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1998 ACC Trophy

{{Infobox cricket tournament

| name = 1998 ACC Trophy

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| administrator = Asian Cricket Council

| cricket format = 50 overs per side

| tournament format = Round robin with knockouts

| host = Nepal

| champions = {{cr|BAN}}

| count = 2

| participants = 10 teams

| matches = 23/23

| attendance =

| player of the series = {{cricon|BAN}} Aminul Islam

| most runs = {{cricon|UAE}} Saeed-al-Saffar (236)

| most wickets = {{cricon|BAN}} Aminul Islam (14)

| website =

| previous_year = 1996

| previous_tournament = 1996 ACC Trophy

| next_year = 2000

| next_tournament = 2000 ACC Trophy

}}

The 1998 ACC Trophy was a cricket tournament in Nepal, taking place from 3 October to 13 October 1998. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also helped form an essential part of regional rankings. The tournament was won by Bangladesh who defeated Malaysia in the final by 8 wickets. This would be Bangladesh's final ACC Trophy title prior to their elevation to Test status in 2000.

Teams

The teams were separated into two groups of five. The following teams took part in the tournament:

*{{cr|Bangladesh}}

  • {{cr|Malaysia}}
  • {{cr|Maldives}}
  • {{cr|Papua New Guinea}}
  • {{cr|Singapore}}

|

  • {{cr|Hong Kong}}
  • {{cr|Japan|1870}}
  • {{cr|Nepal}}
  • {{cr|Thailand}}
  • {{cr|UAE}}

Group stages

The top two from each group qualified for the semi-finals.

=Group A=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!width=175|Team

!width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld

!width=20 abbr="Won"|W

!width=20 abbr="Lost"|L

!width=20 abbr="Lost"|A

!width=20 abbr="No result"|NR

!width=20 abbr="Net run rate"|NRR

!width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align="left"|{{cr|BAN}}

|4

30012.6387
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align="left"|{{cr|Malaysia}}

|4

3100|
0.2696
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align="left"|{{cr|SIN}}

|4

1201|
0.8803
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align="left"|{{cr|Maldives}}

|4

1201|
1.3962
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align="left"|{{cr|Papua New Guinea}}

|4

0301|
0.9011

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 3 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}

| score1 =

| score2 =

| team2 = {{cr|Papua New Guinea}}

| runs1 =

| wickets1 =

| runs2 =

| wickets2 =

| result = Match abandoned

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102654.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

| umpires = Cyril Cooray & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy

| motm =

| rain = Points: Bangladesh 1; Papua New Guinea 1

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 3 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Maldives}}

| score1 =

| score2 =

| team2 = {{cr|SIN}}

| runs1 =

| wickets1 =

| runs2 =

| wickets2 =

| result = Match abandoned

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102656.html (scorecard)]

| venue = St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu

| umpires = Cyril Cooray & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy

| motm =

| rain = Points: Maldives 1; Singapore 1

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 4 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Malaysia}}

| score1 = 156 all out (43.4 overs)

| score2 = 69/4 (26 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Maldives}}

| runs1 = Rohan Selvaratnam 37 (56)

| wickets1 = Hassan Ibrahim 3/19 (9 overs)

| runs2 = Mohammad Aflah 25 (73)

| wickets2 = Ramesh Menon 3/10 (9 overs)

| result = {{cr|Malaysia}} won on faster scoring rate

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102658.html (scorecard)]

| venue = St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu

| umpires = Ignatius Anandappa & Feroz Butt

| motm = Hassan Ibrahim (Maldives)

| rain = Match reduced to 45 overs

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 5 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}

| score1 = 239/9 (50 overs)

| score2 = 98 all out (31.5 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Malaysia}}

| runs1 = Javed Omar 81 (142)

| wickets1 = Siswanto Haidi 3/54 (7 overs)

| runs2 = Ramesh Menon 20 (32)

| wickets2 = Aminul Islam 4/15 (8.5 overs)

| result = {{cr|BAN}} won by 141 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102660.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground No 2, Lalitpur

