# Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Cricket was included in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia. This was the only time cricket was played at a Commonwealth Games until a women's tournament was included in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Matches were played over 50 overs, and had List A status rather than full One Day Internationals. As is normal at the multisports events, the Caribbean islands that entered participated as separate nations, not as the combined West Indies team. Indeed, the Games were the first occasion on which an Antigua and Barbuda side competed at a senior level. Northern Ireland also entered, this occurrence being noteworthy because Irish cricket is usually represented by an all-island Irish cricket team.
Sixteen teams entered the competition, including seven of the nine then Test-playing nations: West Indies did not enter as mentioned above, while England declined to send a team at all, on the grounds that the September date chosen clashed with other fixtures such as the end of the County Championship.
The strength of the teams that were entered varied somewhat. Strong squads including seasoned Test and ODI players were fielded by the three nations that eventually won medals: Bronze medalists New Zealand with Stephen Fleming and Daniel Vettori, silver medalists Australia with Steve and Mark Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Damien Fleming and Darren Lehmann and gold medalists South Africa with Shaun Pollock, Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini, Mark Boucher, and Herschelle Gibbs. India and Pakistan sent weakened teams as a result of a clash with the 1998 'Friendship' Cup, although India still named Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and VVS Laxman in its Commonwealth team while Pakistan included Shoaib Akhtar and Arshad Khan. Other notable cricketers who took part in the Commonwealth tournament included Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene, Zimbabwe's Andy Flower and the West Indies' Curtly Ambrose and Richie Richardson, playing for their home country of Antigua and Barbuda under the Commonwealth format.

## Schedule

The competition schedule for the cricket tournament was as follows:
Schedule :
| DateEvent | Wed 9 | Wed 9 | Thu 10 | Thu 10 | Fri 11 | Fri 11 | Sat 12 | Sat 12 | Sun 13 | Sun 13 | Mon 14 | Mon 14 | Tues 15 | Tues 15 | Wed 16 | Wed 16 | Thu 17 | Thu 17 | Fri 18 | Fri 18 | Sat 19 | Sat 19 |
| Men | G | G | G | G | | | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | 1⁄2 | 1⁄2 | 1⁄2 | 1⁄2 | B | B | F | F |
Two days of matches were played before the opening ceremony on Friday 11 September. All matches began at 10:00 am with the lunch interval scheduled between 1:30 and 2:15 pm and the afternoon session running until 5:45 pm, with the exception of the bronze medal match which began 30 minutes earlier. Sunday 20 September was designated as a reserve day.

## Qualification

The first slot of the 16 team tournament was made up the hosts Malaysia. The 9 full members of International Cricket Council at the time were invited to participate with all accepting save for England who declined due the Games clashing with the final two rounds of the 1998 County Championship. The West Indies were represented by the Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados and Jamaica. Trinidad and Tobago declined the invitation to participate, whilst Guyana, finalists at the 1997–98 Red Stripe Bowl, was a late withdrawal due to financial reasons.
The final five slots were determined by the final placings in the 1997 ICC Trophy also played in Malaysia 18 months prior. The first three teams were Bangladesh, who would go on to achieve ICC full member status in 2000, Kenya and Scotland. All three teams also achieved a berth in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. The Irish cricket team finish fourth, but with the team representing all of Ireland, Northern Ireland was given the slot. Denmark and the Netherlands, two non-Commonwealth nations finished fifth and sixth so the final place with was achieved by Canada who finished seventh.
Qualification :
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |

## Venues

A total of six venues were used for the tournament, with all matches being played on turf wickets. Only the 13 matches that were played the Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex and Tenaga National Sports Complex were broadcast.
Venues :
| PKNS Sports Complex | Rubber Research Institute Ground | Tenaga National Sports Complex |
| Petaling Jaya | Shah Alam | Kuala Lumpur |
| Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 5,000 |
| Royal Selangor ClubKelab AmanPKNS Sports ComplexVictoria InstitutionTenaga National Sports ComplexRubber Research Institute Ground |||
| Kelab Aman | Victoria Institution | Royal Selangor Club |
| Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur |
| Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 1,000 | Capacity: 1,000 |

