1998 British Isles Championship

1998 British Isles Championship or 1998 Triple Crown Tournament
Administrator(s) English Cricket Board
Cricket format Limited overs cricket
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Host(s) Scotland Scotland
Champions England England CB XI (1st title)
Participants 4
Matches played 6
Official website Cricket Europe

The 1998 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1998 in Scotland.[1] It was second time Scotland hosted this initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. The tournament was won by England CB XI while Scotland came second. It was the first win for ECB XI who had replaced England NCA in the last tournament.This tournament after 2001 was replaced with European Cricket Championship

Teams

Group stage

Team P W L T NR Points
 England CB XI 3 2 1 0 0 4
 Scotland 3 2 1 0 0 4
 Ireland 3 2 1 0 0 4
 Wales 3 0 3 0 0 0

Fixtures

Result

 England CB XI won the tournament winning on Run Rate for the first time.  Scotland came second in the tournament

References

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