1996 British Isles Championship

1996 British Isles Championship or 1996 Triple Crown Tournament

Administrator(s)	English Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Wales
Champions	Ireland (1st title)
Participants	4
Matches played	6
Official website	Cricket Europe

The 1996 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1996 in Wales.^[1] It was a continuation of the initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. The tournament was won by Ireland while England NCA came second. It was the fourth of 9 such tournaments held which was later replaced with European Cricket Championship. Ireland won the tournament for the first time and it was their first title in multi-nation cricket tournament.

Teams

•  England NCA (England Amateur XI)
•  Ireland
•  Scotland
•  Wales^[2]

Group stage

Team P W L T NR Points  Ireland 3 2 1 0 0 4  England NCA 3 2 1 0 0 4  Scotland 3 1 2 0 0 2  Wales 3 1 2 0 0 2 Fixtures  Ireland defeat  Wales by 5 wickets  England NCA defeat  Scotland by 9 wickets  Scotland defeat  Ireland by 7 wickets  England NCA defeat  Wales by 16 runs  Ireland defeat  England NCA by 7 wickets  Scotland defeat  Wales by 4 Wickets Result  Ireland won the tournament for the first time. They won on points and Net Run Rate.  England National Cricket Academy came second in the tournament for a third time in a row References ↑ http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/1996/TOURNAMENTS/TRIPLECROWN/about.shtml ↑ British Isles Championship Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001