## Squads

The following squads were named ahead of the tournament:
Squads :
| Antigua and Barbuda | Australia | Bangladesh | Barbados | Canada | India | Jamaica | Kenya |
| Dave Joseph (c) Curtly Ambrose Hamish Anthony Eldine Baptiste Kenny Benjamin Winston Benjamin Wilden Cornwall Ridley Jacobs (wk) Sylvester Joseph Anthony Lake Richie Richardson Ian Tittle Earl Waldron Hayden Walsh | Steve Waugh (c) Mark Waugh (vc) Michael Bevan Andy Bichel Damien Fleming Adam Gilchrist (wk) Brendon Julian Michael Kasprowicz Darren Lehmann Damien Martyn Glenn McGrath Tom Moody Ricky Ponting Gavin Robertson Brad Young | Akram Khan (c) Faruque Ahmed Hasibul Hossain Shahriar Hossain Aminul Islam Azam Iqbal Morshed Ali Khan Khaled Mahmud Khaled Mashud (wk) Mohammad Rafique Mushfiqur Rahman Naimur Rahman Shafiuddin Ahmed | Philo Wallace (c) Henderson Bryan Sherwin Campbell Pedro Collins Vasbert Drakes Ottis Gibson Adrian Griffith Ryan Hinds Roland Holder Ricky Hoyte (wk) Mark Lavine Winston Reid Floyd Reifer Horace Walrond | Ingleton Liburd (c) George Codrington Muneeb Diwan Derick Etwaroo Joseph Harris Nigel Isaacs Davis Joseph Paul Prashad Brian Rajadurai Danny Ramnarais (wk) Barry Seebaran Sanjayan Thuraisingam Anand Varadarajan | Ajay Jadeja (c) Anil Kumble (vc) Nikhil Chopra Rohan Gavaskar Harbhajan Singh Gagan Khoda Amay Khurasiya VVS Laxman Paras Mhambrey Debashish Mohanty M. S. K. Prasad (wk) Rahul Sanghvi Robin Singh Sachin Tendulkar | 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 | Aasif Karim (c) Sandip Gupta Edward Mboya Hitesh Modi Thomas Odoyo Maurice Odumbe Kennedy Otieno (wk) Ravindu Shah Tony Suji Martin Suji Steve Tikolo Alpesh Vadher |
| Malaysia | New Zealand | Northern Ireland | Pakistan | Scotland | South Africa | Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe |
| Ramesh Menon (c) Chew Pok Cheong Siswanto Haidi Rakesh Madhavan Marimuthu Muniandy Jeevandran Nair Suresh Navaratnam Venu Ramadass Shankar Retinam (wk) Rohan Selvaratnam Rohan Suppiah David Thalalla Santhara Vello Matthew William | Stephen Fleming (c) Geoff Allott Nathan Astle Mark Bailey Matthew Bell Chris Drum Chris Harris Matt Horne Craig McMillan Dion Nash Shayne O'Connor Adam Parore (wk) Daniel Vettori Paul Wiseman | Alan Rutherford (c & wk) Neil Anderson Neil Carson Gordon Cooke Dekker Curry Ryan Eagleson Peter Gillespie Derek Heasley Kyle McCallan Paul McCrum Gary Neely Andrew Patterson Mark Patterson Stephen Smyth | Arshad Khan (c) Kashif Ahmed Basit Ali Asif Mahmood Shoaib Akhtar Saleem Elahi Suleman Huda Mohammad Hussain Mohammad Javed Taimur Khan Shahid Nazir Javed Qadeer (wk) Akhtar Sarfraz Azhar Shafiq Wajahatullah Wasti | George Salmond (c) Mike Allingham John Blain James Brinkley Stephen Crawley Alec Davies (wk) Nick Dyer Douglas Lockhart Drew Parsons Bruce Patterson Keith Sheridan Ian Stanger Greig Williamson Craig Wright | Shaun Pollock (c) Paul Adams Adam Bacher Dale Benkenstein Nicky Boje Mark Boucher (wk) Derek Crookes Alan Dawson Steve Elworthy Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hudson Jacques Kallis Lance Klusener Makhaya Ntini Michael Rindel Henry Williams | 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 | 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 |
Prior to the Games, Glenn McGrath was ruled out of Australia's squad due to injury with Andy Bichel named as his replacement. Basit Ali withdrew from the Pakistani squad after his brother suffered a heart attack. Wajahatullah Wasti was named as his replacement. Lance Klusener withdrew from the South African squad after sustaining an ankle injury during the third Test of South Africa's tour of England in July. Adam Bacher was also unavailable for the Games, suffering an injury to his shoulder. They were replaced by Alan Dawson and Andrew Hudson, respectively.
Players who were unavailable for selection include New Zealand paceman Simon Doull due to a groin strain, Australian leg spinner Shane Warne due to a shoulder injury and New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns due to knee surgery.

