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 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

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

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 http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/1998/TOURNAMENTS/TRIPLECROWN/about.shtml