1996 British Isles Championship

1996 British Isles Championship or 1996 Triple Crown Tournament
Administrator(s) English Cricket Board
Cricket format Limited overs cricket
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Host(s) Wales Wales
Champions Republic of Ireland Ireland (1st title)
Participants 4
Matches played 6
Official website Cricket Europe

The 1996 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1996 in Wales.[1] It was a continuation of the initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. The tournament was won by Ireland while England NCA came second. It was the fourth of 9 such tournaments held which was later replaced with European Cricket Championship. Ireland won the tournament for the first time and it was their first title in multi-nation cricket tournament.

Teams

Group stage

Team P W L T NR Points
 Ireland 3 2 1 0 0 4
 England NCA 3 2 1 0 0 4
 Scotland 3 1 2 0 0 2
 Wales 3 1 2 0 0 2

Fixtures

Result

 Ireland won the tournament for the first time. They won on points and not Run Rate.  England National Cricket Academy came second in the tournament for a third time in a row

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/1996/TOURNAMENTS/TRIPLECROWN/about.shtml
  2. ↑