South African cricket team in England in 1998
| Teams |
 |
 |
| Dates | 14 May – 20 August 1998 | |
| Captains | Hansie Cronje | Alec Stewart |
| Number of Tests | 5 | |
| Tests won | 1 | 2 |
| Most runs (Tests) | Hansie Cronje (401) | Mike Atherton (493) |
| Most wickets (Tests) | Allan Donald (33) | Angus Fraser (24) |
| Player of Series (Tests) | Allan Donald (SA), Mike Atherton (Eng) | |
| Number of ODIs | 3 | |
| ODIs won | 2 | 1 |
| Most runs (ODIs) | Hansie Cronje (110) | Nick Knight (149) |
| Most wickets (ODIs) | Allan Donald (7) | Mark Ealham, Robert Croft, Darren Gough (5) |
| Player of Series (ODIs) | Jonty Rhodes (SA), Darren Gough (Eng) | |
The South African cricket team toured England in the 1998 season to play a five-match Test series against England.
England won the series 2-1 with two matches drawn after being 1-0 behind with only the last two matches to play.
South Africa played a three-match series of One Day Internationals (LOI) against England in May at the start of the tour and then played a short LOI tri-series against England and Sri Lanka to close the tour in August.
In addition, South Africa played seven first-class matches against Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Sussex, Durham, Derbyshire, Essex and the British Universities.
In the end of tour Emirates Triangular tri-series, South Africa lost to Sri Lanka by 57 runs at Trent Bridge and defeated England by 14 runs at Edgbaston. The win against England was not enough to qualify them for the final, in which Sri Lanka defeated England by 5 wickets at Lord's.
The South African team was captained by Hansie Cronje and included Paul Adams, Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Lance Klusener, Jacques Kallis, Jonty Rhodes, Mark Boucher, Daryl Cullinan, Gary Kirsten, Gerhardus Liebenberg, Nantie Hayward, Brian McMillan, Makhaya Ntini, Pat Symcox, Adam Bacher, Steve Elworthy and Mike Rindel
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