1998 NatWest Trophy
Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format |
(60 overs per innings) |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Lancashire (7th title) |
Participants | 32 |
Matches played | 30 |
Most runs | 218 Justin Langer (Middlesex) |
Most wickets | 15 Peter Martin (Lancashire) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1998 NatWest Trophy was the 18th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1998.[1] The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Derbyshire County Cricket Club by 9 wickets in the final at Lord's. This was the final version of the tournament to be played with 60 overs per side.
Format
The 18 first-class counties, were joined by eleven Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Devon, Dorset, Herefordshire, Norfolk, Staffordshire and Wales Minor Counties. The Ireland national cricket team, Scotland national cricket team and the Netherlands national cricket team also participated. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 5 September 1998.
First round
24, 25 June 1998 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 315/5 (60 overs) |
v |
Devon 154 all out (45.3 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
24, 25 June 1998 (scorecard) |
Glamorgan 373/7 (60 overs) |
v |
Bedfordshire 225 all out (54.3 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
24, 25 June 1998 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 266/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Northamptonshire 246 all out (57.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
24, 25 June 1998 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 210 all out (51.3 overs) |
v |
Sussex 162 all out (54.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
24 June 1998 (scorecard) |
Netherlands 117 all out (49.2 overs) |
v |
Somerset 120/0 (17.4 overs) |
Mike Burns 84* |
24, 25 June 1998 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 258/7 (60 overs) |
v |
Wales Minor Counties 169/9 (60 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
24, 25 June 1998 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire 302/5 (60 overs) |
v |
Ireland 261/8 (60 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
5, 6 September 1998 (scorecard) |
Derbyshire 108 all out (36.4 overs) |
v |
Lancashire 109/1 (30.2 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
References
- ↑ "NatWest Trophy, 1998 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 June 2010.