1998 Emirates Triangular Tournament

Infobox cricket series
series=Emirates Triangular Tournament
partof=the Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 1998 and the South African cricket team in England in 1998
date=July 12, 1998 – August 31, 1998
place=England
result=Won by cr|SRI
team1=Cr|England
team2=Cr|South Africa
team3=Cr|Sri Lanka
captain1=Alec Stewart
captain2=Hansie Cronje
captain3=Arjuna Ranatunga
runs1=Knight (370) Hick (328) Atherton (128)
runs2=Symcox (218) Cullinan (144) Rhodes (138)
runs3=Atapattu (356) Kaluwitharana (206) Ranatunga (184)
wickets1=Gough (16) Mullaly (8) Croft (8)
wickets2=Pollock (10) Cronje (8) Donald (8)
wickets3=Muralitharan (12) Wickramasinghe (10) Perera (10)

The Emirates Triangular Tournament was a cricket tri-series involving touring nations Sri Lanka and South Africa against each other and hosts England, in the 1998 international season. Sri Lanka won the tournament by defeating England in the final, thanks to an unbeaten 132 by player of the tournament Marvan Atapattu.

These matches were the first official one day internationals played in England in coloured clothing. England wearing light blue, South Africa in green and Sri Lanka in dark blue.

Group Stage table

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Table key

P = Games played
W = Games won
L = Games lost
NR = Games with no result
T = Games tied
NRR = Net run rate

Points system

Won = 2 points
Lost = 0 points
Tie or No result = 1 point
Standard net run rate rules applied.

Position deciders

The deciding factors, in order, on table position were:
#Total points
#Head-to-head result
#Net run rate

Group Stage matches

Match 1: South Africa v Sri Lanka

Limited overs international
date = August 14
team1 = cr-rt|SRI
score1 = 258 (47.5 overs)
score2 = 201 (49 overs)
team2 = cr|RSA
runs1 = Arjuna Ranatunga 58 (91)
wickets1 = Shaun Pollock 3/54 (8.5 overs)
runs2 = Pat Symcox 58 (87)
Jonty Rhodes 54 (49)
wickets2 = Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3/20 (7 overs)
Kumar Dharmasena 3/41 (10 overs)
result = cr|SRI won by 57 runs
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/66/66338.html (scorecard)]
venue = Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England
umpires = Barry Dudleston (ENG) and Peter Willey (ENG)
motm = Pramodya Wickramasinghe (SRI)
rain =

Match 2: England v Sri Lanka

Limited overs international
date = August 16
team1 = cr-rt|ENG
score1 = 247 (49.3 overs)
score2 = 211 (49.3 overs)
team2 = cr|SRI
runs1 = Graeme Hick 86 (97)
Alec Stewart 51 (67)
wickets1 = Sanath Jayasuriya 3/36 (10 overs)
runs2 =
Darren Gough 3/51 (10 overs)
wickets2 =
result = cr|ENG won by 36 runs
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/66/66342.html (scorecard)]
venue = Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England
umpires = Mervyn Kitchen (ENG) and Ken Palmer (ENG)
motm = Graeme Hick (ENG)
rain =

Match 3: England v South Africa

Limited overs international
date = August 18
team1 = cr-rt|RSA
score1 = 244/7 (50 overs)
score2 = 230 (48.5 overs)
team2 = cr|ENG
runs1 = Pat Symcox 51 (39)
wickets1 = Darren Gough 3/43 (10 overs)
runs2 = Nick Knight 74 (114)
Graeme Hick 64 (72)
wickets2 =
result = cr|RSA won by 14 runs
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/66/66344.html (scorecard)]
venue = Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England
umpires = John Holder (WIN) and George Sharp (ENG)
motm = Pat Symcox (RSA)
rain =

Because England and Sri Lanka had the best run rates, they were ranked as the top two teams. England beat Sri Lanka and finished top of the group. South Africa's run rate meant they missed out on the final, despite having beaten England, and that a better run rate than Sri Lanka would have put them top of the table.

Final

Limited overs international
date = August 20
team1 = cr-rt|ENG
score1 = 256/8 (50 overs)
score2 = 260/5 (47.1 overs)
team2 = cr|SRI
runs1 = Nick Knight 94 (136)
Mike Atherton 64 (73)
wickets1 = Muttiah Muralitharan 5/34 (10 overs)
runs2 = Marvan Atapattu 132* (151)
Romesh Kaluwitharana 68 (77)
wickets2 =
result = cr|SRI won by 5 wickets
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/66/66362.html (scorecard)]
venue = Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England
umpires = David Constant (ENG) and David Shepherd (ENG)
motm = Muttiah Muralitharan (SRI)
rain =

Marvan Atapattu was named player of the tournament for his 356 run contribution to the victorious Sri Lankan side.

References

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1998_ENG_Emirates_Triangular_Tournament_1998.html CricketArchive]
** [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/ENG/Emirates_Triangular_Tournament_1998/Team_Averages.html CricketArchive: ODI series averages]
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998/OD_TOURNEYS/ETT/ Cricinfo]

ee also

*Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 1998
*South African cricket team in England in 1998