| umpires = Shyam Bansal & Siddiq Khan

| motm = Javed Omar (Bangladesh)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 5 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Papua New Guinea}}

| score1 = 157 all out (36.4 overs)

| score2 = 158/5 (43.1 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|SIN}}

| runs1 = Aukuma Noka 58 (52)

| wickets1 = Rex Martens 3/41 (7.4 overs)

| runs2 = Zubin Shroff 51 (82)

| wickets2 = John Ovia 2/19 (10 overs)

| result = {{cr|SIN}} won by 5 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102662.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur

| umpires = Arani Jayaprakash & Riazuddin

| motm = Zubin Shroff (Singapore)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 7 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}

| score1 = 279/8 (47 overs)

| score2 = 158/8 (47 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|SIN}}

| runs1 = Faruk Ahmed 58 (74)

| wickets1 = Ravi Thambinayagam 3/22 (4 overs)

| runs2 = Zubin Shroff 73* (132)

| wickets2 = Aminul Islam 3/23 (9 overs)

| result = {{cr|BAN}} won by 121 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102664.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

| umpires = Shyam Bansal & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy

| motm = Aminul Islam (Bangladesh)

| rain = Match reduced to 47 overs

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 7 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Malaysia}}

| score1 = 170 all out (48.5 overs)

| score2 = 105 all out (27.4 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Papua New Guinea}}

| runs1 = Kunjiraman Ramadas 54 (74)

| wickets1 = John Ovia 3/27 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Keimelo Vuivagi 26 (25)

| wickets2 = Suresh Navaratnam 3/18 (5 overs)

| result = {{cr|Malaysia}} won by 65 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102667.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur

| umpires = Riazuddin & Udaya Wickremasinghe

| motm = Kunjiraman Ramadas (Malaysia)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 8 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}

| score1 = 206/9 (41 overs)

| score2 = 104 all out (29.3 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Maldives}}

| runs1 = Javed Omar 47 (90)

| wickets1 = Ahmed Amir 4/20 (6 overs)

| runs2 = Mohammad Aflah 26 (33)

| wickets2 = Hasibul Hossain 4/35 (5.3 overs)

| result = {{cr|BAN}} won by 102 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102668.html (scorecard)]

| venue = St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu

| umpires = Ignatius Anandappa & Feroz Butt

| motm = Hasibul Hossain (Bangladesh)

| rain = Match reduced to 41 overs

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 8 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|SIN}}

| score1 = 129/9 (39 overs)

| score2 = 132/5 (34.2 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Malaysia}}

| runs1 = Ravi Thambinayagam 29 (32)

| wickets1 = Marimuthu Muniandy 4/19 (8 overs)

| runs2 = Ramesh Menon 56* (95)

| wickets2 = Aminul Islam 3/23 (9 overs)

| result = {{cr|Malaysia}} won by 5 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102670.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

| umpires = Cyril Cooray & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy

| motm = Ramesh Menon (Malaysia)

| rain = Match reduced to 39 overs

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 9 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Maldives}}

| score1 =

| score2 =

| team2 = {{cr|Papua New Guinea}}

| runs1 =

| wickets1 =

| runs2 =

| wickets2 =

| result = {{cr|Maldives}} won by a walk-over

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102672.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur

| umpires = Thammahetti Samarasinghe & Siddiq Khan

| motm =

| rain = Papua New Guinea left Nepal on October 8, as otherwise they would have had to wait for another week to catch the next flight available.

}}

----

=Group B=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!width=175|Team

!width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld

!width=20 abbr="Won"|W

!width=20 abbr="Lost"|L

!width=20 abbr="Lost"|A

!width=20 abbr="No result"|NR

!width=20 abbr="Net run rate"|NRR

!width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align="left"|{{cr|Hong Kong}}

|4

30014.8847
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align="left"|{{cr|UAE}}

|4

30014.0627
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align="left"|{{cr|THA}}

|4

1201|
3.0443
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align="left"|{{cr|NEP}}

|4

0202|
2.0302
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align="left"|{{cr|Japan|1870}}

|4

0301|
2.9931

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 3 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Hong Kong}}

