South African cricket team in New Zealand in 1998–99

The South African national cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 1999 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. South Africa won the series 1–0. New Zealand were captained by Dion Nash and South Africa by Hansie Cronje. In addition, the teams played a six-match series of Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) which South Africa won 3–2.[1]

Test series summary

1st Test

27 February – 3 March 1999
Scorecard

South Africa	v	New Zealand
621/5d (200.1 overs) Daryll Cullinan 275* (490) Chris Harris 2/94 (45 overs)		352 (160.4 overs) Matt Horne 93 (225) Paul Adams 3/103 (46 overs)
		244/3 (84 overs) (f/o) Nathan Astle 69* (130) Shaun Pollock 1/21 (13 overs)

Match drawn
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Daryll Cullinan (SA)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
Daryll Cullinan's 275 not out was, at the time, the highest Test score by a South African, surpassing Graeme Pollock's 274 against Australia at Durban in 1970.[2] Geoff Allott made the longest Test duck during New Zealand's first innings, taking 101 minutes and facing 77 balls.[3]

2nd Test

11–15 March 1999
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	South Africa
168 (63.4 overs) Nathan Astle 44 (83) Shaun Pollock 4/34 (17 overs)		442/1d (162 overs) Herschelle Gibbs 211* (468) Daniel Vettori 1/73 (24 overs)
127/1 (54 overs) Matt Horne 56 (134)

Match drawn
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Dave Quested (NZ)
Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs (SA)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
Gary Stead (NZ) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

18–22 March 1999
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	South Africa
222 (102.3 overs) Gary Stead 68 (153) Shaun Pollock 5/33 (28.3 overs)		498/8d (165 overs) Daryll Cullinan 152 (272) Daniel Vettori 4/153 (54 overs)
291 (105.3 overs) Nathan Astle 62 (144) Paul Adams 4/63 (22.3 overs)		16/2 (8.1 overs) Gary Kirsten 12* (17) Daniel Vettori 1/7 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 8 wickets
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Steve Elworthy (SA)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

References

"South Africa in New Zealand 1999". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
"Cricket: Cullinan reaches milestone". The Independent. London. 2 March 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
Marsden, Steven (3 March 1999). "Cricket: Sheepish Allott bats his way to record duck". The Independent. London. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

External links

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[CATI-1] "South Africa in New Zealand 1999". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

[2] "Cricket: Cullinan reaches milestone". The Independent. London. 2 March 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

[3] Marsden, Steven (3 March 1999). "Cricket: Sheepish Allott bats his way to record duck". The Independent. London. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

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