# 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.
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 Scorecard
* Match drawn Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Michael Atherton (Eng)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible on the final day due to rain.

### Second Test

* 18–21 June 1998 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 10 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and George Sharp (Eng) Player of the match: Jonty Rhodes (SA)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Steve James (Eng) made his Test debut.

### Third Test

* 2–6 July 1998 Scorecard
* Match drawn Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ashley Giles (Eng) made his Test debut.

### Fourth Test

* 23–27 July 1998 Scorecard
* England won by 8 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Mervyn Kitchen (Eng) Player of the match: Angus Fraser (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Andrew Flintoff (Eng) and Steve Elworthy (SA) made their Test debuts.

### Fifth Test

* 6–10 August 1998 Scorecard
* England won by 23 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Mark 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) |
| Nick Knight 64 (90) Allan Donald 2/45 (10 overs) | | Jacques Kallis 62 (91) Robert Croft 3/51 (10 overs) |
* South Africa won by 3 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Chris Balderstone (Eng) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Chris Adams and Darren Maddy (both Eng) made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd ODI

* 23 May 1998 Scorecard
| South Africa 226/9 (50 overs) | v | England 194 (46.4 overs) |
| Lance Klusener 55* (49) Darren Gough 4/35 (10 overs) | | Alec Stewart 52 (75) Allan Donald 3/32 (8.4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 32 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Ray Julian (Eng) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Lance 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) |
| Shaun Pollock 60 (64) Mark Ealham 3/44 (10 overs) | | Ali Brown 59 (40) Allan Donald 2/35 (7 overs) |
* England won by 7 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: John Hampshire (Eng) and George Sharp (Eng) Player of the match: Ali 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