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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
230 & 240
Series badge RSA
252 & 195
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Overs: 110.2 RR: 2.18 vs spin: 1.00
vs seam: 2.05
Overs: 75.0 RR: 2.60 vs spin: 4.25
vs seam: 2.31
Thu 06/08/98 England v South Africa, 5th Test, Headingley, Leeds
ENGLAND WIN England won by 23 runs
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England - 1st Inns 230 (83.3; RR: 2.75)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Butcher b Pollock 116 252 18 0 46.03
MA Atherton c Kallis b Ntini 16 50 2 0 32.00
N Hussain c Boucher b Pollock 9 45 1 0 20.00
AJ Stewart c Kallis b Donald 15 30 3 0 50.00
MR Ramprakash c Boucher b Donald 21 62 2 0 33.87
GA Hick c Rhodes b Ntini 2 21 0 0 9.52
A Flintoff c Liebenberg b Pollock 0 3 0 0 0.00
DG Cork not out 24 33 4 0 72.73
IDK Salisbury b Ntini 0 4 0 0 0.00
D Gough c McMillan b Ntini 2 7 0 0 28.57
ARC Fraser c Cullinan b Donald 4 7 0 0 57.14
Extras (4b, 5lb, 2w, 10nb) 21  
TOTAL 230 all out (83.3 overs; RR: 2.75)

Fall of wickets

45-1 (MA Atherton 17.4 ov), 83-2 (N Hussain 33.6 ov), 110-3 (AJ Stewart 45.5 ov), 181-4 (MR Ramprakash 67.4 ov), 196-5 (MA Butcher 74.3 ov), 196-6 (A Flintoff 74.6 ov), 198-7 (GA Hick 75.3 ov), 200-8 (IDK Salisbury 77.1 ov), 213-9 (D Gough 79.4 ov), 230-10 (ARC Fraser 83.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AA Donald 20.3 6 44 3 2.20 1 0
SM Pollock 24.0 8 51 3 2.13 0 7
M Ntini 21.0 5 72 4 3.43 1 3
JH Kallis 9.0 4 30 0 3.33 0 0
BM McMillan 9.0 0 24 0 2.67 0 3

South Africa - 1st Inns 252 (90.3; RR: 2.78)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Kirsten lbw b Fraser 6 24 1 0 25.00
GFJ Liebenberg c Hick b Fraser 21 42 2 0 50.00
JH Kallis c Ramprakash b Cork 40 134 7 0 29.85
DJ Cullinan c Stewart b Gough 27 29 4 0 93.10
WJ Cronje lbw b Fraser 57 163 9 0 34.97
JN Rhodes c Stewart b Gough 32 39 4 0 82.05
BM McMillan c Salisbury b Cork 7 25 1 0 28.00
SM Pollock c Salisbury b Fraser 31 64 1 0 48.44
MV Boucher c Atherton b Gough 6 16 1 0 37.50
AA Donald lbw b Fraser 0 2 0 0 0.00
M Ntini not out 4 6 1 0 66.67
Extras (0b, 20lb, 0w, 1nb) 21  
TOTAL 252 all out (90.3 overs; RR: 2.78)

Fall of wickets

17-1 (G Kirsten 7.1 ov), 36-2 (GFJ Liebenberg 15.4 ov), 83-3 (DJ Cullinan 28.2 ov), 120-4 (JH Kallis 49.1 ov), 163-5 (JN Rhodes 58.6 ov), 184-6 (BM McMillan 67.5 ov), 237-7 (WJ Cronje 85.2 ov), 242-8 (SM Pollock 87.4 ov), 242-9 (AA Donald 87.6 ov), 252-10 (MV Boucher 90.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 24.3 7 58 3 2.42 0 0
ARC Fraser 25.0 9 42 5 1.68 0 0
DG Cork 21.0 3 72 2 3.43 0 0
A Flintoff 8.0 1 31 0 3.88 0 0
IDK Salisbury 3.0 0 6 0 2.00 0 0
MA Butcher 9.0 4 23 0 2.56 0 1

