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| in 1997 | in 1998 |
The 1997–1998 international cricket season was from September 1997 to April 1998. [1] [2]
| Test series | ||||||||
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| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 1378 | 18–22 September | Alistair Campbell | Stephen Fleming | Harare Sports Club, Harare | Match drawn | |||
| Test 1379 | 25–29 September | Alistair Campbell | Stephen Fleming | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | Match drawn | |||
| ODI series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| ODI 1235 | 1 October | Alistair Campbell | Stephen Fleming | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | Match tied | |||
| ODI 1237 | 4 October | Alistair Campbell | Stephen Fleming | Harare Sports Club, Harare |  Zimbabwe by 3 wickets | |||
| ODI 1238 | 5 October | Alistair Campbell | Stephen Fleming | Harare Sports Club, Harare |  New Zealand by 83 runs | |||
| ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| ODI 1233 | 28 September | Saeed Anwar | Sachin Tendulkar | Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad |  Pakistan by 5 wickets | |||
| ODI 1234 | 30 September | Saeed Anwar | Sachin Tendulkar | National Stadium, Karachi |  India by 4 wickets | |||
| ODI 1236 | 2 October | Saeed Anwar | Sachin Tendulkar | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Pakistan by 9 wickets | |||
| Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 1380 | 6–10 October | Saeed Anwar | Hansie Cronje | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Match drawn | |||
| Test 1381 | 17–21 October | Saeed Anwar | Hansie Cronje | Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura | Match drawn | |||
| Test 1382 | 24–27 October | Saeed Anwar | Hansie Cronje | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad |  South Africa by 53 runs | |||
| Group stage | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| ODI 1247 | 1 November |  Sri Lanka | Arjuna Ranatunga |  West Indies | Courtney Walsh | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Sri Lanka by 7 wickets | |
| ODI 1248 | 2 November | Pakistan | Wasim Akram | South Africa | Hansie Cronje | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | South Africa by 9 runs | |
| ODI 1249 | 3 November | South Africa | Hansie Cronje | West Indies | Courtney Walsh | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | South Africa by 5 wickets | |
| ODI 1250 | 4 November | Pakistan | Wasim Akram | West Indies | Courtney Walsh | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Pakistan by 8 wickets | |
| ODI 1251 | 5 November | Pakistan | Wasim Akram | Sri Lanka | Arjuna Ranatunga | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Sri Lanka by 8 wickets | |
| ODI 1252 | 6 November | South Africa | Hansie Cronje | Sri Lanka | Arjuna Ranatunga | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | South Africa by 66 runs | |
| Final | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| ODI 1253 | 8 November | South Africa | Hansie Cronje | Sri Lanka | Arjuna Ranatunga | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | South Africa by 4 wickets | |
| Trans-Tasman Trophy - Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 1383 | 7–11 October | Mark Taylor | Stephen Fleming | The Gabba, Brisbane |  Australia by 186 runs | |||
| Test 1386 | 20–23 October | Mark Taylor | Stephen Fleming | WACA Ground, Perth | Australia by an innings and 70 runs | |||
| Test 1388 | 27 November–1 December | Mark Taylor | Stephen Fleming | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | Match drawn | |||
| Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 1384 | 17–20 November | Wasim Akram | Courtney Walsh | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar | Pakistan by an innings 19 runs | |||
| Test 1389 | 29 November–3 December | Wasim Akram | Courtney Walsh | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Pakistan by an innings 29 runs | |||
| Test 1391 | 6–9 December | Wasim Akram | Courtney Walsh | National Stadium, Karachi | Pakistan by 10 wickets | |||
| Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 1385 | 19–23 November | Sachin Tendulkar | Arjuna Ranatunga | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali | Match drawn | |||
| Test 1387 | 26–30 November | Sachin Tendulkar | Arjuna Ranatunga | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur | Match drawn | |||
| Test 1390 | 3–7 December | Sachin Tendulkar | Arjuna Ranatunga | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Match drawn | |||
| ODI series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| ODI 1267 | 22 December | Sachin Tendulkar | Arjuna Ranatunga | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati | India by 7 wickets | |||
| ODI 1268 | 25 December | Sachin Tendulkar | Arjuna Ranatunga | Nehru Stadium, Indore | No result | |||
