| 1998–99 Ashes Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 20 November 1998 – 6 January 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Result | Australia won the five-Test series 3–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Steve Waugh (Aus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheEngland cricket team touredAustralia in 1998–99, playing a five-Test series forThe Ashes and a number of tour matches against Australian domestic teams. They also played atri-nation series which includedSri Lanka.
Australia won the Test series 3–1 and retained the Ashes, which were in their possession since1989. The player of the series wasSteve Waugh from Australia. Of the five matches, one was drawn, Australia won three and England won one. Australian captainMark Taylor won all five coin tosses at the start of each Test.
20–24 November 1998 Scorecard |
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Match drawn The Gabba,Brisbane Umpires:K. T. Francis (SL) andDarrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match:Glenn McGrath (Aus) |
28–30 November 1998 Scorecard |
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Australia won by 7 wickets WACA Ground,Perth Umpires:Daryl Harper (Aus) andSrinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match:Damien Fleming (Aus) |
11–15 December 1998 Scorecard |
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Australia won by 205 runs Adelaide Oval,Adelaide Umpires:Steve Bucknor (WI) andSteve Davis (Aus) Player of the match:Justin Langer (Aus) |
26–29 December 1998 Scorecard |
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England won by 12 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne Umpires:Steve Bucknor (WI) andDaryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match:Dean Headley (Eng) |
2–5 January 1999 Scorecard |
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Australia won by 98 runs Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney,Australia Umpires:Steve Dunne (NZ) andDarrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match:Stuart MacGill (Aus) |
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