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| Part of the Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 1998 and the South African cricket team in England in 1998 |
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| England | South Africa | Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||
| Captains | |||||||||||||||||
| Alec Stewart | Hansie Cronje | Arjuna Ranatunga | |||||||||||||||
| Most runs | |||||||||||||||||
| Knight (370) Hick (328) Atherton (128) |
Symcox (218) Cullinan (144) Rhodes (138) |
Atapattu (356) Kaluwitharana (206) Ranatunga (184) |
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| Most wickets | |||||||||||||||||
| Gough (16) Mullaly (8) Croft (8) |
Pollock (10) Cronje (8) Donald (8) |
Muralitharan (12) Wickramasinghe (10) Perera (10) |
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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.
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P = Games played
W = Games won
L = Games lost
NR = Games with no result
T = Games tied
NRR = Net run rate
Won = 2 points
Lost = 0 points
Tie or No result = 1 point
Standard net run rate rules applied.
The deciding factors, in order, on table position were:
| August 14 (scorecard) |
Sri Lanka 258 (47.5 overs) |
v | South Africa 201 (49 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 57 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: Barry Dudleston (ENG) and Peter Willey (ENG) Player of the match: Pramodya Wickramasinghe (SRI) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga 58 (91) Shaun Pollock 3/54 (8.5 overs) |
Pat Symcox 58 (87) Jonty Rhodes 54 (49) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3/20 (7 overs) Kumar Dharmasena 3/41 (10 overs) |
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| August 16 (scorecard) |
England 247 (49.3 overs) |
v | Sri Lanka 211 (49.3 overs) |
England won by 36 runs Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen (ENG) and Ken Palmer (ENG) Player of the match: Graeme Hick (ENG) |
| Graeme Hick 86 (97) Alec Stewart 51 (67) Sanath Jayasuriya 3/36 (10 overs) |
Darren Gough 3/51 (10 overs) |
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| August 18 (scorecard) |
South Africa 244/7 (50 overs) |
v | England 230 (48.5 overs) |
South Africa won by 14 runs Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England Umpires: John Holder (WIN) and George Sharp (ENG) Player of the match: Pat Symcox (RSA) |
| Pat Symcox 51 (39) Darren Gough 3/43 (10 overs) |
Nick Knight 74 (114) Graeme Hick 64 (72) |
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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.
| August 20 (scorecard) |
England 256/8 (50 overs) |
v | Sri Lanka 260/5 (47.1 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England Umpires: David Constant (ENG) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SRI) |
| Nick Knight 94 (136) Mike Atherton 64 (73) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/34 (10 overs) |
Marvan Atapattu 132* (151) Romesh Kaluwitharana 68 (77) |
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Marvan Atapattu was named player of the tournament for his 356 run contribution to the victorious Sri Lankan side.