1998 ACC Trophy

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1998 ACC Trophy
Administrator(s) Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format50 overs per side
Tournament format(s)Round robin with knockouts
Host(s)Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
ChampionsFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (2nd title)
Participants10 teams
Matches23/23
Player of the series Flag of Bangladesh.svg Aminul Islam
Most runs Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Saeed-al-Saffar (236)
Most wickets Flag of Bangladesh.svg Aminul Islam (14)
1996
2000

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.

Contents

Teams

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

Group stages

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

Group A

TeamPldWLANR NRR Pts
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 430012.6387
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 43100-0.2696
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 41201-0.8803
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 41201-1.3962
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 40301-0.9011
3 October 1998
(scorecard)
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  • Points: Bangladesh 1; Papua New Guinea 1

3 October 1998
(scorecard)
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  • Points: Maldives 1; Singapore 1

4 October 1998
(scorecard)
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
156 all out (43.4 overs)
v
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
69/4 (26 overs)
Rohan Selvaratnam 37 (56)
Hassan Ibrahim 3/19 (9 overs)
Mohammad Aflah 25 (73)
Ramesh Menon 3/10 (9 overs)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia won on faster scoring rate
St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu
Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa & Feroz Butt
Player of the match: Hassan Ibrahim (Maldives)
  • Match reduced to 45 overs

5 October 1998
(scorecard)
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
239/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
98 all out (31.5 overs)
Javed Omar 81 (142)
Siswanto Haidi 3/54 (7 overs)
Ramesh Menon 20 (32)
Aminul Islam 4/15 (8.5 overs)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh won by 141 runs
Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground No 2, Lalitpur
Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Siddiq Khan
Player of the match: Javed Omar (Bangladesh)

5 October 1998
(scorecard)
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
157 all out (36.4 overs)
v
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
158/5 (43.1 overs)
Aukuma Noka 58 (52)
Rex Martens 3/41 (7.4 overs)
Zubin Shroff 51 (82)
John Ovia 2/19 (10 overs)
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore won by 5 wickets
Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash & Riazuddin
Player of the match: Zubin Shroff (Singapore)

7 October 1998
(scorecard)
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
279/8 (47 overs)
v
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
158/8 (47 overs)
Faruk Ahmed 58 (74)
Ravi Thambinayagam 3/22 (4 overs)
Zubin Shroff 73* (132)
Aminul Islam 3/23 (9 overs)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh won by 121 runs
Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy
Player of the match: Aminul Islam (Bangladesh)
  • Match reduced to 47 overs

7 October 1998
(scorecard)
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
170 all out (48.5 overs)
v
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
105 all out (27.4 overs)
Kunjiraman Ramadas 54 (74)
John Ovia 3/27 (10 overs)
Keimelo Vuivagi 26 (25)
Suresh Navaratnam 3/18 (5 overs)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia won by 65 runs
Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur
Umpires: Riazuddin & Udaya Wickremasinghe
Player of the match: Kunjiraman Ramadas (Malaysia)

8 October 1998
(scorecard)
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
206/9 (41 overs)
v
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
104 all out (29.3 overs)
Javed Omar 47 (90)
Ahmed Amir 4/20 (6 overs)
Mohammad Aflah 26 (33)
Hasibul Hossain 4/35 (5.3 overs)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh won by 102 runs
St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu
Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa & Feroz Butt
Player of the match: Hasibul Hossain (Bangladesh)
  • Match reduced to 41 overs

8 October 1998
(scorecard)
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg
129/9 (39 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
132/5 (34.2 overs)
Ravi Thambinayagam 29 (32)
Marimuthu Muniandy 4/19 (8 overs)
Ramesh Menon 56* (95)
Aminul Islam 3/23 (9 overs)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia won by 5 wickets
Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy
Player of the match: Ramesh Menon (Malaysia)
  • Match reduced to 39 overs

9 October 1998
(scorecard)
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  • 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

TeamPldWLANR NRR Pts
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 430014.8847
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 430014.0627
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 41201-3.0443
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 40202-2.0302
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 40301-2.9931
3 October 1998
(scorecard)
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  • Points: Hong Kong 1; United Arab Emirates 1

3 October 1998
(scorecard)
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
v
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
  • Points: Nepal 1; Japan 1

