The 1998 ACC Trophy was a cricket tournament in Nepal, taking place from 3 October to 13 October 1998. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council 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 in 2000.
Teams The teams were separated into two groups of five. The following teams took part in the tournament:
Group stages The top two from each group qualified for the semi-finals.
Group A TeamPldWLANRNRRPts430012.638743100–0.269641201–0.880341201–1.396240301–0.9011source=Cricinfo
Group B TeamPldWLANRNRRPts430014.8847430014.062741201–3.044340202–2.030240301–2.9931source=Cricinfo
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Most runs1998 ACC Trophy batting records Most wickets1998 ACC Trophy bowling records Saeed-al-Saffar 236 Aminul Islam 14 Javed Omar 185 Rahul Sharma 13 Nasir Siddiqi 155 Marimuthu Muniandy 13 Shahriar Hossain 152 Ramesh Menon 10 Aminul Islam 150 Mohammad Tauqir 9
References
External links CricketArchive tournament page