The 1998 ICC KnockOut trophy (officially known as Wills International Cup)[1] was a One Day Internationalcricket tournament held in Bangladesh. It was the first tournament apart from the World Cups to involve all Test-playing nations. New Zealand defeated Zimbabwe in a pre-quarter-final match to qualify for the main knockout stage. Future editions of this tournament are now known as the ICC Champions Trophy. Appearing in their only major tournament final, South Africa defeated the West Indies in the final to win the event. This tournament was inaugurated on the basis of FIFA Confederations Cup where the best teams from their respected confederations compete against each other but in this case the top teams in the ICC ODI Championship compete with each other.[2]
The ICC conceived the idea of a short cricket tournament to raise funds for the development of the game in non-test playing countries.[3] The tournament, later dubbed as the mini-World Cup as it involved all of the full members of the ICC, was planned as a knock-out tournament so that it was short and did not reduce the value and importance of the World Cup.[citation needed]
Venueedit
The ICC decided to award the tournament to Bangladesh to promote the game in that nation. Bangladesh did not participate as they were not a test playing nation at that time despite winning the 1997 ICC Trophy and qualifying for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. One of the worst ever floods of the region[4] threatened to ruin the tournament. However, the tournament eventually went ahead and the Bangladesh Cricket Board promised to donate 10% of the gate money to the Prime Minister's Fund for flood relief.[5]
Fixturesedit
The tournament was held in a direct knock-out format and involved all of the test playing countries of the time. There were 9 countries eligible which meant that 2 countries would play a qualifier knockout to determine the final 8 teams. Initially, it was announced that the 9 teams would be ranked according to the 1996 Cricket World Cup seedings. However, the draw that was eventually released appeared to have been tweaked in favour of some of the teams with larger followings[6] and saw New Zealand play Zimbabwe in order to qualify for the main draw.[7]
All nine Test cricket nations participated in the tournament.[8][9] The teams could name a preliminary squad of 30, but only 14-man squads were permitted for the actual tournament, one month before the start of the tournament.[10][11]
The first semi-final was played between South Africa and Sri Lanka on 30 October 1998 in Dhaka. On the rainy day, the match was initially reduced to 39 overs per innings. South Africa batted first and scored 240 runs for 7 wickets. Jacques Kallis scored 113 not out runs from 100 balls. The second innings was further reduced by 5 overs and the revising target was 224 runs in 34 overs. Sri Lanka scored 132 all out in 23.1 overs. Sanath Jayasuriya was Sri Lanka's highest run-scorer with 22 runs. South Africa won the match by 92 runs applying the Duckworth–Lewis method. Kallis was awarded the man of the match for his performance.[12][13]
West Indies played India in the second semi-final of the tournament on 31 October 1998 in Dhaka. India won the toss and decided to bat first. They scored 242 runs for 6 wickets in 50 overs, including Sourav Ganguly's 83 runs from 116 balls. Dillon finished with 3 wickets for 38 runs in 8 overs. West Indies started their innings aggressively, reaching 100 runs in 15 overs. They achieved the target in 47 overs losing 4 wickets. Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored 74 runs in the West Indian innings. Dillon was named the man of the match.[14][15]
The final of the inaugural edition was played between South Africa and West Indies on 1 November 1998 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka. After losing the toss, West Indies were invited to bat, and scored 245 runs in 49.3 overs. Kallis took 5 wickets conceding 30 runs in 7.3 overs. South Africa achieved the target in 47 overs losing 6 wickets, with Hansie Cronje and Mike Rindel scoring 61 not out and 49 runs respectively. Kallis scored 37 runs, and was named the man of the match for his performance. He also received the man of the tournament award.[16][17] With this victory, South Africa won the inaugural edition of the ICC KnockOut Trophy.
