English cricket team in Australia in 1998-99

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1998-99 Ashes Series
Date November 20, 1998 - January 6, 1999 Location Australia Result Australia won the 5-Test series 3-1
Teams
Australia	England
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)
Most Wickets
Stuart MacGill (27) Glenn McGrath (24) Damien Fleming (16)	Darren Gough (21) Dean Headley (19) Alan Mullally (12)

Australia won the 1998-99 Ashes series against England. Australia won three test matches, England won one test match, and the other test match was drawn:

Contents 1 Matches 1.1 First Test: 20-24 November, Brisbane 1.2 Second Test: 28-30 Nov 1998, 1-2 Dec 1998, Perth 1.3 Third Test: 11-15 Dec 1998, Adelaide 1.4 Fourth Test: 26-30 December, Melbourne 1.5 Fifth Test: 2-6 January, Sydney

[edit] Matches

[edit] First Test: 20-24 November, Brisbane

Australia	485 (158 overs) IA Healy 134 (229) AD Mullally 5-105	&	3/237 (dec.) (62 overs) MJ Slater 113 (139) DG Cork 1-18	Match drawn[1] Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and DB Hair (AUS) Man of the Match: GD McGrath (AUS)
England	375 (128.2 overs) MA Butcher 116 (236) GD McGrath 6-85	&	6/179 (68 overs) N Hussain 47 (122) SCG MacGill 3-51

[edit] Second Test: 28-30 Nov 1998, 1-2 Dec 1998, Perth

England	112 (39 overs) AJ Stewart 38 (29) DW Fleming 5-46	&	191 (70.2 overs) GA Hick 68 (73) JN Gillespie 5-88	Australia won by 7 wickets[2] WACA Ground, Perth, Australia Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) Man of the Match: DW Fleming (AUS)
Australia	240 (89.2 overs) MA Taylor 61 (144) AJ Tudor 4-89	&	3/64 (23 overs) ME Waugh 17 (37) D Gough 1-18

[edit] Third Test: 11-15 Dec 1998, Adelaide

Australia	391 (125.5 overs) JL Langer 179 (350) DW Headley 4-97	&	5/278 (dec.) (98 overs) MJ Slater 103 (191) PM Such 2-66	Australia won by 205 runs[3] Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SJ Davies (AUS) Man of the Match: JL Langer (AUS)
England	227 (82.5 overs) N Hussain 89* (204) SCG MacGill 4-53	&	237 (89 overs) AJ Stewart 63* (122) GD McGrath 4-50

[edit] Fourth Test: 26-30 December, Melbourne

England	270 (76 overs) AJ Stewart 107 (160) SCG MacGill 4-61	&	244 (80.2 overs) GA Hick 60 (82) MJ Nicholson 3-56	England won by 12 runs[4] Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DJ Harper (AUS) Man of the Match: DW Headley (ENG)
Australia	340 (98.3 overs) SR Waugh 122* (198) D Gough 5-96	&	162 (46.4 overs) ME Waugh 43 (81) DW Headley 6-60

[edit] Fifth Test: 2-6 January, Sydney

Australia	322 (87.3 overs) ME Waugh 121 (205) DW Headley 4-62	&	184 (64.5 overs) MJ Slater 123 (189) PM Such 5-81	Australia won by 98 runs[5] Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and DB Hair (AUS) Man of the Match: SCG MacGill (AUS)
England	220 (80.1 overs) JP Crawley 44 (75) SCG MacGill 5-57	&	188 (66.1 overs) N Hussain 53 (129) SCG MacGill 7-50

• 1st Test (Brisbane) — drawn - [1]
• 2nd Test (Perth) — Australia won by 7 wickets - [2]
• 3rd Test (Adelaide) — Australia won by 205 runs - [3]
• 4th Test (Melbourne) — England won by 12 runs - [4]
• 5th Test (Sydney) — Australia won by 98 runs - [5]

Preceded by: 1997 in England

Ashes series English cricket team in Australia in 1998-99

Followed by: 2001 in England