British Isles Championship

The Triple Crown Tournament was a cricket competition staged annually from 1993 to 2001 between the Home Nations; that is to say Ireland, Scotland, Wales and a team representing England. England were not represented by the professional English cricket team, but rather by an England Amateur XI in 1993 and 1994, by an England National Cricket Association XI in 1995 and 1996, and an England Cricket Board XI from 1997 onwards.

Matches were one-day affairs, and were 55 overs a side in the first three tournaments, but 50 overs thereafter. Although internationals, they are considered ''minor matches'', that is, games without the List A status granted to more important one-day competitions. The venue for the tournament rotated around the four competing nations, with England hosting the first competition.

In the nine years of the competition, Scotland were by some way the most successful team, winning five titles compared with three for England, one for Ireland and none for Wales.

List of tournaments

1993 British Isles Championship

The 1993 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1993 in England. It was an initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. The tournament was won by England NCA while Ireland came second. It was the first of 9 such tournaments held which was later replaced with European Cricket Championship

Teams

* NCA (England Amateur XI)
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Group stage

Fixtures

* defeat by 5 wickets
* NCA defeat by 9 wickets
* defeat NCA by 13 Runs
* defeat by 6 Runs
* defeat by 15 Runs
* NCA defeat

Result

National Cricket Academy won the tournament winning on Run Rate. came second in the tournament

1994 British Isles Championship

The 1994 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1994 in Scotland. It was an initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. The tournament was won by Scotland while England NCA came second. It was the second of 9 such tournaments held which was later replaced with European Cricket Championship

Teams

* NCA (England Amateur XI)
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Group stage

Fixtures

* NCA defeat by 9 wickets
* defeat
* defeat by 34 Runs
* NCA defeat
* defeat by 15 Runs
* defeat NCA by losing fewer wickets (scores level)

Result

won the tournament winning on Run Rate. National Cricket Academy came second in the tournament

1995 British Isles Championship

The 1995 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1995 in Northern Ireland. It was a continuation of the initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. The tournament was won by Scotland while England NCA came second. It was the third of 9 such tournaments held which was later replaced with European Cricket Championship and Scotland won the second successive title

Teams

* NCA (England Amateur XI)
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Group stage

Fixtures

* defeat by 6 wickets
* defeat NCA by 6 wickets
* defeat in a Bowl-out
* NCA defeat in a Bowl-out
* NCA defeat by 1 Run
* defeat by 6 Wickets

Result

won the tournament for the second time. It was a first time a team won on points and not Run Rate. National Cricket Academy came second in the tournament

1996 British Isles Championship

The 1996 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1996 in Wales. 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

* NCA (England Amateur XI)
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Group stage

Fixtures

* defeat by 5 wickets
* NCA defeat by 9 wickets
* defeat by 7 wickets
* NCA defeat by 16 runs
* defeat NCA by 7 wickets
* defeat by 4 Wickets

Result

won the tournament for the first time. They won on points and Net Run Rate. National Cricket Academy came second in the tournament for a third time in a row

1997 British Isles Championship

The 1997 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1997 in England. This was the fifth tournament initiated to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. The tournament was won by Scotland while England Cricket Board XI came second. This tournament was later replaced with European Cricket Championship. This was the first appearance for England CB XI who replaced England NCA for future tournaments

Teams

* Cricket Board XI
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Group stage

Fixtures

* CB XI 351-5 defeat 130-10 by 221 Runs
* 218-6 defeat 199-10 by 19 Runs
* CB XI 209-10 defeat 190-10 by 19 Runs
* 246-6 defeat 245-5 by 1 Run
* 186-9 lost to in a Bowl-Out 0-4
* defeat CB XI in a Bowl-Out 3-2

Result

won the tournament winning for a record third time. CB XI came second in the tournament.

1998 British Isles Championship

The 1998 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1998 in Scotland. It was second time Scotland hosted this initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. The tournament was won by England CB XI while Scotland came second. It was the first win for ECB XI who had replaced England NCA in the last tournament. This tournament was replaced after 2001 with the European Cricket Championship.

