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
Champions	England CB XI (1st title)
Participants	4
Matches	6
Official website	Cricket Europe

The 1998 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1998 in Scotland. 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

• England CB XI
• Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales

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

• Scotland 160-9 defeat Ireland 151-10 by 9 Runs
• England CB XI 271-5 defeat Wales 127-10 by 144 Runs
• Wales 164-9 lost to Scotland 167-7 by 3 Wickets
• Ireland 171-9 defeat England CB XI 167-9 by 4 Runs
• England CB XI 204-8 defeat Scotland 202-8 by 2 Runs
• Ireland 224-6 defeat Wales 207-10 by 17 Runs

Result

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

References