1999 British Isles Championship

1999 British Isles Championship or 1999 Triple Crown Tournament

Administrator(s)	English Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Ireland
Champions	Scotland (4th title)
Participants	4
Matches played	6
Official website	Cricket Europe

The 1999 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1999 in Ireland.^[1] It was a continuation of the initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles and first time hosted by Ireland. Ireland who have a combined team for North and South Ireland, last time hosted the tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The tournament was won by Scotland while England CB XI came second. The tournaments which was later replaced with European Cricket Championship was won by Scotland for a record fourth time. It was the first time in this tournament that Wales did not finish at the bottom.

Teams

•  England CB XI
•  Ireland
•  Scotland
•  Wales^[2]

Group stage

Team P W L T NR Points  Scotland 3 3 0 0 0 12  England CB XI 3 2 1 0 0 8  Wales 3 1 2 0 0 4  Ireland 3 0 3 0 0 0 Fixtures  Scotland 234-8 defeat  Ireland 231-8 by 2 Wickets  England CB XI 236-10 defeat  Wales 142-10 by 94 Runs  Scotland 179-9 defeat  England CB XI 171-8 by 8 Runs  Wales 154-2 defeat  Ireland 153-10 by 8 wickets  Scotland 151-4 defeat  Wales 149-10 by 6 Wickets  England CB XI 173-8 defeat  Ireland 136 by 37 Runs Result  Scotland won the tournament for a record fourth time.  England CB XI came second in the tournament. It was a first time  Wales did not finish last but came third. References http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/1999/TOURNAMENTS/TRIPLECROWN/about.shtml