# 1998 ACC Trophy

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:
| Bangladesh  Malaysia  Maldives  Papua New Guinea  Singapore | Hong Kong  Japan  Nepal  Thailand  United Arab Emirates |

## Group stages

The top two from each group qualified for the semi-finals.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | A | NR | NRR | Pts |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.638 | 7 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.269 | 6 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -0.880 | 3 |
| Maldives | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1.396 | 2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -0.901 | 1 |
* 3 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Bangladesh | v | Papua New Guinea |
* Match abandoned Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy
* Points: Bangladesh 1; Papua New Guinea 1
* 3 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Maldives | v | Singapore |
* Match abandoned St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy
* Points: Maldives 1; Singapore 1
* 4 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Malaysia 156 all out (43.4 overs) | v | Maldives 69/4 (26 overs) |
| Rohan Selvaratnam 37 (56) Hassan Ibrahim 3/19 (9 overs) | | Mohammad Aflah 25 (73) Ramesh Menon 3/10 (9 overs) |
* Malaysia won on faster scoring rate St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa & Feroz Butt Player of the match: Hassan Ibrahim (Maldives)
* Match reduced to 45 overs
* 5 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Bangladesh 239/9 (50 overs) | v | Malaysia 98 all out (31.5 overs) |
| Javed Omar 81 (142) Siswanto Haidi 3/54 (7 overs) | | Ramesh Menon 20 (32) Aminul Islam 4/15 (8.5 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 141 runs Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground No 2, Lalitpur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Siddiq Khan Player of the match: Javed Omar (Bangladesh)
* 5 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Papua New Guinea 157 all out (36.4 overs) | v | Singapore 158/5 (43.1 overs) |
| Aukuma Noka 58 (52) Rex Martens 3/41 (7.4 overs) | | Zubin Shroff 51 (82) John Ovia 2/19 (10 overs) |
* Singapore won by 5 wickets Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash & Riazuddin Player of the match: Zubin Shroff (Singapore)
* 7 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Bangladesh 279/8 (47 overs) | v | Singapore 158/8 (47 overs) |
| Faruk Ahmed 58 (74) Ravi Thambinayagam 3/22 (4 overs) | | Zubin Shroff 73* (132) Aminul Islam 3/23 (9 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 121 runs Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy Player of the match: Aminul Islam (Bangladesh)
* Match reduced to 47 overs
* 7 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Malaysia 170 all out (48.5 overs) | v | Papua New Guinea 105 all out (27.4 overs) |
| Kunjiraman Ramadas 54 (74) John Ovia 3/27 (10 overs) | | Keimelo Vuivagi 26 (25) Suresh Navaratnam 3/18 (5 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 65 runs Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Riazuddin & Udaya Wickremasinghe Player of the match: Kunjiraman Ramadas (Malaysia)
* 8 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Bangladesh 206/9 (41 overs) | v | Maldives 104 all out (29.3 overs) |
| Javed Omar 47 (90) Ahmed Amir 4/20 (6 overs) | | Mohammad Aflah 26 (33) Hasibul Hossain 4/35 (5.3 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 102 runs St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa & Feroz Butt Player of the match: Hasibul Hossain (Bangladesh)
* Match reduced to 41 overs
* 8 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Singapore 129/9 (39 overs) | v | Malaysia 132/5 (34.2 overs) |
| Ravi Thambinayagam 29 (32) Marimuthu Muniandy 4/19 (8 overs) | | Ramesh Menon 56* (95) Aminul Islam 3/23 (9 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 5 wickets Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy Player of the match: Ramesh Menon (Malaysia)
* Match reduced to 39 overs
* 9 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Maldives | v | Papua New Guinea |
* Maldives won by a walk-over Pulchok Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Thammahetti Samarasinghe & Siddiq Khan
* Papua New Guinea left Nepal on October 8, as otherwise they would have had to wait for another week to catch the next flight available.

