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England v South Africa @ Old Trafford, Manchester
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 July 1998 (five-day match)
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: DB Cowie, P Willey
Third Umpire: DJ Constant
Match Referee: Javed Burki
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | c Alec Stewart b Angus Fraser | 210 | 525 | 650 | 24 | 1 |
| 2. Gerhardus Liebenberg | b Darren Gough | 16 | 29 | 33 | 3 | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | b Darren Gough | 132 | 266 | 353 | 16 | - |
| 4. Daryll Cullinan | b Ashley Giles | 75 | 234 | 298 | 8 | - |
| *5. Hansie Cronje | not out | 69 | 105 | 128 | 4 | 1 |
| 6. Jonty Rhodes | c Dominic Cork b Darren Gough | 12 | 23 | 34 | 1 | - |
| 7. Lance Klusener | not out | 17 | 24 | 51 | 1 | - |
| +8. Mark Boucher | ||||||
| 9. Allan Donald | ||||||
| 10. Paul Adams | ||||||
| 11. Makhaya Ntini |
| FOW | 1-25 (Gerhardus Liebenberg), 2-263 (Jacques Kallis), 3-439 (Gary Kirsten), 4-457 (Daryll Cullinan), 5-490 (Jonty Rhodes). |
| Extras | 4b, 10lb, 1w, 6nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 199.5 ovs) 552 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 37 | 5 | 116 | 3 | (1w,6nb) |
| Dominic Cork | 35.5 | 7 | 109 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Angus Fraser | 35 | 11 | 87 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Croft | 51 | 14 | 103 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashley Giles | 36 | 7 | 106 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Ramprakash | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Nick Knight | c Mark Boucher b Allan Donald | 11 | 17 | 28 | 1 | - |
| 2. Mike Atherton | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 41 | 120 | 158 | 7 | - |
| 3. Nasser Hussain | c Mark Boucher b Allan Donald | 4 | 22 | 31 | - | - |
| *+4. Alec Stewart | b Jacques Kallis | 40 | 112 | 135 | 5 | - |
| 5. Mark Ramprakash | c Mark Boucher b Paul Adams | 30 | 100 | 136 | 1 | - |
| 6. Dominic Cork | c Hansie Cronje b Paul Adams | 6 | 34 | 47 | 1 | - |
| 7. Robert Croft | b Makhaya Ntini | 11 | 27 | 28 | 1 | - |
| 8. Graham Thorpe | lbw b Paul Adams | 0 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 9. Ashley Giles | not out | 16 | 38 | 45 | 1 | - |
| 10. Darren Gough | c Allan Donald b Paul Adams | 6 | 18 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 11. Angus Fraser | b Jacques Kallis | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (Nick Knight), 2-34 (Nasser Hussain), 3-94 (Mike Atherton), 4-108 (Alec Stewart), 5-136 (Dominic Cork), 6-155 (Robert Croft), 7-156 (Graham Thorpe), 8-161 (Mark Ramprakash), 9-179 (Darren Gough), 183 (Angus Fraser). |
| Extras | 5b, 12lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 82.1 ovs) 183 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Allan Donald | 13 | 3 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 14 | 4 | 37 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 16 | 7 | 28 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Paul Adams | 31 | 10 | 63 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 8.1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Nick Knight | c Mark Boucher b Allan Donald | 1 | 20 | 22 | - | - |
| 2. Mike Atherton | c Makhaya Ntini b Jacques Kallis | 89 | 280 | 371 | 13 | - |
| 3. Nasser Hussain | b Jacques Kallis | 5 | 24 | 28 | 1 | - |
| *+4. Alec Stewart | c Lance Klusener b Allan Donald | 164 | 317 | 418 | 24 | - |
| 5. Mark Ramprakash | lbw b Allan Donald | 34 | 149 | 185 | 2 | - |
| 6. Graham Thorpe | b Allan Donald | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| 7. Dominic Cork | b Paul Adams | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 8. Robert Croft | not out | 37 | 125 | 190 | 4 | - |
| 9. Ashley Giles | c sub b Allan Donald | 1 | 15 | 15 | - | - |
| 10. Darren Gough | c Gary Kirsten b Allan Donald | 12 | 76 | 75 | - | - |
| 11. Angus Fraser | not out | 0 | 13 | 22 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-4 (Nick Knight), 2-11 (Nasser Hussain), 3-237 (Mike Atherton), 4-293 (Alec Stewart), 5-293 (Graham Thorpe), 6-296 (Dominic Cork), 7-323 (Mark Ramprakash), 8-329 (Ashley Giles), 9-367 (Darren Gough). |
| Extras | 20b, 2lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 25 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 171 ovs) 369 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Allan Donald | 40 | 14 | 88 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 41 | 19 | 71 | 2 | (1w,1nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 29 | 11 | 67 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Paul Adams | 51 | 22 | 90 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 6 | 3 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daryll Cullinan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Nick Knight, Mike Atherton, Nasser Hussain, Alec Stewart, Mark Ramprakash, Graham Thorpe, Dominic Cork, Robert Croft, Ashley Giles, Darren Gough, Angus Fraser