| score1 =

| score2 =

| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}

| runs1 =

| wickets1 =

| runs2 =

| wickets2 =

| result = Match abandoned

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102655.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur

| umpires = Riazuddin & Udaya Wickremasinghe

| motm =

| rain = Points: Hong Kong 1; United Arab Emirates 1

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 3 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|NEP}}

| score1 =

| score2 =

| team2 = {{cr|Japan|1870}}

| runs1 =

| wickets1 =

| runs2 =

| wickets2 =

| result = Match abandoned

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102657.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground No 2, Lalitpur

| umpires = Ignatius Anandappa & Shyam Bansal

| motm =

| rain = Points: Nepal 1; Japan 1

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 4 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|NEP}}

| score1 =

| score2 =

| team2 = {{cr|THA}}

| runs1 =

| wickets1 =

| runs2 =

| wickets2 =

| result = Match abandoned

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102659.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

| umpires = Cyril Cooray & Siddiq Khan

| motm =

| rain = Points: Nepal 1; Thailand 1

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 5 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Japan|1870}}

| score1 = 18 all out (20.2 overs)

| score2 = 22/1 (2.3 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Hong Kong}}

| runs1 = Takashi Kato 4* (18)

| wickets1 = Rahul Sharma 6/3 (5.2 overs)

| runs2 = Sada Hussain 13* (9)

| wickets2 = Ken Wadano 1/18 (1.3 overs)

| result = {{cr|Hong Kong}} won by 9 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102661.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

| umpires = Feroz Butt & Udaya Wickremasinghe

| motm = Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 5 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|UAE}}

| score1 = 364/4 (50 overs)

| score2 = 72 all out (32 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|THA}}

| runs1 = Saeed-al-Saffar 209* (136)

| wickets1 = Anil Tanwani 2/65 (9 overs)

| runs2 = Anil Tanwani 16 (29)

| wickets2 = Saeed-al-Saffar 4/11 (4 overs)

| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 292 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102663.html (scorecard)]

| venue = St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu

| umpires = Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy & Thammahetti Samarasinghe

| motm = Saeed-al-Saffar (UAE)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 7 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|THA}}

| score1 = 125 all out (43 overs)

| score2 = 126/4 (13.3 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Hong Kong}}

| runs1 = Chalee Kader 22 (47)

| wickets1 = Sada Hussain 3/20 (7 overs)

| runs2 = Sada Hussain 53 (33)

| wickets2 = Chalee Kader 2/14 (3 overs)

| result = {{cr|Hong Kong}} won by 6 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102665.html (scorecard)]

| venue = St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu

| umpires = Cyril Cooray & (Unknown)

| motm = Sada Hussain (Hong Kong)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 7 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|UAE}}

| score1 = 273 all out (44.1 overs)

| score2 = 70 all out (29.1 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Japan|1870}}

| runs1 = Babar Malik 82 (54)

| wickets1 = Jummei Hanada 3/52 (7.1 overs)

| runs2 = Jummei Hanada 24 (73)

| wickets2 = Shehzad Altaf 6/13 (10 overs)

| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 203 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102666.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur

| umpires = Arani Jayaprakash & Thammahetti Samarasinghe

| motm = Shehzad Altaf (UAE)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 8 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|THA}}

| score1 = 130 all out (36 overs)

| score2 = 85 all out (34.3 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Japan|1870}}

| runs1 = Colin Devonshire 42 (60)

| wickets1 = Ken Wadano 3/27 (8 overs)

| runs2 = Yoichi Sato 23 (43)

| wickets2 = Arvinder Singh 4/16 (10 overs)

| result = {{cr|THA}} won by 45 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102669.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur

| umpires = Shyam Bansal & Siddiq Khan

| motm = Colin Devonshire (Thailand)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 8 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|UAE}}

| score1 = 222 all out (49.4 overs)

| score2 = 128 all out (38.1 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|NEP}}

| runs1 = Nasir Siddiqi 61 (102)

| wickets1 = Dipendra Chaudhary 6/46 (8.4 overs)

| runs2 = Rajesh Chaudhary 29 (43)

