1998 Emirates Triangular Tournament3rd Match · ODI
South Africa beat England by 14 runs in the 3rd Match - Match Info
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, . South Africa won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- 3rd Match, ODI · 1998 Emirates Triangular Tournament
- Date
- (Tue 18 Aug, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England
- Toss
- South Africa, chose to bat
- Result
- South Africa won by 14 runs
- Player of the match
- Pat Symcox
Head to head (ODI)
Played 74 · ENG won 31 · SA won 37 · Tied 1 · No result 5
Last 5 meetings
- 3rd ODI · South Africa tour of England · ENG 206/3 v SA 205/8England won by 7 wickets (with 90 balls remaining)
- 2nd ODI · South Africa tour of England · ENG 194 v SA 226/9South Africa won by 32 runs
- 1st ODI · South Africa tour of England · ENG 223/9 v SA 224/7South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
- 14th Match · 1995–96 Wills World Cup · ENG 152 v SA 230South Africa won by 78 runs
- 7th ODI · England tour of South Africa · SA 218/9 v ENG 154South Africa won by 64 runs
Recent results (ODI)
- W vs SL · ENG 247 v SL 211England won by 36 runs
- W vs SA · ENG 206/3 v SA 205/8England won by 7 wickets (with 90 balls remaining)
- L vs SA · ENG 194 v SA 226/9South Africa won by 32 runs
- L vs SA · ENG 223/9 v SA 224/7South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
- L vs WI · WI 302/5 v ENG 245West Indies won by 57 runs
- L vs SL · SA 201 v SL 258Sri Lanka won by 57 runs
- L vs ENG · ENG 206/3 v SA 205/8England won by 7 wickets (with 90 balls remaining)
- W vs ENG · ENG 194 v SA 226/9South Africa won by 32 runs
- W vs ENG · ENG 223/9 v SA 224/7South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
- W vs PAK · SA 115/1 v PAK 114South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 134 balls remaining)
Top players in this fixture
ENG v SA ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hansie Cronje SA | 15 | 446 | 78 | 31.86 | 67.07 |
| Alec Stewart ENG | 12 | 396 | 77 | 39.60 | 65.45 |
| Graeme Hick ENG | 12 | 378 | 83 | 31.50 | 78.10 |
| Graham Thorpe ENG | 9 | 360 | 72 | 45.00 | 65.22 |
| Andrew Hudson SA | 7 | 327 | 79 | 46.71 | 68.55 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Donald SA | 11 | 23 | 4.99 |
| Darren Gough ENG | 12 | 20 | 3.82 |
| Shaun Pollock SA | 11 | 16 | 3.41 |
| Dominic Cork ENG | 9 | 16 | 4.39 |
| Phil DeFreitas ENG | 9 | 11 | 4.02 |
ODIs at Edgbaston Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 14
- Average 1st-innings score
- 211
- Won batting first
- 5
- Won chasing
- 9
- Highest total
- 320/8 by England ()