## Officials

A total of 16 umpires and 6 match referees were selected for the tournament.
Officials :
| Umpires | Umpires | Match Referees |
| Javed Akhtar (Pakistan) | Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) | Ebrahim Braima Isaccs (South Africa) |
| Beattie Arlow (Ireland) | Syed Mahabubullah (Bangladesh) | John Reid (New Zealand) |
| Saleem Badar (Pakistan) | Subhash Modi (Kenya) | Hanumant Singh (India) |
| Nizam Baksh (Canada) | Eddie Nicholls (West Indies) | Cammie Smith (West Indies) |
| Steve Bucknor (West Indies) | David Orchard (South Africa) | Peter van der Merwe (South Africa) |
| K.T. Francis (Sri Lanka) | V. K. Ramaswamy (India) | Sidath Wettimuny (Sri Lanka) |
| Darrell Hair (Australia) | William Smith (Scotland) |
| Ismail Khan (Malaysia) | Russell Tiffin (Zimbabwe) |

## Draw

The 16 teams were divided into four groups of four on a seeded basis in May 1998. Initially, the draw was as follows:
Group A :
* Team
* Sri Lanka
* Barbados
* Jamaica
* Malaysia
Group B :
* Team
* Australia
* Guyana
* India
* Canada
Group C :
* Team
* South Africa
* Zimbabwe
* Northern Ireland
* Bangladesh
Group D :
* Team
* New Zealand
* Pakistan
* Kenya
* Scotland
The subsequent final draw saw Antigua and Barbuda replace Guyana in Group B and Barbados and Zimbabwe switching pools.
Group A :
* Team
* Sri Lanka
* Zimbabwe
* Jamaica
* Malaysia
Group B :
* Team
* Australia
* Antigua and Barbuda
* India
* Canada
Group C :
* Team
* South Africa
* Barbados
* Northern Ireland
* Bangladesh
Group D :
* Team
* New Zealand
* Pakistan
* Kenya
* Scotland

