The

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toured

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in 1998–99, playing a five- Test series for The Ashes and a number of tour matches against Australian domestic teams. They also played a tri-nation series which included

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. Australia won the Test series 3–1 and retained the Ashes, which were in their possession since 1989. The player of the series was

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from Australia. Of the five matches, one was drawn, Australia won three and England won one. Australian captain Mark Taylor won all five coin tosses at the start of each Test.

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

4th Test

5th Test

References

* ''Playfair Cricket Annual'' * ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' 1998 in Australian cricket 1998 in English cricket 1998–99 Australian cricket season 1999 in Australian cricket 1999 in English cricket 1998-99 International cricket competitions from 1997–98 to 2000 1998-99 {{Australia-cricket-tour-stub