 23-27 Scorecard	Nottingham	South Africa 374 (103.2) & 208 (75.3)	-	England 336 (127.5) & 247-2 (87)
		England wins with 8 wickets

Fifth test in Leeds

August 6-8 Scorecard	Leeds	England 230 (83.3) & 240 (110.2)	-	South Africa 252 (90.3) & 195 (75)
		England wins with 23 runs

This series victory for England was after a long time a victory for a top team in test cricket that was in good shape. In retrospect, this series was seen as a departure for England to new strength.

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rob Smyth: 'The nastiest match I ever played in': England v South Africa, Headingley 1998 ( English ) Guardian. July 4, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.