## Warm-up matches

Several warm-up matches were played prior to the tournament commencing. The Pakistan Cricket Board arranged for two matches to played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore between the squad that was to compete at the Games against the squad that would contest the 1998 'Friendship' Cup with the both squads winning one match each. South Africa played the provincial team of KwaZulu-Natal at City Oval in Pietermaritzburg securing a narrow victory. New Zealand played four warm-up matches, three against New South Wales and one against Australia, losing all four. The matches were played at John Blanck Oval in Buderim, Queensland. Australia were defeated by an Australian Cricket Academy XI at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane before travelling up to Buderim where they also played New South Wales and the match against New Zealand, winning both. Finally, the only warm-up match that was played in Malaysia was contested between the hosts and Bangladesh where rain prevented a result from being achieved.
* 28 August 1998 Scorecard
| Pakistanis 243/7 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan A 270/5 (49.2 overs) |
| Saleem Malik 62 (100) Azhar Shafiq 2/13 (5 overs) | | Akhtar Sarfraz 82 (81) Saleem Malik 4/19 (4.1 overs) |
* Pakistanis won by 51 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
* Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.
* 30 August 1998 9:00 Scorecard
| Pakistanis 269/7 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan A 270/5 (49.2 overs) |
| Saleem Malik 89 (115) | | Saleem Elahi 129 (126) Aamer Sohail 2/41 |
* Pakistan A won by 5 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
* Toss unknown
* 30 August 1998 Scorecard
| South Africans 307/5 (50 overs) | v | KwaZulu-Natal 267/5 (50 overs) |
| Jacques Kallis 106 Gary Gilder 3/41 (9 overs) | | Keith Forde 101 Paul Adams 2/43 (7 overs) |
* South Africans won by 40 runs City Oval, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Player of the match: Keith Forde (KwaZulu-Natal)
* Toss unknown
* 1 September 1998 Scorecard
| New South Wales 6/214 (50 overs) | v | New Zelanders 209 (49.1 overs) |
| Corey Richards 72 Shayne O'Connor 2/37 (8 overs) | | Chris Harris 48 Stuart Clark 3/28 (10 overs) |
* New South Wales won by 5 runs John Blanck Oval, Buderim, Australia Umpires: W. Hoskins and L. Rose
* New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
* 2 September 1998 Scorecard
| New Zelanders 125 (48.2 overs) | v | New South Wales 3/126 (32.3 overs) |
| Adam Parore 30 Scott Thompson 2/10 (6 overs) Anthony Stuart 2/10 (6 overs) | | Matthew Phelps 43 Chris Harris 1/8 (8 overs) |
* New South Wales won by 7 wickets John Blanck Oval, Buderim, Australia Umpires: Robert Dunbar (Aus) and W. Hoskins
* New Zealanders won the toss and elected to bat.
* 4 September 1998 Scorecard
| New Zelanders 7/212 (50 overs) | v | New South Wales 5/214 (49.2 overs) |
| Chris Harris 75 Scott Thompson 3/27 (5 overs) | | Shane Lee 73 Geoff Allott 3/37 (9 overs) |
* New South Wales won by 5 wickets John Blanck Oval, Buderim, Australia Umpires: Robert Dunbar (Aus) and W. Hoskins
* New Zealanders won the toss and elected to bat.
* 4 September 1998 Scorecard
| Australian Cricket Academy 198 (49.5 overs) | v | Australians 168 (46 overs) |
| Nathan Adcock 58 (84) Michael Kasprowicz 3/32 (9.5 overs) | | Mark Waugh 58 (67) Scott Kremerskothen 2/11 (5 overs) |
* Australian Cricket Academy won by 30 runs Allan Border Field, Brisbane, Australia Umpires: Jim Torpey (Aus) and Glen Zimmer (Aus)
* Australians won the toss and elected to field.
* 5 September 1998 Scorecard
| Australians 211 (49.5 overs) | v | New South Wales 81 (25 overs) |
| Brendon Julian 86 (74) Stuart Clark 4/24 (9 overs) | | Shane Lee 18 (19) Andy Bichel 3/25 (8 overs) |
* Australians won by 130 runs John Blanck Oval, Buderim, Australia Umpires: Tony McQuillan (Aus) and Peter Parker (Aus)
* Australians won the toss and elected to bat.
* 5 September 1998 Scorecard
| Malaysians 163/6 (44 overs) | v | Bangladeshis 72/1 (19.2 overs) |
| Ramesh Menon 35 Mohammad Rafique 2/22 (9 overs) | | Azam Iqbal 35* |
* Match abandoned Rubber Research Institute Ground, Shah Alam, Malaysia
* Bangladeshis won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain prevented any play 19.2 overs into Bangladesh's innings.
* 6 September 1998 Scorecard
| New Zelanders 151 (44 overs) | v | Australians 1/156 (23.3 overs) |
| Matt Horne 59 Gavin Robertson 3/19 (10 overs) | | Mark Waugh 98* Chris Drum 1/46 (6 overs) |
* Australians won by 9 wickets John Blanck Oval, Buderim, Australia Umpires: Tony McQuillan (Aus) and Peter Parker (Aus)
* Australians won the toss and elected to field.

## Group stages

The competing teams were divided into four groups of four teams, denoted as groups A, B, C and D. Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin basis, with only the top team of each group advancing to the knock out semi finals and play-offs for the gold and bronze medals.
All times are local, MST (UTC+8).

### Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
* Points obtained in all group matches (two points for a win, one for a no result, none for a defeat)
* Net run rate.

### Group A

Sri Lanka won all three of their games to qualify for the semi-finals. A straightforward seven-wicket victory over Malaysia (who collapsed from 87/3 to 109 all out; Sri Lanka reached 112/3) was followed by a 67-run win over Jamaica with Gunawardene hitting 107 (Sri Lanka 211/5; Jamaica 144/8), before a decider against Zimbabwe. The Africans reached 265/7 (Campbell 82, Goodwin 55); in reply, Sri Lanka stumbled to 110/5 before Hathurusingha (60) and de Saram (75*) brought them close to victory at 258/6. Streak then took three quick wickets, but the last pair survived to give Sri Lanka a one-wicket win.
In the other Group A games, Zimbabwe (144/4) beat Jamaica (142 all out) by six wickets, with an unbeaten 55 from Evans. Zimbabwe then scored 309/9 (Flower 70, Evans 59, Goodwin 53) as they crushed Malaysia (88 all out; Nkala 3–6) by 221 runs. The wooden spoon game saw Malaysia crumble to 83 all out thanks to 4–13 from Cunningham, losing by six wickets to Jamaica (87/4).
Group A :
| Pos | Team | 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 |
Advanced to the semi-finals
* 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.
* 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.
* 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
| 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.
* 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.

