1998 ACC Trophy
Cricket format 50 overs per side
Tournament format Round robin with knockouts
Host Nepal
Champions Bangladesh (2nd title)Participants 10 teams
Matches 23/23
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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:
Group stages The top two from each group qualified for the semi-finals.
Group A Team Pld W L A NR NRR Pts Bangladesh 4 3 0 0 1 2.638 7 Malaysia 4 3 1 0 0 -0.269 6 Singapore 4 1 2 0 1 -0.880 3 Maldives 4 1 2 0 1 -1.396 2 Papua New Guinea 4 0 3 0 1 -0.901 1
Match abandoned Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy
Points: Bangladesh 1; Papua New Guinea 1 Match abandoned St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy
Points: Maldives 1; Singapore 1 Malaysia v Maldives Rohan Selvaratnam 37 (56) Hassan Ibrahim 3/19 (9 overs)Mohammad Aflah 25 (73) Ramesh Menon 3/10 (9 overs)
Malaysia won on faster scoring rateKathmandu Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa & Feroz Butt Player of the match: Hassan Ibrahim (Maldives)
Match reduced to 45 overs Bangladesh v Malaysia Javed Omar 81 (142) Siswanto Haidi 3/54 (7 overs)Ramesh Menon 20 (32) Aminul Islam 4/15 (8.5 overs)
Bangladesh won by 141 runsLalitpur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Siddiq Khan Player of the match: Javed Omar (Bangladesh)
Papua New Guinea v Singapore Aukuma Noka 58 (52) Rex Martens 3/41 (7.4 overs) Zubin Shroff 51 (82) John Ovia 2/19 (10 overs)
Singapore won by 5 wicketsLalitpur Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash & Riazuddin Player of the match: Zubin Shroff (Singapore)
Bangladesh v Singapore Faruk Ahmed 58 (74) Ravi Thambinayagam 3/22 (4 overs)Zubin Shroff 73* (132) Aminul Islam 3/23 (9 overs)
Bangladesh won by 121 runsKirtipur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy Player of the match: Aminul Islam (Bangladesh)
Match reduced to 47 overs Malaysia v Papua New Guinea Kunjiraman Ramadas 54 (74) John Ovia 3/27 (10 overs)Keimelo Vuivagi 26 (25) Suresh Navaratnam 3/18 (5 overs)
Malaysia won by 65 runsLalitpur Umpires: Riazuddin & Udaya Wickremasinghe Player of the match: Kunjiraman Ramadas (Malaysia)
Bangladesh v Maldives Javed Omar 47 (90) Ahmed Amir 4/20 (6 overs)Mohammad Aflah 26 (33) Hasibul Hossain 4/35 (5.3 overs)
Bangladesh won by 102 runsKathmandu Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa & Feroz Butt Player of the match: Hasibul Hossain (Bangladesh)
Match reduced to 41 overs Singapore v Malaysia Ravi Thambinayagam 29 (32) Marimuthu Muniandy 4/19 (8 overs) Ramesh Menon 56* (95) Aminul Islam 3/23 (9 overs)
Malaysia won by 5 wicketsKirtipur Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy Player of the match: Ramesh Menon (Malaysia)
Match reduced to 39 overs Maldives won by a walk-overLalitpur Umpires: Thammahetti Samarasinghe & Siddiq Khan
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 Team Pld W L A NR NRR Pts Hong Kong 4 3 0 0 1 4.884 7 United Arab Emirates 4 3 0 0 1 4.062 7 Thailand 4 1 2 0 1 -3.044 3 Nepal 4 0 2 0 2 -2.030 2 Japan 4 0 3 0 1 -2.993 1
Match abandoned Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Riazuddin & Udaya Wickremasinghe
Points: Hong Kong 1; United Arab Emirates 1 Match abandoned Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground No 2, Lalitpur Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa & Shyam Bansal
Match abandoned Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Siddiq Khan
Points: Nepal 1; Thailand 1 Japan v Hong Kong Takashi Kato 4* (18) Rahul Sharma 6/3 (5.2 overs)Sada Hussain 13* (9) Ken Wadano 1/18 (1.3 overs)
Hong Kong won by 9 wicketsKirtipur Umpires: Feroz Butt & Udaya Wickremasinghe Player of the match: Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)
United Arab Emirates v Thailand Saeed-al-Saffar 209* (136) Anil Tanwani 2/65 (9 overs)Anil Tanwani 16 (29) Saeed-al-Saffar 4/11 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 292 runsKathmandu Umpires: Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy & Thammahetti Samarasinghe Player of the match: Saeed-al-Saffar (UAE)
Thailand v Hong Kong Chalee Kader 22 (47) Sada Hussain 3/20 (7 overs) Sada Hussain 53 (33) Chalee Kader 2/14 (3 overs)
Hong Kong won by 6 wicketsKathmandu Umpires: Cyril Cooray & (Unknown) Player of the match: Sada Hussain (Hong Kong)
United Arab Emirates v Japan Babar Malik 82 (54) Jummei Hanada 3/52 (7.1 overs) Jummei Hanada 24 (73) Shehzad Altaf 6/13 (10 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 203 runsLalitpur Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash & Thammahetti Samarasinghe Player of the match: Shehzad Altaf (UAE)
Thailand v Japan Colin Devonshire 42 (60) Ken Wadano 3/27 (8 overs) Yoichi Sato 23 (43) Arvinder Singh 4/16 (10 overs)
Thailand won by 45 runsLalitpur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Siddiq Khan Player of the match: Colin Devonshire (Thailand)
United Arab Emirates v Nepal Nasir Siddiqi 61 (102) Dipendra Chaudhary 6/46 (8.4 overs)Rajesh Chaudhary 29 (43) Mohammad Tauqir 5/36 (10 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 94 runsLalitpur Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash & Riazuddin Player of the match: Mohammad Tauqir (UAE)
Nepal v Hong Kong Dipendra Chaudhary 35 (61) Mohammad Zubair 4/38 (10 overs)Rahul Sharma 41* (45) Rajesh Chaudhary 1/18 (3 overs)
Hong Kong won by 6 wicketsLalitpur Umpires: Feroz Butt & Udaya Wickremasinghe Player of the match: Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)
Semi-finals United Arab Emirates v Bangladesh Mahmood Pir Baksh 29 (84) Aminul Islam 3/6 (3.3 overs) Aminul Islam 34 (53) Mohammad Tauqir 3/28 (8 overs)
Bangladesh won by 6 wicketsKirtipur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Cyril Cooray Player of the match: Mohammad Rafique (Bangladesh)
Malaysia v Hong Kong Suresh Singh 48 (88) Stewart Brew 4/38 (8 overs)Rahul Sharma 50 (79) Marimuthu Muniandy 4/11 (6 overs)
Malaysia won by 41 runsKirtipur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Riazuddin Player of the match: Marimuthu Muniandy (Malaysia)
Match reduced to 40 overs Final Malaysia v Bangladesh Rohan Selvaratnam 25 (71) Aminul Islam 3/22 (8 overs)Shahriar Hossain 51 (72) Matthew William 1/5 (3 overs)
Bangladesh won by 8 wicketsKirtipur Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Riazuddin Player of the match: Shahriar Hossain (Bangladesh)
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