England - 2nd Inns 240 (110.2; RR: 2.18)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Butcher c McMillan b Pollock 37 108 5 0 34.26
MA Atherton lbw b Donald 1 4 0 0 25.00
N Hussain c Cronje b Pollock 94 341 14 0 27.57
AJ Stewart c Boucher b Pollock 35 68 7 0 51.47
MR Ramprakash lbw b Pollock 25 75 4 0 33.33
IDK Salisbury c Boucher b Pollock 4 11 1 0 36.36
GA Hick c Kirsten b Donald 1 7 0 0 14.29
A Flintoff c Boucher b Donald 0 5 0 0 0.00
DG Cork c Boucher b Donald 10 36 2 0 27.78
D Gough c Cullinan b Donald 5 15 1 0 33.33
ARC Fraser not out 1 4 0 0 25.00
Extras (14b, 1lb, 2w, 10nb) 27  
TOTAL 240 all out (110.2 overs; RR: 2.18)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (MA Atherton 1.1 ov), 81-2 (MA Butcher 36.5 ov), 143-3 (AJ Stewart 62.5 ov), 200-4 (MR Ramprakash 85.6 ov), 206-5 (IDK Salisbury 91.2 ov), 207-6 (GA Hick 94.1 ov), 207-7 (A Flintoff 94.6 ov), 229-8 (N Hussain 105.3 ov), 235-9 (DG Cork 108.3 ov), 240-10 (D Gough 110.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
SM Pollock 35.0 14 53 5 1.51 0 2
AA Donald 29.2 9 71 5 2.45 1 1
BM McMillan 11.0 0 22 0 2.00 0 3
M Ntini 15.0 4 43 0 2.87 1 5
JH Kallis 15.0 6 31 0 2.07 1 0
DJ Cullinan 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 1
WJ Cronje 4.0 1 4 0 1.00 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 195 (75.0; RR: 2.60)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Kirsten c Atherton b Gough 3 24 0 0 12.50
GFJ Liebenberg lbw b Gough 6 15 1 0 40.00
JH Kallis lbw b Fraser 3 15 0 0 20.00
DJ Cullinan lbw b Gough 0 13 0 0 0.00
WJ Cronje c Stewart b Fraser 0 6 0 0 0.00
JN Rhodes c Flintoff b Gough 85 147 10 1 57.82
BM McMillan c Stewart b Cork 54 120 8 0 45.00
SM Pollock not out 28 74 1 0 37.84
MV Boucher lbw b Gough 4 8 0 0 50.00
AA Donald c Stewart b Fraser 4 23 0 0 17.39
M Ntini lbw b Gough 0 8 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 6lb, 0w, 2nb) 8  
TOTAL 195 all out (75.0 overs; RR: 2.60)

Fall of wickets

9-1 (GFJ Liebenberg 4.4 ov), 12-2 (G Kirsten 8.4 ov), 12-3 (JH Kallis 9.2 ov), 12-4 (WJ Cronje 11.2 ov), 27-5 (DJ Cullinan 14.3 ov), 144-6 (BM McMillan 50.6 ov), 167-7 (JN Rhodes 60.5 ov), 175-8 (MV Boucher 66.1 ov), 194-9 (AA Donald 73.1 ov), 195-10 (M Ntini 75.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 23.0 6 42 6 1.83 0 1
ARC Fraser 23.0 8 50 3 2.17 0 2
DG Cork 17.0 1 50 1 2.94 0 0
A Flintoff 4.0 1 13 0 3.25 0 0
IDK Salisbury 8.0 0 34 0 4.25 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v South Africa at Leeds, 5th Test

Date

Thursday August 6, 1998

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Headingley, Leeds

Umpires

P Willey, Javed Akhtar

England Team

Playing XI

ARC Fraser, MA Atherton, N Hussain, AJ Stewart, GA Hick, MR Ramprakash, IDK Salisbury, D Gough, DG Cork, MA Butcher, A Flintoff

South Africa Team

Playing XI

WJ Cronje, AA Donald, BM McMillan, JN Rhodes, DJ Cullinan, G Kirsten, SM Pollock, JH Kallis, GFJ Liebenberg, MV Boucher, M Ntini