# Sri Lanka at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

The 1998 Commonwealth Games were Sri Lanka's 11th appearance in the Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka won two medals and were ranked 27th on the medal table.

## Medals

| | | | | Total |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

### Silver

* Sriyani Kulawansa - Women's 100 m Hurdles, 12.95 s

### Bronze

* Sugath Thilakaratne - Men's 400 m, 44.64 s

## Cricket

South Africa named the below squad for the tournament.

### Roster

* Hashan Tillakaratne (c)
* Mahela Jayawardene (vc)
* Russel Arnold
* Upul Chandana
* Indika de Saram
* Lanka de Silva (wk)
* Indika Gallage
* Avishka Gunawardene
* Chandika Hathurusingha
* Pradeep Hewage
* Suresh Perera
* Thilan Samaraweera
* Mario Villavarayan
* Malinda Warnapura

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sri Lanka men | Men's tournament | Malaysia W by 7 wickets | Jamaica W by 67 runs | Zimbabwe W by 1 wicket | 1 Q | South Africa L by 1 wicket | New Zealand L by 51 runs | 4 |

### Group stage

Group A :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.581 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.887 |
| 3 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.122 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.736 |
* 9 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Malaysia 109 (47.4 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 112/3 (19.4 overs) |
| Rakesh Madhavan 37 Thilan Samaraweera 3/17 (8.4 overs) | | Avishka Gunawardene 43 Ramesh Menon 2/30 (5.4 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Beattie Arlow (NI) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* Suresh Navaratnam (Mas) made his List A debut.
* Marimuthu Muniandy (Mas) played his final List A match.
* Points: Sri Lanka 2, Malaysia 0.
* 12 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 211/5 (50 overs) | v | Jamaica 144/8 (50 overs) |
| Avishka Gunawardene 107 Kirk Powell 1/28 (8 overs) | | Jimmy Adams 34* Russel Arnold 2/17 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 67 runs Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: David Orchard (SA) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
* Jamaica won the toss and elected to field.
* Avishka Gunawardene (SL) scored his maiden List A century.
* Points: Sri Lanka 2, Jamaica 0.
* Jamaica were eliminated as a result of this match.
* 14 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 265/7 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 266/9 (47.2 overs) |
| Alistair Campbell 82 Chandika Hathurusingha 1/34 (10 overs) | | Indika de Saram 75* Pommie Mbangwa 3/49 (8.2 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Sri Lanka 2, Zimbabwe 0.
* Sri Lanka qualified for the semi-finals and Zimbabwe were eliminated as a result of this match.

### Semi-final

* 16 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 130 (44 overs) | v | South Africa 131/9 (47 overs) |
| Avishka Gunawardene 53 (87) Nicky Boje 4/16 (9 overs) | | Michael Rindel 25 (28) Thilan Samaraweera 2/13 (10 overs) |
* South Africa won by 1 wicket Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

### Bronze medal match

* 18 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| New Zealand 212/7 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 161 (44.4 overs) |
| Chris Harris 56* (71) Russel Arnold 1/27 (10 overs) | | Suresh Perera 45 (55) Daniel Vettori 3/33 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 51 runs Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Saleem Badar (Pak)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.