| ODI 1269 | 28 December | Sachin Tendulkar | Arjuna Ranatunga | Fatorda Stadium, Margao | Sri Lanka by 5 wickets | |||
| Group stage | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| ODI 1259 | 11 December |  England | Adam Hollioake | India | Sachin Tendulkar | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | England by 7 runs | |
| ODI 1260 | 12 December | Pakistan | Wasim Akram | West Indies | Courtney Walsh | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | West Indies by 43 runs | |
| ODI 1261 | 13 December | England | Adam Hollioake | West Indies | Courtney Walsh | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | England by 4 wickets | |
| ODI 1262 | 14 December | India | Sachin Tendulkar | Pakistan | Wasim Akram | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Pakistan by 4 wickets | |
| ODI 1263 | 15 December | England | Adam Hollioake | Pakistan | Wasim Akram | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | England by 8 runs | |
| ODI 1264 | 16 December | India | Sachin Tendulkar | West Indies | Courtney Walsh | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | West Indies by 41 runs | |
| Final | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| ODI 1266 | 19 December | England | Adam Hollioake | West Indies | Courtney Walsh | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | England by 3 wickets | |
| Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 1392 | 26–30 December | Mark Taylor | Hansie Cronje | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Match drawn | |||
| Test 1393 | 2–5 January | Mark Taylor | Hansie Cronje | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Australia by an innings 21 runs | |||
| Test 1397 | 30 January–3 February | Mark Taylor | Hansie Cronje | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Match drawn | |||
| Group stage | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| ODI 1271 | 10 January |  Bangladesh | Akram Khan | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | India by 4 wickets | |
| ODI 1273 | 11 January | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Pakistan | Rashid Latif | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | India by 18 runs | |
| ODI 1274 | 10 January | Bangladesh | Akram Khan | Pakistan | Rashid Latif | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | Pakistan by 9 wickets | |
| Finals | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| ODI 1276 | 14 January | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Pakistan | Rashid Latif | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | India by 8 wickets | |
| ODI 1277 | 16 January | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Pakistan | Rashid Latif | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | Pakistan by 6 wickets | |
| ODI 1279 | 18 January | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Pakistan | Rashid Latif | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | India by 3 wickets | |
| Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 1394 | 7–11 January | Arjuna Ranatunga | Alistair Campbell | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy | Sri Lanka by 8 wickets | |||
| Test 1395 | 14–18 January | Arjuna Ranatunga | Alistair Campbell | Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 5 wickets | |||
| ODI series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| ODI 1282 | 22 January | Arjuna Ranatunga | Alistair Campbell | Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 5 wickets | |||
| ODI 1284 | 24 January | Arjuna Ranatunga | Alistair Campbell | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 5 wickets | |||
| ODI 1286 | 26 January | Sanath Jayasuriya | Alistair Campbell | Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 4 wickets | |||
| ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| ODI 1288 | 4 February | Stephen Fleming | Alistair Campbell | Seddon Park, Hamilton | New Zealand by 40 runs | |||
| ODI 1289 | 6 February | Stephen Fleming | Alistair Campbell | Basin Reserve, Wellington | New Zealand by 8 wickets | |||
| ODI 1294 | 4 March | Stephen Fleming | Alistair Campbell | AMI Stadium, Christchurch | Zimbabwe by 1 run | |||
| ODI 1295 | 6 March | Stephen Fleming | Alistair Campbell | McLean Park, Napier | New Zealand by 9 wickets | |||
| ODI 1296 | 8 March | Stephen Fleming | Alistair Campbell | Eden Park, Auckland | New Zealand by 2 runs | |||
| Test series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 1401 | 19–22 February | Stephen Fleming | Alistair Campbell | Basin Reserve, Wellington | New Zealand by 10 wickets | |||
| Test 1402 | 26–28 February | Stephen Fleming | Alistair Campbell | Eden Park, Auckland | New Zealand by an innings and 13 runs | |||
| ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| ODI 1290 | 8 February | Stephen Fleming | Steve Waugh | AMI Stadium, Christchurch | Australia by 7 wickets | |||
