South African national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1998/99 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1998/99 season took place from February 14 to March 22, 1999. The international cricket tour was part of the 1998/99 international cricket season and included six ODIs . South Africa won the series 3–2.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a tour against India , South Africa a tour against the West Indies . The last meeting of the two teams took place in the 1994/95 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (AMI) Dunedin Napier Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	1st test; 3rd & 5th ODI
Jade Stadium	Christchurch	38,628	2. test; 2nd & 6th ODI
University oval	Dunedin	6,000	1. ODI
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	4. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	3rd test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test		ODI
New Zealand	South Africa	New Zealand	South Africa
Geoff Allott Nathan Astle Matthew Bell Simon Doull Chris Harris Matt Horne Craig McMillan Dion Nash Shayne O'Connor Adam Parore Gary Stead Roger Twose Daniel Vettori Bryan Young	Paul Adams Mark Boucher Daryll Cullinan Hansie Cronje Allan Donald Steve Elworthy Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Shaun Pollock Jonty Rhodes	Geoff Allott Nathan Astle Matthew Bell Carl Bulfin Chris Cairns Simon Doull Stephen Fleming Chris Harris Matt Horne Gavin Larsen Craig McMillan Dion Nash Adam Parore Roger Twose Daniel Vettori Bryan Young	Dale Benkenstein Nicky buoy Mark Boucher Hansie Cronje Allan Donald Steve Elworthy Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Shaun Pollock Jonty Rhodes Pat Symcox

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dunedin

February 14th scorecard	Dunedin	South Africa 211 (49.1)	-	New Zealand 215-7 (49.1)
		New Zealand wins with 3 wickets

Second ODI in Christchurch

February 17th scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 220-9 (50)	-	South Africa 224-3 (43)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Third ODI in Auckland

February 20 scorecard	Auckland	South Africa 212-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 215-3 (43.1)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

Fourth ODI in Napier

March 25 scorecard	Napier	New Zealand 257-8 (48/48)	-	South Africa 10-0 (1.3 / 48)
		No result

March 26 scorecard	Napier	New Zealand 191 (38.4 / 40)	-	South Africa 194-8 (40/40)
		South Africa wins with 2 wickets

Fifth ODI in Auckland

March 27 scorecard	Auckland	South Africa 290-5 (50)	-	New Zealand 147 (36.1)
		South Africa wins with 143 runs

Sixth ODI in Wellington

March 30th scorecard	Wellington	South Africa 249-4 (48.4)	-	New Zealand
		No result

March 31 scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand	-	South Africa
		Game canceled

Testing

First test in Auckland

February 27th - March 3rd scorecard	Auckland	South Africa 621-5d (200.1)	-	New Zealand 352 (160.4) & 244-3 (84) (f / o)
		draw

Second test in Christchurch

March 11-15 Scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 168 (63.4) & 127-1 (54)	-	South Africa 442-1d (162)
		draw

Third test in Wellington

March 18-22 Scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 222 (102.3) & 291 (105.3)	-	South Africa 498-8d (165) & 16-2 (8.1)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo