English cricket team in Australia in 1998–99
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| 1998–99 Ashes Series | ||||||||||||||||
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 Australia |
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| Captains | ||||||||||||||||
| Mark Taylor | Alec Stewart | |||||||||||||||
| Most runs | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Waugh (498) Michael Slater (460) Justin Langer (436) |
Nasser Hussain (407) Mark Ramprakash (379) Alec Stewart (316) |
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| Most wickets | ||||||||||||||||
| Stuart MacGill (27) Glenn McGrath (24) Damien Fleming (16) |
Darren Gough (21) Dean Headley (19) Alan Mullally (12) |
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Australia won the 1998–99 Ashes series against England. Australia won three test matches, England won one test match, and the other was drawn. Australian captain, Mark Taylor won all 5 coin tosses in this series:
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[edit] Matches
[edit] First Test: 20-24 November, Brisbane
| 20-24 November | Australia 485 (158 overs) |
v | England 375 (128.2 overs) |
Match Drawn[1] Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and DB Hair (AUS) Player of the Match: GD McGrath (AUS) |
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| IA Healy 134 (229) AD Mullally 5-105 |
MA Butcher 116 (236) GD McGrath 6-85 |
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| 3/237 (dec.) (62 overs) | 6/179 (68 overs) | ||||
| MJ Slater 113 (139) DG Cork 1-18 |
N Hussain 47 (122) SCG MacGill 3-51 |
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[edit] Second Test: 28-30 Nov 1998, Perth
| 28-30 November 1998 | England 112 (39 overs) |
v | Australia 240 (89.2 overs) |
Australia won by 7 wickets[2] WACA Ground, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the Match: DW Fleming (AUS) |
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| AJ Stewart 38 (29) DW Fleming 5-46 |
MA Taylor 61 (144) AJ Tudor 4-89 |
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| 191 (70.2 overs) | 3/64 (23 overs) | ||||
| GA Hick 68 (73) JN Gillespie 5-88 |
ME Waugh 17 (37) D Gough 1-18 |
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[edit] Third Test: 11-15 Dec 1998, Adelaide
| 11–15 December 1998 | Australia 391 (125.5 overs) |
v | England 227 (82.5 overs) |
Australia won by 205 runs[3] Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SJ Davies (AUS) Player of the Match: JL Langer (AUS) |
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| JL Langer 179 (350) DW Headley 4-97 |
N Hussain 89* (204) SCG MacGill 4-53 |
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| 5/278 (dec.) (98 overs) | 237 (89 overs) | ||||
| MJ Slater 103 (191) PM Such 2-66 |
AJ Stewart 63* (122) GD McGrath 4-50 |
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[edit] Fourth Test: 26-30 December, Melbourne
| 26–30 December | England 270 (76 overs) |
v | Australia 340 (98.3 overs) |
England won by 12 runs[4] Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DJ Harper (AUS) Player of the Match: DW Headley (ENG) |
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| AJ Stewart 107 (160) SCG MacGill 4-61 |
SR Waugh 122* (198) D Gough 5-96 |
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| 244 (80.2 overs) | 162 (46.4 overs) | ||||
| GA Hick 60 (82) MJ Nicholson 3-56 |
ME Waugh 43 (81) DW Headley 6-60 |
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[edit] Fifth Test: 2-6 January, Sydney
| 2–6 January | Australia 322 (87.3 overs) |
v | England 220 (80.1 overs) |
Australia won by 98 runs[5] Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and DB Hair (AUS) Player of the Match: SCG MacGill (AUS) |
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| ME Waugh 121 (205) DW Headley 4-62 |
JP Crawley 44 (75) SCG MacGill 5-57 |
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| 184 (64.5 overs) | 188 (66.1 overs) | ||||
| MJ Slater 123 (189) PM Such 5-81 |
N Hussain 53 (129) SCG MacGill 7-50 |
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[edit] References
- ^ 1st Test: Australia v England at Brisbane, 20-24 Nov 1998, Cricinfo, retrieved 11 January 2007.
- ^ 2nd Test: Australia v England at Perth, 28-30 Nov 1998, Cricinfo, retrieved 11 January 2007.
- ^ 3rd Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, 11-15 Dec 1998, Cricinfo, retrieved 11 January 2007.
- ^ 4th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, 26-30 December 1998, Cricinfo, retrieved 12 January 2007.
- ^ 5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney, 2-6 January 1999, Cricinfo, retrieved 13 January 2007.
- Playfair Cricket Annual
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack
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