1998 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.

1998 ACC Trophy

Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	50 overs per side
Tournament format(s)	Round robin with knockouts
Host(s)	Nepal
Champions	Bangladesh (2nd title)
Participants	10 teams
Matches	23/23
Player of the series	Aminul Islam
Most runs	Saeed-al-Saffar (236)
Most wickets	Aminul Islam (14)
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Teams

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

Bangladesh  Malaysia  Maldives  Papua New Guinea  Singapore

Hong Kong  Japan    Nepal  Thailand  United Arab Emirates

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

3 October 1998 (scorecard)

Bangladesh	v	Papua New Guinea

Match abandoned Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy

• Points: Bangladesh 1; Papua New Guinea 1

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3 October 1998 (scorecard)

Maldives	v	Singapore

Match abandoned St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy

• Points: Maldives 1; Singapore 1

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4 October 1998 (scorecard)

Malaysia  156 all out (43.4 overs)	v	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)

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

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5 October 1998 (scorecard)

Bangladesh  239/9 (50 overs)	v	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)

Bangladesh won by 141 runs Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground No 2, Lalitpur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Siddiq Khan Player of the match: Javed Omar (Bangladesh)

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5 October 1998 (scorecard)

Papua New Guinea  157 all out (36.4 overs)	v	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)

Singapore won by 5 wickets Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash & Riazuddin Player of the match: Zubin Shroff (Singapore)

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7 October 1998 (scorecard)

Bangladesh  279/8 (47 overs)	v	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)

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

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7 October 1998 (scorecard)

Malaysia  170 all out (48.5 overs)	v	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)

Malaysia won by 65 runs Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Riazuddin & Udaya Wickremasinghe Player of the match: Kunjiraman Ramadas (Malaysia)

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8 October 1998 (scorecard)

Bangladesh  206/9 (41 overs)	v	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)

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

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8 October 1998 (scorecard)

Singapore  129/9 (39 overs)	v	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)

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

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9 October 1998 (scorecard)

Maldives	v	Papua New Guinea

Maldives won by a walk-over Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur 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.

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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

3 October 1998 (scorecard)

Hong Kong	v	United Arab Emirates

Match abandoned Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Riazuddin & Udaya Wickremasinghe

• Points: Hong Kong 1; United Arab Emirates 1

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3 October 1998 (scorecard)

Nepal	v	Japan

Match abandoned Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground No 2, Lalitpur Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa & Shyam Bansal

• Points: Nepal 1; Japan 1

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4 October 1998 (scorecard)

Nepal	v	Thailand

Match abandoned Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Siddiq Khan

• Points: Nepal 1; Thailand 1

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5 October 1998 (scorecard)

Japan  18 all out (20.2 overs)	v	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)

Hong Kong won by 9 wickets Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Feroz Butt & Udaya Wickremasinghe Player of the match: Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)

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5 October 1998 (scorecard)

United Arab Emirates  364/4 (50 overs)	v	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)

United Arab Emirates won by 292 runs St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu Umpires: Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy & Thammahetti Samarasinghe Player of the match: Saeed-al-Saffar (UAE)

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7 October 1998 (scorecard)

Thailand  125 all out (43 overs)	v	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)

Hong Kong won by 6 wickets St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu Umpires: Cyril Cooray & (Unknown) Player of the match: Sada Hussain (Hong Kong)

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7 October 1998 (scorecard)

United Arab Emirates  273 all out (44.1 overs)	v	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)

United Arab Emirates won by 203 runs Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash & Thammahetti Samarasinghe Player of the match: Shehzad Altaf (UAE)

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8 October 1998 (scorecard)

Thailand  130 all out (36 overs)	v	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)

Thailand won by 45 runs Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Siddiq Khan Player of the match: Colin Devonshire (Thailand)

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8 October 1998 (scorecard)

United Arab Emirates  222 all out (49.4 overs)	v	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)

United Arab Emirates won by 94 runs Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground No 2, Lalitpur Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash & Riazuddin Player of the match: Mohammad Tauqir (UAE)

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9 October 1998 (scorecard)

Nepal    150 all out (38 overs)	v	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)

Hong Kong won by 6 wickets Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Feroz Butt & Udaya Wickremasinghe Player of the match: Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)

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Semi-finals

10 October 1998 (scorecard)

United Arab Emirates  103 all out (46.3 overs)	v	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)

Bangladesh won by 6 wickets Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Cyril Cooray Player of the match: Mohammad Rafique (Bangladesh)

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11 October 1998 (scorecard)

Malaysia  174/9 (40 overs)	v	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)

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

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Final

13 October 1998 (scorecard)

Malaysia  83 all out (37.2 overs)	v	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)

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]
Saeed-al-Saffar	236	Aminul Islam	14
Javed Omar	185	Rahul Sharma	13
Nasir Siddiqi	155	Marimuthu Muniandy	13
Shahriar Hossain	152	Ramesh Menon	10
Aminul Islam	150	Mohammad Tauqir	9