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Test no. 1420

South Africa in England Test Series - 3rd Test
England v South Africa

1998 season

Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, on 2,3,4,5,6 July 1998 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Kirsten	c Stewart b Fraser	210	650	525	24	1	40.00
	GFJ Liebenberg	b Gough	16	33	29	3	0	55.17
	JH Kallis	b Gough	132	353	266	16	0	49.62
	DJ Cullinan	b Giles	75	298	234	8	0	32.05
	WJ Cronje	not out	69	128	105	4	1	65.71
	JN Rhodes	c Cork b Gough	12	34	23	1	0	52.17
	L Klusener	not out	17	51	24	1	0	70.83
	Extras	(b 4, lb 10, w 1, nb 6)	21

	Total	(5 wickets dec; 199.5 overs)	552	(2.76 runs per over)

Did not bat

MV Boucher, AA Donald, PR Adams, M Ntini

Fall of wickets1-25 (Liebenberg, 8.6 ov), 2-263 (Kallis, 105.1 ov), 3-439 (Kirsten, 169.2 ov), 4-457 (Cullinan, 178.3 ov), 5-490 (Rhodes, 187.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Gough	37	5	116	3	3.13	(6nb, 1w)
DG Cork	35.5	7	109	0	3.04	(1nb)
ARC Fraser	35	11	87	1	2.48
RDB Croft	51	14	103	0	2.01
AF Giles	36	7	106	1	2.94
MR Ramprakash	5	0	17	0	3.40


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NV Knight	c Boucher b Donald	11	28	17	1	0	64.70
	MA Atherton	c Boucher b Ntini	41	158	120	7	0	34.16
	N Hussain	c Boucher b Donald	4	31	22	0	0	18.18
	AJ Stewart	b Kallis	40	135	112	5	0	35.71
	MR Ramprakash	c Boucher b Adams	30	136	100	1	0	30.00
	DG Cork	c Cronje b Adams	6	47	34	1	0	17.64
	RDB Croft	b Ntini	11	28	27	1	0	40.74
	GP Thorpe	lbw b Adams	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
	AF Giles	not out	16	45	38	1	0	42.10
	D Gough	c Donald b Adams	6	26	18	1	0	33.33
	ARC Fraser	b Kallis	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 5, lb 12, nb 1)	18

	Total	(all out; 82.1 overs)	183	(2.22 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-26 (Knight, 6.1 ov), 2-34 (Hussain, 14.3 ov), 3-94 (Atherton, 40.2 ov), 4-108 (Stewart, 49.6 ov), 5-136 (Cork, 61.1 ov), 6-155 (Croft, 68.3 ov), 7-156 (Thorpe, 69.6 ov), 8-161 (Ramprakash, 73.5 ov), 9-179 (Gough, 81.2 ov), 10-183 (Fraser, 82.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	13	3	28	2	2.15
L Klusener	14	4	37	0	2.64	(1nb)
M Ntini	16	7	28	2	1.75	(1nb)
PR Adams	31	10	63	4	2.03
JH Kallis	8.1	3	10	2	1.22


England 2nd innings (following on)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NV Knight	c Boucher b Donald	1	22	20	0	0	5.00
	MA Atherton	c Ntini b Kallis	89	371	280	13	0	31.78
	N Hussain	b Kallis	5	28	24	1	0	20.83
	AJ Stewart	c Klusener b Donald	164	418	317	24	0	51.73
	MR Ramprakash	lbw b Donald	34	185	149	2	0	22.81
	GP Thorpe	b Donald	0	7	3	0	0	0.00
	DG Cork	b Adams	1	7	6	0	0	16.66
	RDB Croft	not out	37	190	125	4	0	29.60
	AF Giles	c sub (BM McMillan) b Donald	1	15	15	0	0	6.66
	D Gough	c Kirsten b Donald	12	75	76	0	0	15.78
	ARC Fraser	not out	0	22	13	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 20, lb 2, w 1, nb 2)	25

	Total	(9 wickets; 171 overs)	369	(2.15 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-4 (Knight, 4.6 ov), 2-11 (Hussain, 11.5 ov), 3-237 (Atherton, 94.5 ov), 4-293 (Stewart, 118.4 ov), 5-293 (Thorpe, 120.1 ov), 6-296 (Cork, 121.5 ov), 7-323 (Ramprakash, 141.2 ov), 8-329 (Giles, 145.1 ov), 9-367 (Gough, 165.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	40	14	88	6	2.20
JH Kallis	41	19	71	2	1.73	(1nb, 1w)
M Ntini	29	11	67	0	2.31	(1nb)
PR Adams	51	22	90	1	1.76
L Klusener	3	0	15	0	5.00
WJ Cronje	6	3	15	0	2.50
DJ Cullinan	1	0	1	0	1.00

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series South Africa led the 5-match series 1-0

Test debut AF Giles (England)
Player of the match JH Kallis (South Africa)

Umpires DB Cowie (New Zealand) and P Willey
TV umpire DJ Constant
Match referee Javed Burki (Pakistan)

Close of play
2 Jul day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 237/1 (G Kirsten 98*, JH Kallis 117*, 97 ov)
3 Jul day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 487/4 (WJ Cronje 27*, JN Rhodes 12*, 187 ov)
4 Jul day 3 - England 1st innings 162/8 (AF Giles 1*, D Gough 0*, 75 ov)
5 Jul day 4 - England 2nd innings 211/2 (MA Atherton 82*, AJ Stewart 115*, 81.2 ov)
6 Jul day 5 - England 2nd innings 369/9 (171 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
SA 2nd wicket partnership equals the record for South Africa. Previously 212 by G Kirsten and DJ Cullinan vs India at Calcutta, 1996/97.
It is also a new record at Old Trafford. The previous record was 200 by IM Barrow and GA Headly for West Indies, 1933.

Day 2
South Africa set a new 2nd wicket partnership of 238 against England.
JH Kallis makes his highest test score, his previous best was 101.
G Kirsten makes his highest test score, his previous best of 133 was made at Calcutta in 1996, it is also the longest innings for a South African, the previous best was 9 hrs 35 mins by Jackie McGlew at Durban in 1958
Both Kallis and Kirsten have beaten the highest score by a South African at Old Trafford.

Day 3
South Africa make their highest score against England.

Day 5
Match finishes with the scores level

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