| wickets2 = Mohammad Tauqir 5/36 (10 overs)

| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 94 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102671.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground No 2, Lalitpur

| umpires = Arani Jayaprakash & Riazuddin

| motm = Mohammad Tauqir (UAE)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 9 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|NEP}}

| score1 = 150 all out (38 overs)

| score2 = 154/4 (28.1 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Hong Kong}}

| runs1 = Dipendra Chaudhary 35 (61)

| wickets1 = Mohammad Zubair 4/38 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Rahul Sharma 41* (45)

| wickets2 = Rajesh Chaudhary 1/18 (3 overs)

| result = {{cr|Hong Kong}} won by 6 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102673.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur

| umpires = Feroz Butt & Udaya Wickremasinghe

| motm = Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)

| rain =

}}

----

Semi-finals

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 10 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|UAE}}

| score1 = 103 all out (46.3 overs)

| score2 = 106/4 (32 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}

| runs1 = Mahmood Pir Baksh 29 (84)

| wickets1 = Aminul Islam 3/6 (3.3 overs)

| runs2 = Aminul Islam 34 (53)

| wickets2 = Mohammad Tauqir 3/28 (8 overs)

| result = {{cr|BAN}} won by 6 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102674.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

| umpires = Shyam Bansal & Cyril Cooray

| motm = Mohammad Rafique (Bangladesh)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 11 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Malaysia}}

| score1 = 174/9 (40 overs)

| score2 = 133 all out (36.4 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Hong Kong}}

| runs1 = Suresh Singh 48 (88)

| wickets1 = Stewart Brew 4/38 (8 overs)

| runs2 = Rahul Sharma 50 (79)

| wickets2 = Marimuthu Muniandy 4/11 (6 overs)

| result = {{cr|Malaysia}} won by 41 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102675.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

| umpires = Shyam Bansal & Riazuddin

| motm = Marimuthu Muniandy (Malaysia)

| rain = Match reduced to 40 overs

}}

----

Final

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 13 October 1998

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Malaysia}}

| score1 = 83 all out (37.2 overs)

| score2 = 85/2 (21.2 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}

| runs1 = Rohan Selvaratnam 25 (71)

| wickets1 = Aminul Islam 3/22 (8 overs)

| runs2 = Shahriar Hossain 51 (72)

| wickets2 = Matthew William 1/5 (3 overs)

| result = {{cr|BAN}} won by 8 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102676.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

| umpires = Cyril Cooray & Riazuddin

| motm = Shahriar Hossain (Bangladesh)

| rain =

}}

Statistics

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" align="center" | Most runs[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/NEP/Pepsi_Asian_Cricket_Council_Trophy_1998-99/Batting_by_Average.html 1998 ACC Trophy batting records]

! colspan="2" align="center" | Most wickets[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/NEP/Pepsi_Asian_Cricket_Council_Trophy_1998-99/Bowling_by_Average.html 1998 ACC Trophy bowling records]

width=160 |{{flagicon|UAE}} Saeed-al-Saffarwidth=40 align=center | 236

| width=160 |{{flagicon|BAN}} Aminul Islam

align=center | 14
{{flagicon|BAN}} Javed Omaralign=center | 185

| {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Rahul Sharma

align=center | 13
{{flagicon|UAE}} Nasir Siddiqialign=center | 155

| {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Marimuthu Muniandy

align=center | 13
{{flagicon|BAN}} Shahriar Hossainalign=center | 152

| {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Ramesh Menon

align=center | 10
{{flagicon|BAN}} Aminul Islamalign=center | 150

| {{flagicon|UAE}} Mohammad Tauqir

align=center | 9

References

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External links

  • [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/NEP/1998-99_NEP_Pepsi_Asian_Cricket_Council_Trophy_1998-99.html CricketArchive tournament page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021154026/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/NEP/1998-99_NEP_Pepsi_Asian_Cricket_Council_Trophy_1998-99.html |date=2012-10-21 }}

{{ACC Trophy}}

Category:1998 in Nepalese sport

Category:International cricket competitions from 1997–98 to 2000

1998

Category:International cricket competitions in Nepal

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