The Emirates Triangular Tournament was a cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 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

Marvan Atapattu

Marvan Samson Atapattu is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain. Towards the end of his career he joined the Indian Cricket League and captained the Delhi Giants...

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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.

Group Stage table

Pos Team P W L NR T Points NRR Net run rate Net Run Rate is a statistic used in the sport of cricket. It is the most commonly used method of separating teams in one-day league competitions, effectively acting as the Cricket equivalent of "goal difference" in football.... 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 +0.220 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 +0.210 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 -0.430	EWLINE   ENG SRI RSA England XXX W 36 runs L 14 runs Sri Lanka L 36 runs XXX W 57 runs South Africa W 14 runs L 57 runs XXX

Table key

P = Games played

W = Games won

L = Games lost

NR = Games with no result

T = Games tied

NRR = Net run rate

Net run rate

Net Run Rate is a statistic used in the sport of cricket. It is the most commonly used method of separating teams in one-day league competitions, effectively acting as the Cricket equivalent of "goal difference" in football....

Points system

Won = 2 points

Lost = 0 points

Tie or No result = 1 point

Standard net run rate rules applied.

Position deciders

The deciding factors, in order, on table position were:

1. Total points
2. Head-to-head result
3. Net run rate

Match 1: South Africa v Sri Lanka

Match 2: England v Sri Lanka

Match 3: England v South Africa

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.

Final

Marvan Atapattu

Marvan Atapattu

Marvan Samson Atapattu is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain. Towards the end of his career he joined the Indian Cricket League and captained the Delhi Giants...

 was named player of the tournament for his 356 run contribution to the victorious Sri Lankan side.

See also

• Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 1998
  Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 1998
  The Sri Lankan cricket team toured England in the 1998 season. On the tour they played 4 first-class matches, 5 List A matches and a single Test match. They also competed in a tri-series tournament against England and South Africa, entitled the Emirates Triangular Tournament. They won the...
  
  
• South African cricket team in England in 1998
  South African cricket team in England in 1998
  The South African cricket team toured England in the 1998 season to play a five-match Test series against England.England won the series 2-1 with two matches drawn after being 1-0 behind with only the last two matches to play....