English cricket team in Australia in 1998–99
1998–99 Ashes Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 20 November 1998 – 6 January 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Australia won the five-Test series 3–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Player of the series | Steve Waugh (Aus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The English cricket team in Australia in 1998–99 lost the Ashes series. Of the five matches, one was drawn, Australia won three and England won one. Australian captain Mark Taylor won all five coin tosses at the start of the games. After this series there was a tri-nation series which involved Sri Lanka.
Matches[]
First Test: 20–24 Nov 1998, Brisbane[]
20–24 November
Scorecard |
Australia
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v
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England
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375 (128.2 overs)
MA Butcher 116 (236) GD McGrath 6/85 | ||
237/3d (62 overs)
MJ Slater 113 (139) DG Cork 1/18 |
179/6 (68 overs)
N Hussain 47 (122) SCG MacGill 3/51 |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Play on Day 1 reduced to 89 overs due to bad light.
- Play on Day 3 reduced to 75 overs due to bad light and thunderstorms.
- Play on Day 5 reduced to 29 overs due to thunderstorms.
Second Test: 28–30 Nov 1998, Perth[]
28–30 November 1998
Scorecard |
England
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v
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Australia
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112 (39 overs)
AJ Stewart 38 (29) DW Fleming 5/46 |
240 (89.2 overs)
MA Taylor 61 (144) AJ Tudor 4/89 | |
64/3 (23 overs)
ME Waugh 17 (37) D Gough 1/18 |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- AJ Tudor (Eng) made his Test debut.
Third Test: 11–15 Dec 1998, Adelaide[]
11–15 December 1998
Scorecard |
Australia
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v
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England
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227 (82.5 overs)
N Hussain 89* (204) SCG MacGill 4/53 | ||
237 (89 overs)
AJ Stewart 63* (122) GD McGrath 4/50 |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Fourth Test: 26–29 Dec 1998, Melbourne[]
26–29 December
Scorecard |
England
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v
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Australia
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270 (76 overs)
AJ Stewart 107 (160) SCG MacGill 4/61 |
340 (98.3 overs)
SR Waugh 122* (198) D Gough 5/96 | |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on Day 1 due to rain.
- MJ Nicholson (Aus) and WK Hegg (Eng) made their Test debuts.
Fifth Test: 2–5 Jan 1999, Sydney[]
2–5 January
Scorecard |
Australia
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v
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England
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220 (80.1 overs)
JP Crawley 44 (75) SCG MacGill 5/57 | ||
188 (66.1 overs)
N Hussain 53 (129) SCG MacGill 7/50 |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Darren Gough took a hat trick. It was the first Ashes hat trick by an Englishman in almost 100 years and the first hat trick taken in Sydney in almost 107 years.
References[]
- Playfair Cricket Annual
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack
Categories:
- 1998 in Australian cricket
- 1998 in English cricket
- 1988–89 Australian cricket season
- 1999 in Australian cricket
- 1999 in English cricket
- English cricket tours of Australia
- International cricket competitions from 1997–98 to 2000
- The Ashes