1999 British Isles Championship

1999 British Isles Championship or 1999 Triple Crown Tournament
Administrator(s) English Cricket Board
Cricket format Limited overs cricket
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Host(s) Republic of Ireland Ireland
Champions Scotland Scotland (4th title)
Participants 4
Matches played 6
Official website Cricket Europe

The 1999 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1999 in Ireland.[1] It was a continuation of the initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles and first time hosted by Ireland. Ireland who have a combined team for North and South Ireland, last time hosted the tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The tournament was won by Scotland while England CB XI came second. The tournaments which was later replaced with European Cricket Championship was won by Scotland for a record fourth time. It was the first time in this tournament that Wales did not finish at the bottom.

Teams

Group stage

Team P W L T NR Points
 Scotland 3 3 0 0 0 12
 England CB XI 3 2 1 0 0 8
 Wales 3 1 2 0 0 4
 Ireland 3 0 3 0 0 0

Fixtures

Result

 Scotland won the tournament for a record fourth time.  England CB XI came second in the tournament. It was a first time  Wales did not finish last but came third.

References

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