The West Indies cricket team toured South Africa during the 1998–99 season and played a five-match Test series and a seven-match One Day International series against the South Africa national cricket team, as well as nine tour matches. This was the first Test series between the two teams in South Africa.
West Indies was led in the Test series by Brian Lara while South Africa was led by Hansie Cronje.
South Africa won the Test series 5–0 and the ODI series 6–1. The Test series victory was only the seventh 5–0 victory in a five-match series in Test cricket history.
Jacques Kallis of South Africa emerged as the top run-scorer in the Test series with 485 runs, with an average of 69.28. Shaun Pollock finished the series as top wicket-taker with 29 wickets. Kallis was named "man of the Test series".
Squads TestsODIs Hansie Cronje (c) Shaun Pollock (vc) Paul Adams Adam Bacher (1st Test only) Mark Boucher (wk) Daryll Cullinan Allan Donald Herschelle Gibbs (2nd-5th Tests) Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener (4th-5th Tests) Jonty Rhodes Pat Symcox (1st-3rd Tests) David TerbruggeBrian Lara (c) Jimmy Adams Curtly Ambrose Shivnarine Chanderpaul Mervyn Dillon Daren Ganga Carl Hooper Ridley Jacobs (wk) Clayton Lambert Nixon McLean Junior Murray (wk) Dinanath Ramnarine Franklyn Rose Philo Wallace Courtney Walsh Stuart WilliamsHansie Cronje (c) Shaun Pollock (vc) Dale Benkenstein Nicky Boje Mark Boucher (wk) Daryll Cullinan Steve Elworthy Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Victor Mpitsang Jonty Rhodes Michael Rindel Pat Symcox Henry WilliamsBrian Lara (c) Curtly Ambrose Keith Arthurton Shivnarine Chanderpaul Daren Ganga Carl Hooper Ridley Jacobs (wk) Reon King Rawl Lewis Neil McGarrell Nixon McLean Junior Murray (wk) Floyd Reifer Keith Semple Philo Wallace
Jimmy Adams was injured before the start of the Test series and was replaced by Floyd Reifer. Dinanath Ramnarine was injured before the start of the Test series and was replaced by Rawl Lewis. The bowling attack was reinforced during the Test series by the addition of Ottis Gibson and Reon King.
Test matches
1st Test
2nd Test
3rd Test
4th Test
5th Test
ODI series summary
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
6th ODI
7th ODI
References
External links Tour home at ESPNcricinfo West Indies in South Africa, 1998-1999 at ESPNcricinfo archive