# Jamaica at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Jamaica competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 to 21 September 1998. It was Jamaica's 12th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

## Medalists

The following Jamaican competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Dinsdale Morgan | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
| Gold | Davian Clarke Greg Haughton Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Gold | Sandie Richards | Athletics | Women's 400 metres |
| Gold | Gillian Russell | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles |
| Silver | Juliet Campbell | Athletics | Women's 200 metres |
| Silver | Donnette Brown Juliet Campbell Gillian Russell Brigitte Foster | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 metres relay |

## Cricket

Jamaica named the below squad for the tournament.

### Roster

* Jimmy Adams (c)
* Gareth Breese
* Andre Coley (wk)
* Ryan Cunningham
* Leon Garrick
* Wavell Hinds
* Nehemiah Perry
* Kirk Powell
* Tony Powell
* O'Neil Richards
* Robert Samuels
* Audley Sanson
* Laurie Williams
* Carl Wright

### 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 |
| Jamaica men | Men's tournament | Zimbabwe L by 6 wickets | Sri Lanka L by 67 runs | Malaysia W by 6 wickets | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | 10 |

### 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
| Jamaica 142 (38.2 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 144/4 (36.4 overs) |
| Tony Powell 41 Grant Flower 2/5 (4 overs) | | Craig Evans 55* (43) Laurie Williams 2/42 (9.4 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* Andre Coley and O'Neil Richards (Jam) both made their List A debut.
* Points: Zimbabwe 2, Jamaica 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
| Malaysia 83 (48.3 overs) | v | Jamaica 87/4 (21 overs) |
| Ramesh Menon 19 Ryan Cunningham 4/13 (10 overs) | | Tony Powell 20* Suresh Navaratnam 2/23 (6 overs) |
* Jamaica won by 6 wickets Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Ismail Khan (Mas) and Saleem Badar (Pak)
* Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Carl Wright and Ryan Cunningham (Jam) both made their List A debut.
* Audley Sanson (Jam) played his only List A match.
* Rakesh Madhavan, David Thalalla, Ramesh Menon, Suresh Navaratnam, Matthew William, Kunjiraman Ramadas, Rohan Selvaratnam, Siswanto Haidi, Shankar Retinam, Rohan Suppiah, Chew Pok Cheong (Mas) and O'Neil Richards (Jam) all played their final List A match.
* Points: Jamaica 2, Malaysia 0.