1999 British Isles Championship (cricket)
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The 1999 British Isles Championship is a cricket
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 tournament that took place in 1999 in Ireland. 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
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 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.

Group stage

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

Fixtures

234-8 defeat 231-8 by 2 Wickets CB XI 236-10 defeat 142-10 by 94 Runs 179-9 defeat CB XI 171-8 by 8 Runs 154-2 defeat 153-10 by 8 wickets 151-4 defeat 149-10 by 6 Wickets CB XI 173-8 defeat 136 by 37 Runs

Result

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