English cricket team in Australia in 1998–99

1998–99 Ashes Series


Date	20 November 1998 – 6 January 1999
Location	Australia
Result	Australia won the 5-Test series 3-1
Player of the series		Steve Waugh

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 was drawn. Australian captain, Mark Taylor won all 5 coin tosses in this series:

1 Matches
2 References

Matches

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)
	IA Healy 134 (229) AD Mullally 5-105		MA Butcher 116 (236) GD McGrath 6-85
	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

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)
	AJ Stewart 38 (29) DW Fleming 5-46		MA Taylor 61 (144) AJ Tudor 4-89
	191 (70.2 overs)		3/64 (23 overs)
	GA Hick 68 (73) JN Gillespie 5-88		ME Waugh 17 (37) D Gough 1-18

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)
	JL Langer 179 (350) DW Headley 4-97		N Hussain 89* (204) SCG MacGill 4-53
	5/278 (dec.) (98 overs)		237 (89 overs)
	MJ Slater 103 (191) PM Such 2-66		AJ Stewart 63* (122) GD McGrath 4-50

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)
	AJ Stewart 107 (160) SCG MacGill 4-61		SR Waugh 122* (198) D Gough 5-96
	244 (80.2 overs)		162 (46.4 overs)
	GA Hick 60 (82) MJ Nicholson 3-56		ME Waugh 43 (81) DW Headley 6-60

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)
	ME Waugh 121 (205) DW Headley 4-62		JP Crawley 44 (75) SCG MacGill 5-57
	184 (64.5 overs)		188 (66.1 overs)
	MJ Slater 123 (189) PM Such 5-81		N Hussain 53 (129) SCG MacGill 7-50

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.

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