1998-99 Asian Test Championship

Infobox cricket tournament
name = 1998-99 Asian Test Championship


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administrator = Asian Cricket Council
cricket format = Test
tournament format = Round robin and final
host = cr|BAN
cr|IND
cr|PAK
cr|SRI
champions = cr|PAK
count = 1st
participants = 3
matches = 4
attendance =
player of the series =
most runs = flagicon|SRI M. Jayawardene (297)
most wickets =flagicon|PAK Wasim Akram (15)The first Asian Test Championship, organized by the Asian Cricket Council was held between 14 February and 17 March 1999. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/74734.html] Asian Test Championship from Feb 14 to March 17 (24 December 1998) 24 December 1998 by Peter Christie] India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka competed in the tournament; Bangladesh could not compete because the ICC had not granted them Test status. This tournament was considered to be the predecessor to the Test Cricket World Cup that the ICC was planning for the 9 member nations. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/74734.html] Asian Test Championship from Feb 14 to March 17 (24 December 1998) 24 December 1998 by Peter Christie] The tournament was almost canceled in January 1999 due to tour conflicts, television rights and security concerns. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/80425.html] Asian Test Championship: Pakistan to opt out if tour is cancelled 13 January 1999 By Our Sports Reporter] [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/80018.html] Asian Test championships may be called off AFP] [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/80017.html] Fate of Asian Test event still hangs in balance By Our Special Representative]

Three round-robin tournament matches were played with each country meeting each other once and the top two sides playing a final. A win was worth 12 points, a tie 6 points and no points were awarded for a draw or loss. In addition to this, bonus points were awarded to teams for bowling and batting performances (see Scoring system). The venues of the round robin matches were rotated between the three countries: Calcutta, Colombo and Lahore, while the final was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a neutral venue.

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 175 in the final to become the first Asian Test Champions and received US$ 250,000 in prize money. Sri Lanka, the losing finalists, were awarded US$ 145,000, and India, the losers of the first round, US$ 100,000. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/79324.html] Inaugural Asian Test championships 11 February 1999 Sa'adi Thawfeeq] 'Man of the Series', IND v cr|PAK 16 - 10 February 1999

First Class Matches
batting first

batting first = Pakistan
first innings score of first team = 185
overs in first innings of first team = 76.2
Highest scorer for first innings of first team = Moin Khan
Highest scorer for first innings of first team initial form = M Khan
Highest score for first innings of first team = 70
Highest score for first innings of first team balls faced = 207
Best bowler in first innings of first team = Javagal Srinath
Best bowler in first innings of first team initial form = J Srinath
Best bowler in first innings of first team figures = 5/46

second innings score of first team = 316
overs in second innings of first team = 99
Highest scorer for second innings of first team = Saeed Anwar
Highest scorer for second innings of first team initial form = S Anwar
Highest score for second innings of first team = 188
Highest score for second innings of first team balls faced = 259
Best bowler in second innings of first team = Javagal Srinath
Best bowler in second innings of first team initial form = J Srinath
Best bowler in second innings of first team figures = 8/86

batting second

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batting second = India
first innings score of second team = 223
overs in first innings of second team = 76.2
Highest scorer for first innings of second team = Sadagoppan_Ramesh
Highest scorer for first innings of second team initial form = S Ramesh
Highest score for first innings of second team = 79
Highest score for first innings of second team balls faced = 176
Best bowler in first innings of second team = Shoaib Akhtar
Best bowler in first innings of second team initial form = S Akhtar
Best bowler in first innings of second team figures = 4/71

second innings score of second team = 232
overs in second innings of second team = 79.1
Highest scorer for second innings of second team = VVS Laxman
Highest scorer for second innings of second team initial form = VVS Laxman
Highest score for second innings of second team = 67
Highest score for second innings of second team balls faced = 119
Best bowler in second innings of second team = Shoaib Akhtar
Best bowler in second innings of second team initial form = S Akhtar
Best bowler in second innings of second team figures = 4/47

winning team = Pakistan
win margin = 46 runs
stadium = Eden Gardens
city = Calcutta
country = India
umpire1 = Steve Bucknor
umpire1 initial form = SA Bucknor
umpire1 country = West Indies cricket team
umpire1 country short form = WI
umpire2 = Dave Orchard
umpire2 initial form = DL Orchard
umpire2 country = South Africa
umpire2 country short form = SA
MOTM = Saeed Anwar (PAK) and Javagal Srinath
MOTM initial form =
MOTM country = IND
MOTM ctry short form =

Final: cr|PAK v cr|SRI 12 - 16 March 1999

First Class Matches
batting first

batting first = Sri Lanka
first innings score of first team = 231
overs in first innings of first team = 78
Highest scorer for first innings of first team = Aravinda de Silva
Highest scorer for first innings of first team initial form = A de Silva
Highest score for first innings of first team = 72
Highest score for first innings of first team balls faced = 164
Best bowler in first innings of first team = Arshad Khan
Best bowler in first innings of first team initial form = A Khan
Best bowler in first innings of first team figures = 5/38

second innings score of first team = 188
overs in second innings of first team = 65.3
Highest scorer for second innings of first team = Hashan Tillakaratne
Highest scorer for second innings of first team initial form = HP Tillakaratne
Highest score for second innings of first team = 55
Highest score for second innings of first team balls faced = 152
Best bowler in second innings of first team = Wasim Akram
Best bowler in second innings of first team initial form = W Akram
Best bowler in second innings of first team figures = 3/33

batting second

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batting second = Pakistan
first innings score of second team = 594
overs in first innings of second team = 184.5
Highest scorer for first innings of second team = Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer)
Highest scorer for first innings of second team initial form = I Ahmed
Highest score for first innings of second team = 211
Highest score for first innings of second team balls faced = 372
Best bowler in first innings of second team = Upul Chandana
Best bowler in first innings of second team initial form = U Chandana
Best bowler in first innings of second team figures = 6/179

second innings score of second team = 0/0
overs in second innings of second team = 0
Highest scorer for second innings of second team = -
Highest scorer for second innings of second team initial form = -
Highest score for second innings of second team = 0
Highest score for second innings of second team balls faced = 0
Best bowler in second innings of second team = -
Best bowler in second innings of second team initial form = -
Best bowler in second innings of second team figures = 0/0

winning team = Pakistan
win margin = an innings and 175 runs
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium
city = Dhaka
country = Bangladesh
umpire1 = David Shepherd (umpire)
umpire1 initial form = DR Shepherd
umpire1 country = England
umpire1 country short form = WI
umpire2 = Doug Cowie (umpire)
umpire2 initial form = DB Cowie
umpire2 country = New Zealand
umpire2 country short form = NZ
MOTM = Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer)
MOTM initial form = I Ahmed
MOTM country = Pakistan
MOTM ctry short form = PAK

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