### Group B

Australia scored three wins out of three in this group. First came a nine wicket win over Canada who scored only 60 all out (Fleming 4–17); the Australians made 61/1 in 14 overs. In their second match, Antigua and Barbuda were dismissed for 99; Australia made 101/3 in reply. Finally, against India, Australia scored a total of 255/5, followed by India who stuttered to 109 all out.
Antigua and Barbuda scored 164/9 (a recovery from 77/7) in a 41-over match against India, but rain fell with India 30/2 in reply and the match was declared a no-result. India's Khurasiya scored 83 against Canada in a total of 157/9, with Kumble then claiming 4–11 as the Canadians were dismissed for 45. Antigua and Barbuda (256/7) beat Canada (135 all out), with Lake making 54 before retiring hurt and then taking 4–17; Walsh also made 51 for the Antiguans.
Group B :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.299 |
| 2 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.079 |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −0.340 |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.558 |
Advanced to the semi-finals
* 9 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Antigua and Barbuda 164/9 (41 overs) | v | India 30/2 (9.4 overs) |
| Ridley Jacobs 43* (70) Anil Kumble 3/28 (8 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 15 (10) Eldine Baptiste 1/4 (1 over) |
* No result Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and K. T. Francis (SL)
* Antigua and Barbuda won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced before play started to 41 overs per side due to overnight rain. Rain prevented any further play after 9.4 overs were bowled in the second innings.
* Wilden Cornwall and Ian Tittle (Ant) both made their List A debut.
* Robin Singh (Ind) took his 100th List A wicket.
* Points: Antigua and Barbuda 1, India 1.
* 9 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Canada 60 (20 overs) | v | Australia 61/1 (14 overs) |
| Muneeb Diwan 14 Damien Fleming 4/21 (6 overs) | | Mark Waugh 24* Sanjayan Thuraisingam 1/14 (5 overs) |
* Australia won by 9 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: David Orchard (SA) and William Smith (Sco)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Danny Ramnarais (Can) made his List A debut.
* Points: Australia 2, Canada 0.
* 12 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Antigua and Barbuda 99 (30.1 overs) | v | Australia 101/3 (18 overs) |
| Eldine Baptiste 22 Damien Fleming 5/24 (9 overs) | | Adam Gilchrist 43* Curtly Ambrose 2/29 (7 overs) |
* Australia won by 7 wickets Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Saleem Badar (Pak)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Damien Fleming (Aus) took his second and final List A five-wicket haul.
* Points: Australia 2, Antigua and Barbuda 0.
* Antigua and Barbuda were eliminated as a result of this match.
* 12 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| India 157/9 (50 overs) | v | Canada 45 (23.5 overs) |
| Amay Khurasiya 83 (136) Davis Joseph 2/18 (8 overs) | | Joseph Harris 13 (20) Anil Kumble 4/11 (6.5 overs) |
* India won by 112 runs Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Ismail Khan (Mas) and Steve Bucknor (Jam)
* Canada won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: India 2, Canada 0.
* Canada were eliminated as a result of this match.
* 14 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Antigua and Barbuda 256/7 (50 overs) | v | Canada 135 (31.3 overs) |
| Anthony Lake 54 Ingleton Liburd 1/41 (7 overs) | | Joseph Harris 48 Anthony Lake 4/17 (4.3 overs) |
* Antigua and Barbuda won by 121 runs Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Syed Mahabubullah (Ban)
* Antigua and Barbuda won the toss and elected to bat.
* Anthony Lake (Ant) made his List A debut.
* Nigel Isaacs (Can) played his only List A match.
* Hayden Walsh Sr., Richie Richardson, Winston Benjamin (Ant) and Anand Varadarajan, Ingleton Liburd, Derick Etwaroo, Danny Ramnarais (Can) all played their final List A match.
* Kenny Benjamin (Ant) took his 100th List A wicket.
* Points: Antigua and Barbuda 2, Canada 0.
* 15 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Australia 255/5 (50 overs) | v | India 109 (37.2 overs) |
| Steve Waugh 100* (102) Debashish Mohanty 3/50 (10 overs) | | Ajay Jadeja 27 (40) Brad Young 4/23 (8.2 overs) |
* Australia won by 146 runs Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* Amay Khurasiya was removed in stretcher after he collapsed due to dehydration while fielding. Rohan Gavaskar substituted for him. He couldn't bat during the Indian innings.
* Points: Australia 2, India 0.
* Australia qualified for the semi-finals and India were eliminated as a result of this match.

