# Zimbabwe at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Zimbabwe competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 to 21 September 1998. It was Zimbabwe's 9th and penultimate appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

## Medalists

The following Zimbabwean competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Evan Stewart | Diving | Men's 1 metre springboard |
| Gold | Roy Garden | Lawn bowls | Men's singles |
| Bronze | Ken Harnden | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
| Bronze | Julia Sakara | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres |
| Bronze | Samukeliso Moyo | Athletics | Women's 5000 metres |

## Cricket

Zimbabwe named the below squad for the tournament.

### Roster

* Alistair Campbell (c)
* Eddo Brandes
* Gary Brent
* Craig Evans
* Andy Flower (wk)
* Grant Flower
* Murray Goodwin
* Adam Huckle
* Pommie Mbangwa
* Mluleki Nkala
* Paul Strang
* Heath Streak
* Andy Whittall
* Craig Wishart

### 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 |
| Zimbabwe men | Men's tournament | Jamaica W by 6 wickets | Malaysia W by 221 runs | Sri Lanka L by 1 wicket | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |

### 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
| Zimbabwe 309/9 (50 overs) | v | Malaysia 88 (35.5 overs) |
| Andy Flower 70 Jeevandran Nair 3/53 (10 overs) | | David Thalalla 17* Mluleki Nkala 3/6 (4 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 221 runs Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and Syed Mahabubullah (Ban)
* Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
* Andy Flower (Zim) scored his 4,000th List A run.
* Santhara Vello and Jeevandran Nair (Mas) both played their final List A match.
* Points: Zimbabwe 2, Malaysia 0.
* Malaysia 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.