1998 Nidahas Trophy

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1998 Nidahas Trophy
Dates19 June – 7 July
Administrator(s) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)
Cricket format One Day International
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
ChampionsFlag of India.svg  India (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Participants3
Matches10
Player of the series Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Aravinda de Silva
Most runs Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Aravinda de Silva (368)
Most wickets Flag of India.svg Ajit Agarkar (12)
2018

The 1998 Nidahas Trophy, known as the Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was a One Day International cricket tournament staged in Sri Lanka between 19 June and 7 July 1998, to commemorate the 50 years of Sri Lanka's independence and Sri Lanka Cricket, known then as the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, the governing body of cricket in Sri Lanka. [1]

Contents

The competition involved Sri Lanka, India and New Zealand. Each team played every other team three times, and the two teams with most points progressed to the final. The event was marred by rain, with five of the nine qualifying matches abandoned. Sri Lanka won three matches while India won one in the group stage, before India won the final beating the former by 6 runs. [2] Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva who scored 368 runs was named player of the series. [3]

Squads

Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka [4] Flag of India.svg  India [5] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [6]

Round-robin

TeamPldWLNRTPts NRR
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 631208+0.623
Flag of India.svg  India 611406+0.320
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 602404–1.429
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [7]

Matches

19 June (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
243/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
246/2 (43.4 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 97 (119)
Ajit Agarkar 2/38 (9 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 80 (114)
Muttiah Muralitharan 2/48 (10 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Peter Manuel (SL)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Suresh Perera (SL) made his ODI debut.
  • Points: India 2, Sri Lanka 0.

21 June (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg
200/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
201/3 (40 overs)
Bryan Young 55 (52)
Upul Chandana 3/24 (7 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 83* (118)
Nathan Astle 1/2 (3 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: B. C. Cooray (SL) and Nandasena Pathirana (SL)
Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Niroshan Bandaratilleke made his ODI debut.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0.

23 June (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg
219/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
131/2 (24.2 overs)
Nathan Astle 81 (119)
Ajit Agarkar 3/52 (9 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 53* (53)
Chris Cairns 1/36 (5 overs)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • India was set a target of 147 in 25 overs, but rain stopped play at 20:20, four balls short of what was required for a result.
  • Points: India 1, New Zealand 1.

25 June
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
  • No toss.
  • The match was abandoned due to a waterlogged ground from overnight rain and heavy rain at 10:00 in the morning.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 1, India 1.

27 June
Scorecard
v
  • No toss.
  • The match was abandoned due to persistent rain.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 1, New Zealand 1.

29 June
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v
  • No toss.
  • The match was abandoned after the umpires decided that the clearing the wet outfield that followed the rain would not be completed by 13:30 to play the required 25 overs per side to constitute a match.
  • Points: India 1, New Zealand 1.

1 July
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
171/8 (36 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
163 (35.3 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 62 (86)
Ajit Agarkar 3/38 (7 overs)
Robin Singh 50 (74)
Sanath Jayasuriya 4/18 (5.4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 8 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa (SL) and B. C. Cooray (SL)
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • The start was delayed by three hours due to rain, reducing the match to 36 overs per side.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 2, India 0.

3 July
Scorecard
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg
128/5 (31.1 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
Craig McMillan 26 (39)
Harbhajan Singh 2/26 (8 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Persistent rain after 31.1 overs into New Zealand's innings led to the abandonment of the match.
  • Points: India 1, New Zealand 1.

5 July
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
293/4 (50 overs)
v
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
206 (39.1 overs)
Arjuna Ranatunga 102 (98)
Chris Harris 2/44 (10 overs)
Nathan Astle 74 (76)
Sanath Jayasuriya 3/28 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 87 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Peter Manuel (SL) and T. M. Samarasinghe (SL)
Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0.

Final

7 July (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
307/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
301 (49.3 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 128 (131)
Sanath Jayasuriya 2/42 (9 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 105 (94)
Ajit Agarkar 4/53 (10 overs)
India won by 6 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Peter Manuel (SL)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

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