### Group C

Honours in this group went to South Africa, who started off against Northern Ireland. The Northern Irish had reached 89/5 from 38.1 overs when it rained, and the Duckworth–Lewis method was used to calculate a target of 131 from 38 overs for the South Africans, who won by making 133/6. South Africa then bowled out Bangladesh for 79 and made 80/5 for a five-wicket victory. In South Africa's final match, Barbados set 254/6 (Wallace 74), but 71 from Kallis and 54 from Gibbs saw their opponents make 257/6 with ten balls remaining.
Barbados (160/6 in 41.3 overs) beat Bangladesh (144/7 in 47 overs, Shahriar Hossain 70*) under the Duckworth–Lewis method, and then beat Northern Ireland by 176 runs. Scores of 92 from Wallace, 66 from Griffith and 60 from Campbell contributed to a score of 296/5, which the Northern Irish never got anywhere near despite Smyth's 58, scoring just 120/7. However, Northern Ireland came back well to beat Bangladesh by 114 runs: the Northern Irish made 177 (McCallan 53) before Cooke took 5–35, as Bangladesh were dismissed for 63.
Group C :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.143 |
| 2 | Barbados | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.330 |
| 3 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.643 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.547 |
Advanced to the semi-finals
* 10 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 144/7 (47 overs) | v | Barbados 160/6 (41.3 overs) |
| Shahriar Hossain 70* (123) Henderson Bryan 3/32 (10 overs) | | Adrian Griffith 31 Naimur Rahman 2/30 (9 overs) |
* Barbados won by 4 wickets (D/L method) Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Russell Tiffin (Zim) and Saleem Badar (Pak)
* Barbados won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 47 overs per side due to rain, Barbados target was 160 runs.
* Points: Barbados 2, Bangladesh 0.
* 10 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Northern Ireland 89/5 (38.1 overs) | v | South Africa 133/6 (31.4 overs) |
| Neil Carson 22* (54) Jacques Kallis 1/3 (4 overs) | | Dale Benkenstein 44* (64) Ryan Eagleson 3/28 (7.4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 4 wickets (D/L method) Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Eddie Nicholls (Guy) and Subhash Modi (Ken)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain halted play after 38.1 overs in the Northern Ireland innings. South Africa's target was 131 runs from 38 overs.
* Neil Carson (NI) made his List A debut.
* Paul McCrum (NI) played his final List A match.
* Points: South Africa 2, Northern Ireland 0.
* 13 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 79 (38.4 overs) | v | South Africa 80/5 (24.3 overs) |
| Faruque Ahmed 20 (48) Jacques Kallis 3/13 (7 overs) | | Herschelle Gibbs 26* (51) Mohammad Rafique 2/16 (7.3 overs) |
* South Africa won by 5 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: Eddie Nicholls (Guy) and Subhash Modi (Ken)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: South Africa 2, Bangladesh 0.
* Bangladesh were eliminated as a result of this match.
* 13 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Barbados 296/5 (50 overs) | v | Northern Ireland 120/7 (50 overs) |
| Philo Wallace 92 Dekker Curry 2/42 (10 overs) | | Stephen Smyth 58 Ottis Gibson 2/18 (7 overs) |
* Barbados won by 176 runs Rubber Research Institute Ground, Shah Alam Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and William Smith (Sco)
* Northern Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
* Ryan Hinds (Bar) made his List A debut.
* Points: Barbados 2, Northern Ireland 0.
* Northern Ireland were eliminated as a result of this match.
* 15 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Northern Ireland 177 (49.5 overs) | v | Bangladesh 63 (21 overs) |
| Kyle McCallan 53* Morshed Ali Khan 2/19 (7 overs) | | Khaled Mahmud 27 Gordon Cooke 5/35 (10 overs) |
* Northern Ireland won by 114 runs Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Nizam Baksh (Can) and Saleem Badar (Pak)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Neil Anderson (NI) played his only List A match.
* Dekker Curry (NI) played his final List A match.
* Gordon Cooke (NI) took his only List A five-wicket haul.
* Points: Northern Ireland 2, Bangladesh 0.
* 15 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Barbados 254/6 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 257/6 (48.2 overs) |
| Philo Wallace 74 (73) Alan Dawson 2/47 (8 overs) | | Jacques Kallis 71 (96) Ottis Gibson 3/38 (9 overs) |
* South Africa won by 4 wickets Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
* Barbados won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: South Africa 2, Barbados 0.
* South Africa qualified for the semi-finals and Barbados were eliminated as a result of this match.

