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Cricket Records in 1998 in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	12 runs	175	46.4	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1436
England	23 runs	219	75.0	v South Africa	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
Pakistan	29 runs	255	88.2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
Zimbabwe	61 runs	235	56.4	v India	Harare	7 Oct 1998	Test # 1425
South Africa	70 runs	377	95.3	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
Sri Lanka	164 runs	296	54.3	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
New Zealand	167 runs	465	131.5	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
South Africa	178 runs	320	38.2	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
India	179 runs	348	67.5	v Australia	Chennai	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1405
Australia	205 runs	443	89.0	v England	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998	Test # 1434
West Indies	242 runs	380	62.1	v England	Georgetown	27 Feb 1998	Test # 1404
South Africa	259 runs	394	60.5	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies	3 wickets	282	98.2	v England	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
England	3 wickets	225	108.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
Pakistan	3 wickets	192	53.5	v Zimbabwe	Harare	21 Mar 1998	Test # 1412
South Africa	4 wickets	164	62.4	v West Indies	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1998	Test # 1429
New Zealand	4 wickets	213	60.3	v India	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
Sri Lanka	5 wickets	326	113.5	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
South Africa	6 wickets	226	62.5	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
Zimbabwe	7 wickets	162	48.2	v Pakistan	Peshawar	27 Nov 1998	Test # 1430
Australia	7 wickets	64	23.0	v England	Perth	28 Nov 1998	Test # 1431
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	10	1.5	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	7 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
Australia	8 wickets	194	58.0	v India	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998	Test # 1413
England	8 wickets	247	87.0	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
South Africa	9 wickets	146	48.4	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
New Zealand	10 wickets	20	3.5	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401
South Africa	10 wickets	15	1.1	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1998	Test # 1419
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	36	5.0	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423

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Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v India at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1998 [Test # 1435]

South Africa v West Indies at Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-29, 1998 [Test # 1437]

Australia v England at Melbourne, 4th Test, Dec 26-29, 1998 [Test # 1436]