Teams

* CB XI
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Group stage

Fixtures

* 160-9 defeat 151-10 by 9 Runs
* CB XI 271-5 defeat 127-10 by 144 Runs
* 164-9 lost to 167-7 by 3 Wickets
* 171-9 defeat CB XI 167-9 by 4 Runs
* CB XI 204-8 defeat 202-8 by 2 Runs
* 224-6 defeat 207-10 by 17 Runs

Result

CB XI won the tournament winning on Run Rate for the first time. came second in the tournament

1999 British Isles Championship

The 1999 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 1999 in Ireland. It was a continuation of the initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles and first time hosted by Ireland. Ireland who have a combined team for North and South Ireland, last time hosted the tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The tournament was won by Scotland while England CB XI came second. The tournaments which was later replaced with European Cricket Championship was won by Scotland for a record fourth time. It was the first time in this tournament that Wales did not finish at the bottom.

Teams

* CB XI
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Group stage

Fixtures

* 234-8 defeat 231-8 by 2 Wickets
* CB XI 236-10 defeat 142-10 by 94 Runs
* 179-9 defeat CB XI 171-8 by 8 Runs
* 154-2 defeat 153-10 by 8 wickets
* 151-4 defeat 149-10 by 6 Wickets
* CB XI 173-8 defeat 136 by 37 Runs

Result

won the tournament for a record fourth time. CB XI came second in the tournament. It was a first time did not finish last but came third.

2000 British Isles Championship

The 2000 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 2000 in Wales. It was second time hosted by Wales as a continuation of the initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. The tournament was won by Scotland while Ireland came second. The tournament which was later replaced with European Cricket Championship was won by Scotland for a record fifth time. It was the worst performance for a team representing who finished at the bottom without winning any matches. It was also the first time that tournament had 2 tied matches based on bowl-out. Also this tournament had just 1 complete match, 1 partial match and rest 4 were decided in a bowl-out. A bowl-out happened in case the match was washed out.

Teams

* CB XI
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Group stage

Fixtures

* tied with in a bowl out
* defeat CB XI on Run Rate
* tied with in a bowl out
* defeat in a bowl out
* defeat by 157 Runs
* defeat in a bowl out

Result

won the tournament for record fifth time. came second in the tournament. CB XI produced the worst performance for a team representing England though their all 3 matches were rain affected.

2001 British Isles Championship

The 2001 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 2001 in England. This was the last of the nine tournaments initiated to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. This tournament was later replaced with European Cricket Championship. The tournament marked the comeback of England Cricket Board XI who won it after the previous tournament when they came last. Scotland came second. The busy schedule for Scotland and Ireland who now were ICC members meant that having future tournaments was not possible. ECB initiated the process where these teams could play in the county championship besides the ICC-Europe tournaments.

Teams

* Cricket Board XI
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Group stage

Fixtures

* CB XI beat by 32 runs
14 August, Arundel Castle

ECB XI 214-10 (P Bryson 66, S Chapman 56, R Howitt 54, P Hoffmann 5-34)

Scotland 182-10 (C Smith 42, B Patterson 39, I Parkin 3-60)
* beat by 2 wickets
14 August, Horsham

Ireland 149-10 (A Patterson 39, P Jenkins 3-24, K Bell 3-29)

Wales 150-8 (A Jones 45)
* beat by 6 wickets
15 August

Wales 120-10 (S Morris 28, P Hoffmann 2-15, G Maiden 2-24, C Wright 2-26)

Scotland 121-4 (C Smith 35, C Wright 21*)
* CB XI beat by 6 wickets
15 August, Stirlands

Ireland 109-10 (D Joyce 43, C Batt 3-14, M Sharp 3-15)

ECB XI 111-4
* beat by 3 wickets
16 August, East Grinstead

Ireland 211 (P Davy 53, A Patterson 36, C Wright 3-35)

Scotland 214-7 (G Maiden 79*, C Wright 45*, A McCoubrey 3-17, J McGonigle 3-22)
* CB XI beat by 102 runs
16 August, Brighton

ECB XI 213-6 (C Amos 65, P Bryson 50, S Foster 38)

Wales 111-10 (M Sharp 3-15, S Chapman 3-18, I Parkin 3-19)

Result

CB XI won the tournament winning for second time making a comeback from the disastrous last tournament where they were win less. came second in the tournament.

Winners

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