1998 Nidahas Trophy
The 1998 Nidahas Trophy, known as the Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was a One Day International cricket tournament staged in Sri Lanka between 19 June and 7 July 1998, to commemorate the 50 years of Sri Lanka's independence and Sri Lanka Cricket, known then as the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, the governing body of cricket in Sri Lanka.[1]
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| Date | 19 June – 7 July 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The competition involved Sri Lanka, India and New Zealand. Each team played every other team three times, and the two teams with most points progressed to the final. The event was marred by rain, with five of the nine qualifying matches abandoned. Sri Lanka won three matches while India won one in the group stage, before India won the final beating the former by 6 runs[2]. Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva who scored 368 runs was named player of the series.[3]
Round-robin
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | Pts | NRR |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | +0.623 |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | +0.320 |
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | –1.429 |
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Matches
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Suresh Perera (SL) made his ODI debut.
- Points: India 2, Sri Lanka 0.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Niroshan Bandaratilleke made his ODI debut.
- Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0.
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play at 20:20, with four balls short of what was required for a result. India was set a target of 147 in 25 overs.
- Points: India 1, New Zealand 1
25 June Scorecard |
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- No toss made.
- The match abandoned due to a waterlogged ground from overnight rain and heavy rain at 10:00 in the morning.
- Points Sri Lanka 1, India 1
27 June Scorecard |
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- No toss made.
- The match was abandoned due to persistent rain.
- Points: Sri Lanka 1, New Zealand 1.
29 June Scorecard |
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- No toss made.
- The match was abandoned after umpires decided that clearing the wet outfield that followed the rain would not be ready by 13:30 to play 25 overs per side to constitute a match.
- Points: India 1, New Zealand 1.
1 July Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- The start was delayed by three hours due to rain reducing the match to 36 overs per side.
- Sri Lanka 2, India 0.
3 July Scorecard |
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Persistent rain after 31.1 overs into New Zealand's innings led to abandonment of match.
- Points India 1, New Zealand 1.
5 July Scorecard |
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Points Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0.
Final
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly (Ind) broke the record for highest partnership for the first wicket in ODIs (252 runs),[8] before the pair bettered it in 2001.[9]
- Sachin Tendulkar passed 7,000 runs in ODIs.[8] He equalled Desmond Haynes' (WI) record for most centuries in ODIs (17).[3]
- India won the 1998 Nidahas Trophy.
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References
- de Silva, A. C. (24 May 1998). "Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy commemorates two land marks". Daily News. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv2L402e06w
- "Records in a tizzy as India lift Independence Cup". The Indian Express. 8 July 1998. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- "Suresh Perera new cap in Sri Lanka Team". Daily News. ESPN Cricinfo. 18 June 1998. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (17 June 1998). ""Sri Lanka and New Zealand are tough opponents" - Gaekwad". Daily News. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- "New Zealand Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- "Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- "Final, Sri Lanka v India 1997-1998". Wisden. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- "India storm into final with 186-run win over Kenya". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
External links
- Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy at ESPN Cricinfo
- Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy 1998 at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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