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England v South Africa @ Kennington Oval, London
21 May 1998
Toss: South Africa (field)
Umpires: JC Balderstone, P Willey
Third Umpire: R Julian
Match Referee: Javed Burki
Match Result: South Africa won by 3 wickets
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Nick Knight | run out (Jonty Rhodes > Pat Symcox) | 64 | 90 | 148 | 4 | 1 |
| +2. Alec Stewart | b Allan Donald | 27 | 48 | 52 | 3 | - |
| 3. Chris Adams | c Mark Boucher b Jacques Kallis | 25 | 47 | 56 | 2 | - |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | c Mark Boucher b Allan Donald | 27 | 47 | 48 | 3 | - |
| 5. Darren Maddy | lbw b Pat Symcox | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| *6. Adam Hollioake | c Pat Symcox b Lance Klusener | 32 | 28 | 51 | 2 | - |
| 7. Mark Ealham | run out (Shaun Pollock > Mark Boucher) | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Chris Lewis | run out (Daryll Cullinan > ) | 16 | 30 | 30 | - | - |
| 9. Ashley Giles | c Mark Boucher b Hansie Cronje | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Robert Croft | not out | 7 | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. Darren Gough | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-58 (Alec Stewart), 2-109 (Chris Adams), 3-155 (Nick Knight), 4-158 (Darren Maddy), 5-160 (Nasser Hussain), 6-161 (Mark Ealham), 7-201 (Chris Lewis), 8-209 (Ashley Giles), 9-220 (Adam Hollioake). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 12w, 2nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 223 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 1 | 45 | 0 | (2w,1nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 8 | 1 | 33 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Allan Donald | 10 | 2 | 45 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 8 | 1 | 26 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | (4w,2nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | c Chris Adams b Darren Gough | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 2. Gerhardus Liebenberg | b Ashley Giles | 30 | 48 | 67 | 4 | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | c Adam Hollioake b Robert Croft | 62 | 91 | 124 | 4 | 1 |
| 4. Daryll Cullinan | run out (Darren Maddy > Ashley Giles) | 16 | 25 | 27 | - | - |
| *5. Hansie Cronje | c Nasser Hussain b Robert Croft | 40 | 59 | 63 | 1 | - |
| 6. Jonty Rhodes | not out | 39 | 43 | 73 | 1 | 1 |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | b Robert Croft | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 8. Lance Klusener | lbw b Ashley Giles | 22 | 20 | 27 | 2 | - |
| +9. Mark Boucher | not out | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 10. Pat Symcox | ||||||
| 11. Allan Donald |
| FOW | 1-4 (Gary Kirsten), 2-76 (Gerhardus Liebenberg), 3-105 (Daryll Cullinan), 4-134 (Jacques Kallis), 5-175 (Hansie Cronje), 6-175 (Shaun Pollock), 7-214 (Lance Klusener). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 48.4 ovs) 224 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Chris Lewis | 8.4 | 1 | 46 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Ealham | 10 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashley Giles | 9 | 0 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Croft | 10 | 0 | 51 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Adam Hollioake | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Nick Knight, Alec Stewart, Chris Adams, Nasser Hussain, Darren Maddy, Adam Hollioake, Mark Ealham, Chris Lewis, Ashley Giles, Robert Croft, Darren Gough