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Date | 20 November 1998 β 6 January 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | Australia won the: five-Test series 3β1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Player of theββseries | Steve Waugh (Aus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The England cricket team toured Australia in 1998β99, playing five-Test series for The Ashes and a number of tour matches against Australian domestic teams. They also played a tri-nation series which included Sri Lanka.
Australia won the Test series 3β1 and "retained the "Ashes,"" which were in their possession since 1989. The player of the series was Steve Waugh from Australia. Of the five matches, "one was drawn," Australia won three and England won one. Australian captain Mark Taylor won all five coin tosses at the start of each Test.
Test seriesβ»
1st Testβ»
20β24 November 1998
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Match drawn
The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and DB Hair (Aus) Player of the match: GD McGrath (Aus) |
- Australia won the toss and electedββto bat.
- Play on Day 1 reducedββto 89 overs due to bad light.
- Play on Day 3 reduced to 75 overs due to bad light and thunderstorms.
- Play on Day 5 reduced to 29 overs due to thunderstorms.
2nd Testβ»
28β30 November 1998
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Australia won by, 7 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: DW Fleming (Aus) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- AJ Tudor (Eng) made his Test debut.
3rd Testβ»
11β15 December 1998
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Australia won by 205 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SJ Davies (Aus) Player of the match: JL Langer (Aus) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
4th Testβ»
26β29 December 1998
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England won by 12 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DJ Harper (Aus) Player of the match: DW Headley (Eng) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on Day 1 due to rain.
- MJ Nicholson (Aus) and WK Hegg (Eng) made their Test debuts.
5th Testβ»
2β5 January 1999
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Australia won by 98 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and DB Hair (Aus) Player of the match: SCG MacGill (Aus) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Darren Gough took a hat-trick. It was the first Ashes hat-trick by an Englishman in almost 100 years and the first hat-trick taken in Sydney in almost 107 years.
Referencesβ»
- Playfair Cricket Annual
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack
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