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During the 1998 Test series against England, Cronje scored five consecutive fifties, having failed to score one in the nine previous Tests against them.

In his fiftieth Test, at Trent Bridge he scored 126, his sixth and last Test century and his first in 29 matches.

During his second innings of 67, he passed 3, 000 runs-only the second South African to do so.

However, England won the Test, and the one at Headingley, to win the series 2-1, Cronje finished the series as South Africa's top scorer with 401 runs at 66. 83.