2001 British Isles Championship (cricket)
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The 2001 British Isles Championship is a cricket
tournament that took place in 2001 in England. This was the last of the nine tournaments initiated to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. This tournament was later replaced with European Cricket Championship
. The tournament marked the comeback of England Cricket Board XI who won it after the previous tournament when they came last. Scotland came second. The busy schedule for Scotland and Ireland who now were ICC members meant that having future tournaments was not possible. ECB initiated the process where these teams could play in the county championship besides the ICC-Europe tournaments.
14 August, Arundel Castle
ECB XI 214-10 (P Bryson 66, S Chapman 56, R Howitt 54, P Hoffmann 5-34)
Scotland 182-10 (C Smith 42, B Patterson 39, I Parkin 3-60)
beat by 2 wickets
14 August, Horsham
Ireland 149-10 (A Patterson 39, P Jenkins 3-24, K Bell 3-29)
Wales 150-8 (A Jones 45)
beat by 6 wickets
15 August
Wales 120-10 (S Morris 28, P Hoffmann 2-15, G Maiden 2-24, C Wright 2-26)
Scotland 121-4 (C Smith 35, C Wright 21*)
CB XI beat by 6 wickets
15 August, Stirlands
Ireland 109-10 (D Joyce 43, C Batt 3-14, M Sharp 3-15)
ECB XI 111-4
beat by 3 wickets
16 August, East Grinstead
Ireland 211 (P Davy 53, A Patterson 36, C Wright 3-35)
Scotland 214-7 (G Maiden 79*, C Wright 45*, A McCoubrey 3-17, J McGonigle 3-22)
CB XI beat by 102 runs
16 August, Brighton
ECB XI 213-6 (C Amos 65, P Bryson 50, S Foster 38)
Wales 111-10 (M Sharp 3-15, S Chapman 3-18, I Parkin 3-19)
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 that took place in 2001 in England. This was the last of the nine tournaments initiated to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. This tournament was later replaced with European Cricket Championship
European Cricket Championship
The European Cricket Championship is a group of various tournaments in which national cricket sides throughout Europe compete. The tournament is designed to encourage and develop the best players in countries where cricket is not a major sport and Europe's only Test cricket playing country,...
. The tournament marked the comeback of England Cricket Board XI who won it after the previous tournament when they came last. Scotland came second. The busy schedule for Scotland and Ireland who now were ICC members meant that having future tournaments was not possible. ECB initiated the process where these teams could play in the county championship besides the ICC-Europe tournaments.
Group stage
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB XI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fixtures
CB XI beat by 32 runs14 August, Arundel Castle
ECB XI 214-10 (P Bryson 66, S Chapman 56, R Howitt 54, P Hoffmann 5-34)
Scotland 182-10 (C Smith 42, B Patterson 39, I Parkin 3-60)
beat by 2 wickets
14 August, Horsham
Ireland 149-10 (A Patterson 39, P Jenkins 3-24, K Bell 3-29)
Wales 150-8 (A Jones 45)
beat by 6 wickets
15 August
Wales 120-10 (S Morris 28, P Hoffmann 2-15, G Maiden 2-24, C Wright 2-26)
Scotland 121-4 (C Smith 35, C Wright 21*)
CB XI beat by 6 wickets
15 August, Stirlands
Ireland 109-10 (D Joyce 43, C Batt 3-14, M Sharp 3-15)
ECB XI 111-4
beat by 3 wickets
16 August, East Grinstead
Ireland 211 (P Davy 53, A Patterson 36, C Wright 3-35)
Scotland 214-7 (G Maiden 79*, C Wright 45*, A McCoubrey 3-17, J McGonigle 3-22)
CB XI beat by 102 runs
16 August, Brighton
ECB XI 213-6 (C Amos 65, P Bryson 50, S Foster 38)
Wales 111-10 (M Sharp 3-15, S Chapman 3-18, I Parkin 3-19)