4 October 1998
(scorecard)
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
v
  • Points: Nepal 1; Thailand 1

5 October 1998
(scorecard)
Japan  Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
18 all out (20.2 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
22/1 (2.3 overs)
Takashi Kato 4* (18)
Rahul Sharma 6/3 (5.2 overs)
Sada Hussain 13* (9)
Ken Wadano 1/18 (1.3 overs)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong won by 9 wickets
Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Feroz Butt & Udaya Wickremasinghe
Player of the match: Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)

5 October 1998
(scorecard)
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
364/4 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
72 all out (32 overs)
Saeed-al-Saffar 209* (136)
Anil Tanwani 2/65 (9 overs)
Anil Tanwani 16 (29)
Saeed-al-Saffar 4/11 (4 overs)

7 October 1998
(scorecard)
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg
125 all out (43 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
126/4 (13.3 overs)
Chalee Kader 22 (47)
Sada Hussain 3/20 (7 overs)
Sada Hussain 53 (33)
Chalee Kader 2/14 (3 overs)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong won by 6 wickets
St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu
Umpires: Cyril Cooray & (Unknown)
Player of the match: Sada Hussain (Hong Kong)

7 October 1998
(scorecard)
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
273 all out (44.1 overs)
v
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
70 all out (29.1 overs)
Babar Malik 82 (54)
Jummei Hanada 3/52 (7.1 overs)
Jummei Hanada 24 (73)
Shehzad Altaf 6/13 (10 overs)

8 October 1998
(scorecard)
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg
130 all out (36 overs)
v
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
85 all out (34.3 overs)
Colin Devonshire 42 (60)
Ken Wadano 3/27 (8 overs)
Yoichi Sato 23 (43)
Arvinder Singh 4/16 (10 overs)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand won by 45 runs
Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur
Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Siddiq Khan
Player of the match: Colin Devonshire (Thailand)

8 October 1998
(scorecard)
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
222 all out (49.4 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
128 all out (38.1 overs)
Nasir Siddiqi 61 (102)
Dipendra Chaudhary 6/46 (8.4 overs)
Rajesh Chaudhary 29 (43)
Mohammad Tauqir 5/36 (10 overs)

9 October 1998
(scorecard)
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
150 all out (38 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
154/4 (28.1 overs)
Dipendra Chaudhary 35 (61)
Mohammad Zubair 4/38 (10 overs)
Rahul Sharma 41* (45)
Rajesh Chaudhary 1/18 (3 overs)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong won by 6 wickets
Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur
Umpires: Feroz Butt & Udaya Wickremasinghe
Player of the match: Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)

Semi-finals

10 October 1998
(scorecard)
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
103 all out (46.3 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
106/4 (32 overs)
Mahmood Pir Baksh 29 (84)
Aminul Islam 3/6 (3.3 overs)
Aminul Islam 34 (53)
Mohammad Tauqir 3/28 (8 overs)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Cyril Cooray
Player of the match: Mohammad Rafique (Bangladesh)

11 October 1998
(scorecard)
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
174/9 (40 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
133 all out (36.4 overs)
Suresh Singh 48 (88)
Stewart Brew 4/38 (8 overs)
Rahul Sharma 50 (79)
Marimuthu Muniandy 4/11 (6 overs)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia won by 41 runs
Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Riazuddin
Player of the match: Marimuthu Muniandy (Malaysia)
  • Match reduced to 40 overs

Final

13 October 1998
(scorecard)
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
83 all out (37.2 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
85/2 (21.2 overs)
Rohan Selvaratnam 25 (71)
Aminul Islam 3/22 (8 overs)
Shahriar Hossain 51 (72)
Matthew William 1/5 (3 overs)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh won by 8 wickets
Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Riazuddin
Player of the match: Shahriar Hossain (Bangladesh)

Statistics

Most runs [1] Most wickets [2]
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Saeed-al-Saffar 236 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Aminul Islam 14
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Javed Omar 185 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Rahul Sharma 13
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Nasir Siddiqi 155 Flag of Malaysia.svg Marimuthu Muniandy 13
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Shahriar Hossain 152 Flag of Malaysia.svg Ramesh Menon 10
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Aminul Islam 150 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mohammad Tauqir 9

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