^"The Mini World Cup, 1998–99 – When cricket really was the winner". Cricinfo, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 2000. from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
^"Wisden – Wills International Cup, 1998–99 – 1st semi final: South Africa v Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
^"Wills International Cup, 1998–99 – first semi-final – South Africa v Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
^"Wisden – Wills International Cup, 1998–99 – 2nd semi final: West indies v India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
^"Wills International Cup, 1998–99 – second semi-final – West indies v India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
^"Wisden – Wills International Cup, 1998–99 – Final: South Africa v West indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
^"Wills International Cup, 1998–99 – Final – West indies v India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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The 1998 ICC KnockOut trophy officially known as Wills International Cup 1 was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Bangladesh It was the first tournament apart from the World Cups to involve all Test playing nations New Zealand defeated Zimbabwe in a pre quarter final match to qualify for the main knockout stage Future editions of this tournament are now known as the ICC Champions Trophy Appearing in their only major tournament final South Africa defeated the West Indies in the final to win the event This tournament was inaugurated on the basis of FIFA Confederations Cup where the best teams from their respected confederations compete against each other but in this case the top teams in the ICC ODI Championship compete with each other 2 1998 ICC KnockOut TrophyAdministrator s International Cricket CouncilCricket formatOne Day InternationalTournament format s KnockoutHost s BangladeshChampions South Africa 1st title Runners up West IndiesParticipants9Matches8Player of the series South Africa Jacques KallisMost runs West Indies Philo Wallace 221 Most wickets South Africa Jacques Kallis 8 Official websiteICC Cricinfo Tournament website2000 Contents 1 History 2 Venue 3 Fixtures 4 Squads 5 Results 5 1 Preliminary match 5 2 Quarter finals 5 3 Semi finals 5 4 Final 6 Statistics 6 1 Team totals 6 1 1 Highest team totals 6 2 Batting 6 2 1 Most runs in the tournament 6 2 2 Highest average in the tournament 6 2 3 Highest individual scores 6 2 4 Highest partnerships 7 References 8 External linksHistory editThe ICC conceived the idea of a short cricket tournament to raise funds for the development of the game in non test playing countries 3 The tournament later dubbed as the mini World Cup as it involved all of the full members of the ICC was planned as a knock out tournament so that it was short and did not reduce the value and importance of the World Cup citation needed Venue editThe ICC decided to award the tournament to Bangladesh to promote the game in that nation Bangladesh did not participate as they were not a test playing nation at that time despite winning the 1997 ICC Trophy and qualifying for the 1999 Cricket World Cup One of the worst ever floods of the region 4 threatened to ruin the tournament However the tournament eventually went ahead and the Bangladesh Cricket Board promised to donate 10 of the gate money to the Prime Minister s Fund for flood relief 5 Fixtures editThe tournament was held in a direct knock out format and involved all of the test playing countries of the time There were 9 countries eligible which meant that 2 countries would play a qualifier knockout to determine the final 8 teams Initially it was announced that the 9 teams would be ranked according to the 1996 Cricket World Cup seedings However the draw that was eventually released appeared to have been tweaked in favour of some of the teams with larger followings 6 and saw New Zealand play Zimbabwe in order to qualify for the main draw 7 Squads editMain article 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy squads All nine Test cricket nations participated in the tournament 8 9 The teams could name a preliminary squad of 30 but only 14 man squads were permitted for the actual tournament one month before the start of the tournament 10 11 Results edit Preliminary match 24 October Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka nbsp Zimbabwe258 7 nbsp New Zealand260 5 Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 25 October Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka nbsp South Africa283 4 30 October Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka nbsp England281 7 nbsp South Africa240 7 26 October Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka nbsp Sri Lanka132 10 nbsp New Zealand188 10 1 November Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka nbsp Sri Lanka191 5 nbsp South Africa248 6 28 October Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka nbsp West Indies245 10 nbsp India307 8 31 October Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka nbsp Australia263 10 nbsp India242 6 29 October Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka nbsp West Indies245 4 nbsp West Indies289 9 nbsp Pakistan259 9 Preliminary match edit 24 October 1998 D N Scorecard Zimbabwe nbsp 258 7 50 overs v nbsp New Zealand260 5 50 overs Alistair Campbell 100 143 Geoff Allott 3 54 8 overs Stephen Fleming 96 130 Andy Whittall 1 35 8 overs New Zealand won by 5 wicketsBangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka Bangladesh Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Peter Willey Eng Player of the match Stephen Fleming NZ New Zealand qualified for the main tournament as a result of winning this preliminary match Quarter finals edit 25 October 1998 Scorecard England nbsp 281 7 50 overs v nbsp South Africa283 4 46 4 overs Adam Hollioake 83 91 Jacques Kallis 3 48 10 overs Daryll Cullinan 69 70 Graeme Hick 1 28 7 overs South Africa won by 6 wicketsBangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka Bangladesh Umpires Steve Dunne NZ and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Ind Player of the match Daryll Cullinan SA 26 October 1998 Scorecard New Zealand nbsp 188 10 49 5 overs v nbsp Sri Lanka191 5 41 3 overs Adam Parore 54 87 Muttiah Muralitharan 3 31 10 overs Arjuna Ranatunga 90 116 Simon Doull 2 17 5 overs Sri Lanka won by 5 wicketsBangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka Bangladesh Umpires David Shepherd Eng and Peter Willey Eng Player of the match Arjuna Ranatunga SL 28 October 1998 Scorecard India nbsp 307 8 50 overs v nbsp Australia263 10 48 1 overs Sachin Tendulkar 141 128 Michael Kasprowicz 3 71 9 overs Mark Waugh 74 79 Sachin Tendulkar 4 38 9 1 overs India won by 44 runsBangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka Bangladesh Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Steve Dunne NZ Player of the match Sachin Tendulkar Ind 29 October 1998 Scorecard West Indies nbsp 289 9 50 overs v nbsp Pakistan259 9 50 overs Philo Wallace 79 58 Wasim Akram 3 55 10 overs Ijaz Ahmed 51 64 Keith Arthurton 4 31 10 overs West Indies won by 30 runsBangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka Bangladesh Umpires Dave Orchard SA and David Shepherd Eng Player of the match Keith Arthurton WI Semi finals edit The first semi final was played between South Africa and Sri Lanka on 30 October 1998 in Dhaka On the rainy day the match was initially reduced to 39 overs per innings South Africa batted first and scored 240 runs for 7 wickets Jacques Kallis scored 113 not out runs from 100 balls The second innings was further reduced by 5 overs and the revising target was 224 runs in 34 overs Sri Lanka scored 132 all out in 23 1 overs Sanath Jayasuriya was Sri Lanka s highest run scorer with 22 runs South Africa won the match by 92 runs applying the Duckworth Lewis method Kallis was awarded the man of the match for his performance 12 13 West Indies played India in the second semi final of the tournament on 31 October 1998 in Dhaka India won the toss and decided to bat first They scored 242 runs for 6 wickets in 50 overs including Sourav Ganguly s 83 runs from 116 balls Dillon finished with 3 wickets for 38 runs in 8 overs West Indies started their innings aggressively reaching 100 runs in 15 overs They achieved the target in 47 overs losing 4 wickets Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored 74 runs in the West Indian innings Dillon was named the man of the match 14 15 30 October 1998 Scorecard South Africa nbsp 240 7 39 overs v nbsp Sri Lanka132 10 23 4 overs Jacques Kallis 113 100 Nuwan Zoysa 2 34 6 overs Sanath Jayasuriya 22 17 Steve Elworthy 3 21 4 overs South Africa won by 92 runs D L method Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka Bangladesh Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Ind Player of the match Jacques Kallis SA The start of the match was delayed by rain and it was reduced to 39 overs a side Further rain during the innings interval resulted in the revised D L target of 224 in 34 overs 31 October 1998 Scorecard India nbsp 242 6 50 overs v nbsp West Indies245 4 47 overs Saurav Ganguly 83 116 Mervyn Dillon 3 38 8 overs Shivnarine Chanderpaul 74 74 Sachin Tendulkar 2 29 10 overs West Indies won by 6 wicketsBangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka Bangladesh Umpires Dave Orchard SA and David Shepherd Eng Player of the match Mervyn Dillon WI Final edit Main article 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy Final The final of the inaugural edition was played between South Africa and West Indies on 1 November 1998 at Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka After losing the toss West Indies were invited to bat and scored 245 runs in 49 3 overs Kallis took 5 wickets conceding 30 runs in 7 3 overs South Africa achieved the target in 47 overs losing 6 wickets with Hansie Cronje and Mike Rindel scoring 61 not out and 49 runs respectively Kallis scored 37 runs and was named the man of the match for his performance He also received the man of the tournament award 16 17 With this victory South Africa won the inaugural edition of the ICC KnockOut Trophy 1 November 1998 Scorecard West Indies nbsp 245 10 49 3 overs v nbsp South Africa248 6 47 overs Philo Wallace 103 102 Jacques Kallis 5 30 7 3 overs Hansie Cronje 61 77 Phil Simmons 2 45 8 overs South Africa won by 4 wicketsBangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka Umpires Steve Dunne NZ and Peter Willey Eng Player of the match Jacques Kallis SA South Africa won the toss and elected to field This is the only senior ICC event won by South Africa to date Statistics editTeam totals edit Highest team totals edit Highest team total 250 plus Score Overs Country Opponent Venue Date 307 8 50 0 nbsp India nbsp Australia Bangabandhu National Stadium 28 October 1998 289 9 50 0 nbsp West Indies nbsp Pakistan Bangabandhu National Stadium 29 October 1998 283 4 46 4 nbsp South Africa nbsp England Bangabandhu National Stadium 25 October 1998 281 7 50 0 nbsp England nbsp South Africa Bangabandhu National Stadium 25 October 1998 263 10 48 1 nbsp Australia nbsp India Bangabandhu National Stadium 28 October 1998 260 5 50 0 nbsp New Zealand nbsp Zimbabwe Bangabandhu National Stadium 24 October 1998 259 9 50 0 nbsp Pakistan nbsp West Indies Bangabandhu National Stadium 29 October 1998 258 7 50 0 nbsp Zimbabwe nbsp New Zealand Bangabandhu National Stadium 24 October 1998 Batting edit Most runs in the tournament edit Most runs in the tournament Top 5 players Player Country M I NO Total HS Avg S R 100s 50s Philo Wallace nbsp West Indies 3 3 0 221 103 73 66 107 80 1 1 Jacques Kallis nbsp South Africa 3 3 1 164 113 82 00 95 34 1 0 Shivnarine Chanderpaul nbsp West Indies 3 3 0 150 74 50 00 75 37 0 1 Sachin Tendulkar nbsp India 2 2 0 149 141 74 50 104 92 1 0 Hansie Cronje nbsp South Africa 3 3 1 148 67 74 00 90 79 0 2 Source Cricinfo Highest average in the tournament edit Highest average in the tournament Top 5 players minimum 50 runs Player Country M I NO Total HS Avg S R 100s 50s Alistair Campbell nbsp Zimbabwe 1 1 0 100 100 100 00 69 93 1 0 Arjuna Ranatunga nbsp Sri Lanka 2 2 1 94 90 94 00 75 80 0 1 Jacques Kallis nbsp South Africa 3 3 1 164 113 82 00 95 34 1 0 Andy Flower nbsp Zimbabwe 1 1 0 77 77 77 00 96 25 0 1 Robin Singh nbsp India 2 2 1 76 73 76 00 116 92 0 1 Source Cricinfo Highest individual scores edit Highest individual scores Top 5 players Player Country Runs Balls S R 4s 6s Opponent Venue Date Sachin Tendulkar nbsp India 141 128 110 15 13 3 nbsp Australia Bangabandhu National Stadium 28 October 1998 Jacques Kallis nbsp South Africa 113 100 113 00 5 5 nbsp Sri Lanka Bangabandhu National Stadium 30 October 1998 Philo Wallace nbsp West Indies 103 102 100 98 11 5 nbsp South Africa Bangabandhu National Stadium 1 November 1998 Alistair Campbell nbsp Zimbabwe 100 143 69 93 7 1 nbsp New Zealand Bangabandhu National Stadium 24 October 1998 Stephen Fleming nbsp New Zealand 96 130 73 84 3 1 nbsp Zimbabwe Bangabandhu National Stadium 24 October 1998 Source Cricinfo Highest partnerships edit Highest partnerships Top 10 Runs Balls RR Wicket Players Country Opponent Venue Date 140 140 6 00 3rd Rahul Dravid amp Sachin Tendulkar nbsp India nbsp Australia Bangabandhu National Stadium 28 October 1998 132 114 6 94 4th Ajay Jadeja amp Sachin Tendulkar nbsp India nbsp Australia Bangabandhu National Stadium 28 October 1998 127 155 4 91 4th Romesh Kaluwitharana amp Arjuna Ranatunga nbsp Sri Lanka nbsp New Zealand Bangabandhu National Stadium 26 October 1998 125 147 5 10 4th Stephen Fleming amp Adam Parore nbsp New Zealand nbsp Zimbabwe Bangabandhu National Stadium 24 October 1998 118 165 4 29 4th Alistair Campbell amp Andy Flower nbsp Zimbabwe nbsp New Zealand Bangabandhu National Stadium 24 October 1998 117 97 7 23 4th Hansie Cronje amp Jonty Rhodes nbsp South Africa nbsp England Bangabandhu National Stadium 25 October 1998 113 116 5 84 1st Daryll Cullinan amp Michael Rindel nbsp South Africa nbsp England Bangabandhu National Stadium 25 October 1998 112 144 4 66 6th Neil Fairbrother amp Adam Hollioake nbsp England nbsp South Africa Bangabandhu National Stadium 25 October 1998 109 87 7 51 2nd Shivnarine Chanderpaul amp Philo Wallace nbsp West Indies nbsp Pakistan Bangabandhu National Stadium 29 October 1998 94 101 5 58 2nd Ricky Ponting amp Mark Waugh nbsp Australia nbsp India Bangabandhu National Stadium 28 October 1998 Source CricinfoReferences 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