The 1998 ACC Trophy was a cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 tournament in Nepal

Nepal

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, taking place from October 3rd to October 13th in 1998. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council

Asian Cricket Council

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 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

Test cricket

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 in 2000.

Teams

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	A	NR	NRR Net run rate Net Run Rate is a statistic used in the sport of cricket. It is the most commonly used method of separating teams in one-day league competitions, effectively acting as the Cricket equivalent of "goal difference" in football....	Pts
	4	3	0	0	1	2.638	7
	4	3	1	0	0
6
	4	1	2	0	1
3
	4	1	2	0	1
2
	4	0	3	0	1
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Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	A	NR	NRR Net run rate Net Run Rate is a statistic used in the sport of cricket. It is the most commonly used method of separating teams in one-day league competitions, effectively acting as the Cricket equivalent of "goal difference" in football....	Pts
	4	3	0	0	1	4.884	7
	4	3	0	0	1	4.062	7
	4	1	2	0	1
3
	4	0	2	0	2
2
	4	0	3	0	1
1

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Most runs		Most wickets
Saeed-al-Saffar Saeed-Al-Saffar Saeed-al-Saffar is a cricketer who has represented the UAE at international level, most notably in the One Day International the Emirates side played against the Netherlands in Lahore in the 1996 Cricket World Cup...	236	Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Bulbul is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India...	14
Javed Omar Javed Omar Mohammad Javed Omar Belim is a Bangladeshi cricketer who has played Tests and ODI cricket since 1995.On his Test debut in April 2001, he carried his bat for 85 not out becoming only the third player in history to achieve this on debut. The 29 year old opener has gained a reputation for being able...	185	Rahul Sharma	13
Nasir Siddiqi	155	Marimuthu Muniandy Marimuthu Muniandy Marimuthu A Muniandy is a Malaysian former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played for the Malaysia national cricket team between 1990 and 2005.-Early career:...	13
Shahriar Hossain Shahriar Hossain Shahriar Hossain is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 2000 to 2004.He was also one of the members of the inaugural Test for Bangladesh the member of the 1999 World Cup Team.-In Test Matches:...	152	Ramesh Menon Ramesh Menon Ramesh Menon is an Indian author.-Biography:Ramesh Menon was born 1951 in New Delhi. Studied in St Xavier's High School and St. Stephen's College. Lived and worked in Delhi, HongKong, Bangalore, Jakarta and now lives in Kodaikanal . He is the grandson of Pattom Thanu Pillai, former Chief Minister...	10
Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Bulbul is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India...	150	Mohammad Tauqir	9

External links

• CricketArchive tournament page