| ODI 1291 | 10 February | Stephen Fleming | Steve Waugh | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Australia by 66 runs | |||
| ODI 1292 | 12 February | Stephen Fleming | Steve Waugh | McLean Park, Napier | New Zealand by 7 wickets | |||
| ODI 1293 | 14 February | Stephen Fleming | Steve Waugh | Eden Park, Auckland | New Zealand by 30 runs | |||
| Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 1400 | 14–18 February | Gary Kirsten | Aamer Sohail | The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Match drawn | |||
| Test 1403 | 26 February–2 March | Hansie Cronje | Aamer Sohail | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Pakistan by 29 runs | |||
| Test 1406 | 6–10 March | Hansie Cronje | Rashid Latif | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | South Africa by 259 runs | |||
| Border–Gavaskar Trophy - Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 1405 | 6–10 March | Mohammad Azharuddin | Mark Taylor | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | India by 179 runs | |||
| Test 1409 | 18–21 March | Mohammad Azharuddin | Mark Taylor | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | India by an innings and 219 runs | |||
| Test 1413 | 25–28 March | Mohammad Azharuddin | Mark Taylor | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Australia by 8 wickets | |||
| Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 1408 | 14–18 March | Alistair Campbell | Rashid Latif | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | Match drawn | |||
| Test 1412 | 21–25 March | Alistair Campbell | Rashid Latif | Harare Sports Club, Harare | Pakistan by 3 wickets | |||
| ODI series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| ODI 1297 | 28 March | Alistair Campbell | Rashid Latif | Harare Sports Club, Harare | Pakistan by 4 wickets | |||
| ODI 1298 | 29 March | Alistair Campbell | Rashid Latif | Harare Sports Club, Harare | Pakistan by 4 wickets | |||
| Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 1410 | 19–23 March | Hansie Cronje | Arjuna Ranatunga | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | South Africa by 70 runs | |||
| Test 1414 | 27–30 March | Hansie Cronje | Arjuna Ranatunga | SuperSport Park, Centurion | South Africa by 6 wickets | |||
| Group stage | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| ODI 1300 | 1 April | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Australia | Steve Waugh | Nehru Stadium, Kochi | India by 41 runs | |
| ODI 1302 | 3 April | Australia | Steve Waugh | Zimbabwe | Alistair Campbell | Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad | Australia by 13 runs | |
| ODI 1305 | 5 April | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Zimbabwe | Alistair Campbell | Reliance Stadium, Vadodara | India by 13 runs | |
| ODI 1308 | 7 April | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Australia | Steve Waugh | Green Park Stadium, Kanpur | India by 6 wickets | |
| ODI 1311 | 9 April | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Zimbabwe | Alistair Campbell | Barabati Stadium, Cuttack | India by 32 runs | |
| ODI 1313 | 11 April | Australia | Steve Waugh | Zimbabwe | Alistair Campbell | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | Australia by 16 runs | |
| Final | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| ODI 1316 | 14 April | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Australia | Steve Waugh | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | Australia by 4 wickets | |
| Group stage | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| ODI 1319 | 17 April | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | New Zealand | Stephen Fleming | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | India by 15 runs | |
| ODI 1320 | 18 April | Australia | Steve Waugh | New Zealand | Stephen Fleming | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Australia by 6 wickets | |
| ODI 1322 | 19 April | Australia | Steve Waugh | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Australia by 58 runs | |
| ODI 1323 | 20 April | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | New Zealand | Stephen Fleming | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | New Zealand by 4 wickets | |
| ODI 1324 | 21 April | Australia | Steve Waugh | New Zealand | Stephen Fleming | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Australia by 5 wickets | |
| ODI 1325 | 22 April | Australia | Steve Waugh | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Australia by 26 runs | |
| Final | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| ODI 1327 | 24 April | Australia | Steve Waugh | India | Mohammad Azharuddin | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | India by 6 wickets | |
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