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | A | NR | NRR | Pts |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.884 | 7 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.062 | 7 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -3.044 | 3 |
| Nepal | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2.030 | 2 |
| Japan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -2.993 | 1 |
* 3 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Hong Kong | v | United Arab Emirates |
* Match abandoned Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Riazuddin & Udaya Wickremasinghe
* Points: Hong Kong 1; United Arab Emirates 1
* 3 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Nepal | v | Japan |
* Match abandoned Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground No 2, Lalitpur Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa & Shyam Bansal
* Points: Nepal 1; Japan 1
* 4 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Nepal | v | Thailand |
* Match abandoned Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Siddiq Khan
* Points: Nepal 1; Thailand 1
* 5 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Japan 18 all out (20.2 overs) | v | Hong Kong 22/1 (2.3 overs) |
| Takashi Kato 4* (18) Rahul Sharma 6/3 (5.2 overs) | | Sada Hussain 13* (9) Ken Wadano 1/18 (1.3 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 9 wickets Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Feroz Butt & Udaya Wickremasinghe Player of the match: Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)
* 5 October 1998 (scorecard)
| United Arab Emirates 364/4 (50 overs) | v | Thailand 72 all out (32 overs) |
| Saeed-al-Saffar 209* (136) Anil Tanwani 2/65 (9 overs) | | Anil Tanwani 16 (29) Saeed-al-Saffar 4/11 (4 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 292 runs St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu Umpires: Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy & Thammahetti Samarasinghe Player of the match: Saeed-al-Saffar (UAE)
* 7 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Thailand 125 all out (43 overs) | v | Hong Kong 126/4 (13.3 overs) |
| Chalee Kader 22 (47) Sada Hussain 3/20 (7 overs) | | Sada Hussain 53 (33) Chalee Kader 2/14 (3 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 6 wickets St Xavier's School Ground, Kathmandu Umpires: Cyril Cooray & (Unknown) Player of the match: Sada Hussain (Hong Kong)
* 7 October 1998 (scorecard)
| United Arab Emirates 273 all out (44.1 overs) | v | Japan 70 all out (29.1 overs) |
| Babar Malik 82 (54) Jummei Hanada 3/52 (7.1 overs) | | Jummei Hanada 24 (73) Shehzad Altaf 6/13 (10 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 203 runs Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash & Thammahetti Samarasinghe Player of the match: Shehzad Altaf (UAE)
* 8 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Thailand 130 all out (36 overs) | v | Japan 85 all out (34.3 overs) |
| Colin Devonshire 42 (60) Ken Wadano 3/27 (8 overs) | | Yoichi Sato 23 (43) Arvinder Singh 4/16 (10 overs) |
* Thailand won by 45 runs Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Siddiq Khan Player of the match: Colin Devonshire (Thailand)
* 8 October 1998 (scorecard)
| United Arab Emirates 222 all out (49.4 overs) | v | Nepal 128 all out (38.1 overs) |
| Nasir Siddiqi 61 (102) Dipendra Chaudhary 6/46 (8.4 overs) | | Rajesh Chaudhary 29 (43) Mohammad Tauqir 5/36 (10 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 94 runs Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground No 2, Lalitpur Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash & Riazuddin Player of the match: Mohammad Tauqir (UAE)
* 9 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Nepal 150 all out (38 overs) | v | Hong Kong 154/4 (28.1 overs) |
| Dipendra Chaudhary 35 (61) Mohammad Zubair 4/38 (10 overs) | | Rahul Sharma 41* (45) Rajesh Chaudhary 1/18 (3 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 6 wickets Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Feroz Butt & Udaya Wickremasinghe Player of the match: Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)

## Semi-finals

* 10 October 1998 (scorecard)
| United Arab Emirates 103 all out (46.3 overs) | v | Bangladesh 106/4 (32 overs) |
| Mahmood Pir Baksh 29 (84) Aminul Islam 3/6 (3.3 overs) | | Aminul Islam 34 (53) Mohammad Tauqir 3/28 (8 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 6 wickets Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Cyril Cooray Player of the match: Mohammad Rafique (Bangladesh)
* 11 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Malaysia 174/9 (40 overs) | v | Hong Kong 133 all out (36.4 overs) |
| Suresh Singh 48 (88) Stewart Brew 4/38 (8 overs) | | Rahul Sharma 50 (79) Marimuthu Muniandy 4/11 (6 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 41 runs Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Riazuddin Player of the match: Marimuthu Muniandy (Malaysia)
* Match reduced to 40 overs

## Final

* 13 October 1998 (scorecard)
| Malaysia 83 all out (37.2 overs) | v | Bangladesh 85/2 (21.2 overs) |
| Rohan Selvaratnam 25 (71) Aminul Islam 3/22 (8 overs) | | Shahriar Hossain 51 (72) Matthew William 1/5 (3 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 8 wickets Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Cyril Cooray & Riazuddin Player of the match: Shahriar Hossain (Bangladesh)

## Statistics

| Most runs | Most runs | Most wickets | Most wickets |
| 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 |