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Test # 1417
South Africa in England, 1998, 1st Test
England v South Africa
Edgbaston, Birmingham
4,5,6,7,8 June 1998 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Series: 5-Test series level 0-0

Toss: South Africa
Umpires: DR Shepherd and RB Tiffin (Zim)
TV Umpire: JH Hampshire
Match Referee: Javed Burki (Pak)
Man of the Match: MA Atherton

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 249/1 (Atherton 103*, Stewart 28*, 92 overs)
  • Day 2: England 462
  • Day 3: South Africa 192/5 (Rhodes 36*, Pollock 0*, 75.2 overs)
  • Day 4: South Africa 343, England 170/8 (Croft 1*, 45.1 overs)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    MA Butcher            c Kallis           b Adams               77 278 214  7 0
    MA Atherton           c Boucher          b Donald             103 366 279 12 0
    *+AJ Stewart          c Cullinan         b Klusener            49 188 128  5 0
    N Hussain             lbw                b Adams               35  99  82  5 0
    GP Thorpe                                b Pollock             10  37  30  1 0
    MR Ramprakash                            b Donald              49 192 151  4 0
    MA Ealham                                b Adams                5  57  39  0 0
    DG Cork               c Pollock          b Donald              36 127 109  5 0
    RDB Croft             c Boucher          b Donald              19  32  21  2 0
    D Gough               not out                                  16  35  15  2 0
    ARC Fraser            c Cronje           b Pollock              9  29  21  1 0
    Extras                (b 18, lb 26, w 8, nb 2)                 54
    Total                 (all out, 181.0 overs)                  462
    
    FoW: 1-179 (Butcher, 69.6 ov), 2-249 (Atherton, 93.4 ov),
         3-309 (Stewart, 116.3 ov), 4-309 (Hussain, 117.1 ov),
         5-329 (Thorpe, 126.5 ov), 6-356 (Ealham, 141.5 ov),
         7-411 (Ramprakash, 169.1 ov), 8-430 (Cork, 173.6 ov),
         9-437 (Croft, 175.1 ov), 10-462 (Fraser, 180.6 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Donald                      35      9     95      4 (2w)
    Pollock                     42     12     92      2 (2nb, 1w)
    Klusener                    31      7     74      1 (1nb)
    Cronje                      11      3     28      0 (1w)
    Adams                       42     10     83      3
    Kallis                      20      7     46      0 (1w)
    
    South Africa 1st innings                                        R   M   B  4 6
    G Kirsten             c Butcher          b Cork                12  81  55  1 0
    GFJ Liebenberg        c sub (BL Spendlove)  b Cork              3  23  15  0 0
    JH Kallis             c Stewart          b Cork                61 192 131  3 0
    DJ Cullinan                              b Fraser              78 220 193  8 0
    *WJ Cronje            c sub (BL Spendlove)  b Cork              1   8   6  0 0
    JN Rhodes             c Stewart          b Fraser              95 228 156  8 1
    SM Pollock            c Croft            b Fraser              16  16  18  3 0
    +MV Boucher           c Stewart          b Fraser               0  18   9  0 0
    L Klusener            c Stewart          b Ealham              57 119  90 11 0
    AA Donald                            c & b Cork                 7  28  17  0 0
    PR Adams              not out                                   6  24  17  1 0
    Extras                (lb 5, nb 2)                              7
    Total                 (all out, 117.3 overs)                  343
    
    FoW: 1-6 (Liebenberg, 5.4 ov), 2-38 (Kirsten, 18.5 ov),
         3-119 (Kallis, 54.5 ov), 4-125 (Cronje, 56.5 ov),
         5-191 (Cullinan, 74.4 ov), 6-211 (Pollock, 78.4 ov),
         7-224 (Boucher, 82.3 ov), 8-328 (Rhodes, 110.6 ov),
         9-328 (Klusener, 111.5 ov), 10-343 (Donald, 117.3 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Fraser                      34      6    103      4 (1nb)
    Cork                        32.3    7     93      5
    Ealham                      23      8     55      1
    Croft                       27      3     85      0
    Butcher                      1      0      2      0 (1nb)
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    MA Butcher            lbw                b Pollock             11  23  21  1 0
    MA Atherton                              b Klusener            43 170 115  7 0
    N Hussain             lbw                b Donald               0  14   5  0 0
    *+AJ Stewart                             b Donald              28  67  34  3 0
    GP Thorpe                                b Klusener            43  55  59  5 0
    MR Ramprakash         c Kallis           b Adams               11  15  10  1 1
    MA Ealham             c Pollock          b Klusener             7  12  12  1 0
    DG Cork               st Boucher         b Adams                2  16   7  0 0
    RDB Croft             not out                                   1  11   8  0 0
    Extras                (b 10, lb 6, w 8)                        24
    Total                 (8 wickets declared, 45.1 overs)        170
    
    DNB: ARC Fraser, D Gough.
    
    FoW: 1-24 (Butcher, 5.4 ov), 2-31 (Hussain, 8.3 ov),
         3-80 (Stewart, 22.1 ov), 4-148 (Thorpe, 38.1 ov),
         5-153 (Atherton, 40.1 ov), 6-167 (Ramprakash, 41.5 ov),
         7-167 (Ealham, 42.5 ov), 8-170 (Cork, 45.1 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Donald                      10      1     48      2 (1w)
    Pollock                     12      2     43      1 (4w)
    Klusener                    11      4     27      3
    Adams                       12.1    3     36      2
    

      Day 2

    • Darren Gough has had his finger broken by Alan Donald after taking the 3rd new ball, and will not bowl or bat for the rest of the match, He is expected to be out for 6 weeks and will miss the Lord's Test.
    • BL Spendlove substituted for GP Thorpe
    • Rain stopped play 5.08 to 6.10pm.

      Day 4

    • Jonty Rhodes dropped by Spendlove on 66
    • Lance Klusener dropped by Nasser Hussain on 56
    • Angus Fraser takes his 150th test wicket
    • Paul Adams takes his 50th test wicket
    • Lance Klusener scores his 500th test run

      Day 5

    • Match abandoned at 2.30 by the umpires, heavy rain.




  • reports from The Electronic Telegraph

    Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, South Africa.

    Ground Page: Edgbaston, Birmingham

    England Player Pages: MA Butcher, MA Atherton, AJ Stewart, N Hussain, GP Thorpe, MR Ramprakash, MA Ealham, DG Cork, RDB Croft, D Gough, ARC Fraser.

    South Africa Player Pages: G Kirsten, GFJ Liebenberg, JH Kallis, DJ Cullinan, WJ Cronje, JN Rhodes, SM Pollock, MV Boucher, L Klusener, AA Donald, PR Adams.

    Match Officials' Pages: DR Shepherd, RB Tiffin, JH Hampshire, Javed Burki.

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