### Group D

One-day specialists New Zealand won all their matches in Group D, beginning with a comfortable five-wicket win over Kenya (Kenya 144/8; New Zealand 145/5) before an even more straightforward success against Scotland. The New Zealanders amassed 278/6 (Fleming 102, Parore 87), then Harris took 4–25 as Scotland could manage only 101 all out. Finally the Kiwis won the crunch match against Pakistan by 81 runs: New Zealand's 215/8 was boosted by 66 from Fleming despite Shoaib Akhtar's 4–47, but only three Pakistanis (and extras) reached double figures as they lost their last six wickets for 21 runs, being bowled out for 134 to slide to an 81-run defeat.
Pakistan had earlier been frustrated by rain against Scotland; they had scored 201/5 from their 50 overs (Akhtar Sarfraz 66*) and had reduced the Scots to 31/3 when the weather intervened. The Pakistanis did beat Kenya, however: Odoyo's 4–39 had restricted them to 189/8, but Arshad Khan's 4–14 and Javed Qadeer's five catches behind the stumps helped Pakistan to a 129-run win as they dismissed the Africans for only 60. Odumbe took 5–38 as Kenya kept Scotland down to 156/8; they then made 157/5 to win with 12.3 overs in hand.
Group D :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.799 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.480 |
| 3 | Kenya | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.697 |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2.401 |
Advanced to the semi-finals
* 9 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Pakistan 201/5 (50 overs) | v | Scotland 31/3 (17.2 overs) |
| Akhtar Sarfraz 66 (61) Mike Allingham 2/46 (10 overs) | | Stephen Crawley 12 (52) Shoaib Akhtar 2/7 (5 overs) |
* No result Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Nizam Baksh (Can) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
* Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play was possible due to rain after 17.2 overs into Scotland's innings.
* Points: Pakistan 1, Scotland 1.
* 10 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Kenya 144/8 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 145/5 (47.3 overs) |
| Steve Tikolo 35 (64) Chris Harris 3/7 (10 overs) | | Matt Horne 39 (76) Maurice Odumbe 1/17 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 5 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Steve Bucknor (Jam)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* Craig McMillan (NZ) scored his 2,000th List A run.
* Points: New Zealand 2, Kenya 0.
* 12 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Pakistan 189/8 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 60 (25.3 overs) |
| Wajahatullah Wasti 32 Thomas Odoyo 4/39 (10 overs) | | Hitesh Modi 18 Arshad Khan 4/14 (8 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 129 runs Rubber Research Institute Ground, Shah Alam Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Nizam Baksh (Can)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
* Edward Mboya (Ken) made his List A debut.
* Points: Pakistan 2, Kenya 0.
* Kenya were eliminated as a result of this match.
* 13 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| New Zealand 278/6 (50 overs) | v | Scotland 101 (42.4 overs) |
| Stephen Fleming 102 (135) James Brinkley 3/55 (10 overs) | | George Salmond 31 (73) Chris Harris 4/25 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 177 runs Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Beattie Arlow (NI) and Darrell Hair (Aus)
* Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: New Zealand 2, Scotland 0.
* Scotland were eliminated as a result of this match.
* 15 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Scotland 156/8 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 157/5 (37.3 overs) |
| Bruce Patterson 31 (82) Maurice Odumbe 5/38 (10 overs) | | Ravindu Shah 48 (63) Keith Sheridan 2/24 (10 overs) |
* Kenya won by 5 wickets Rubber Research Institute Ground, Shah Alam Umpires: Beattie Arlow (NI) and Steve Bucknor (Jam)
* Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Edward Mboya (Ken) played his final List A match.
* Maurice Odumbe (Ken) took his only List A five-wicket haul.
* Points: Kenya 2, Scotland 0.
* 15 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| New Zealand 215/8 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 134 (42.5 overs) |
| Stephen Fleming 66 (99) Shoaib Akhtar 4/47 (10 overs) | | Akhtar Sarfraz 34 (84) Daniel Vettori 3/33 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 81 runs Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: David Orchard (SA) and Eddie Nicholls (Guy)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: New Zealand 2, Pakistan 0.
* New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals and Pakistan were eliminated as a result of this match.

## Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| A1 | Sri Lanka | 130 (44 overs) | | | |
| C1 | South Africa | 131/9 (47 overs) | | | |
| C1 | South Africa | 131/9 (47 overs) | B1 | Australia | 183 (49.3 overs) |
| | | | C1 | South Africa | 184/6 (46 overs) |
| D1 | New Zealand | 58 (26.4 overs) | C1 | South Africa | 184/6 (46 overs) |
| B1 | Australia | 62/1 (10.5 overs) | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | D1 | New Zealand | 212/7 (50 overs) |
| | | | A1 | Sri Lanka | 161 (44.4 overs) |

### Semi-finals
#### South Africa v Sri Lanka

* 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.
A low-scoring game produced a thrilling climax. Gunawardene's 53 held the Sri Lankan innings together after they had been put in to bat by the South Africans, but Boje's List A career best 4/16 kept the Sri Lankans' score down to a distinctly unimpressive 130 as they were bowled out in 44 overs. In reply, South Africa lost wickets at regular intervals, with the highest score being opener Rindel's 25. At 96/9 all looked lost, but then Boje (20*) and Dawson (15*) compiled an unbroken stand of 35 for the last wicket to lead their team to 131/9 and a one-wicket victory.

#### Australia v New Zealand

* 17 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| New Zealand 58 (26.4 overs) | v | Australia 62/1 (10.5 overs) |
| Stephen Fleming 20 (41) Brad Young 4/4 (4 overs) | | Adam Gilchrist 42* (36) Alex Tait 1/17 (5 overs) |
* Australia won by 9 wickets Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: David Orchard (SA) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
A totally one-sided trans-Tasman clash saw New Zealand collapse to a feeble 58 all out after being sent in, with only captain Fleming reaching 20. Australian slow left-armer Brad Young took a hat-trick to finish with an exceptional bowling analysis of 4/4 from his 4 overs. In reply, the Australians scored just under six runs an over, losing only Mark Waugh as they raced to 62/1 in 10.5 overs and won easily.

### 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.
New Zealand recovered from the trauma of their semi-final thrashing to beat Sri Lanka by 51 runs. 56 not out from Harris and 56 from Astle were the main elements of a final total of 212/7 that included three run-outs. The Sri Lankans struggled to 77/7 in their innings, and though they added 53 for the eighth wicket thanks to Perera's 45, it was never likely to be enough and they were bowled out for 161.

### Gold medal match

* 19 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard
| Australia 183 (49.3 overs) | v | South Africa 184/6 (46 overs) |
| Steve Waugh 90* (109) Shaun Pollock 4/19 (9 overs) | | Michael Rindel 67 (106) Darren Lehmann 3/14 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 4 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Steve Bucknor (Jam)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* The crowd of 7,532 was the largest recorded crowd for a cricket match in Malaysia.
* This marked the first championship for South Africa at an ICC global event or a global multi-sport event. However, the matches did not have ODI status.
Put in by South Africa after losing the toss, the Australians were indebted to captain Steve Waugh's unbeaten 90 as they recovered from 58/4 to post a still below-par 183 all out. Opposing captain Pollock was the chief destroyer for South Africa, with 4–19 from nine tight overs to remove Mark Waugh, Ponting, Gilchrist and Lehmann. South Africa got off to a good start in their reply with an opening partnership of 73 between Rindel (67) and Hudson (36). A burst of wickets from Lehmann (3–14) saw the South Africans wobble as they fell from 158/2 to 183/6, but the Proteas did not lose another wicket and Kallis' watchful 44 from 96 balls saw South Africa through to 184/6 and the gold medal with four overs to spare.

## Final standings

The final standings were as follows:
Final standings :
| Pos. | Team |
| | South Africa |
| | Australia |
| | New Zealand |
| 4 | Sri Lanka |
| 5 | Zimbabwe |
| 6 | Barbados |
| 7 | Pakistan |
| 8 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 9 | India |
| 10 | Jamaica |
| 11 | Kenya |
| 12 | Northern Ireland |
| 13 | Scotland |
| 14 | Bangladesh |
| 15 | Canada |
| 16 | Malaysia |

## Statistics

Most runs :
| Rank | Runs | Player | Team | Innings | Not outs | Average | HS | 100 | 50 |
| 1 | 234 | Avishka Gunawardene | Sri Lanka | 5 | 0 | 46.80 | 107 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 228 | Stephen Fleming | New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 45.60 | 102 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 215 | Steve Waugh | Australia | 3 | 3 | – | 100* | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 186 | Philo Wallace | Barbados | 3 | 0 | 62.00 | 92 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 181 | Adam Parore | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 45.25 | 87 | 0 | 1 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo ||||||||||
Most wickets :
| Rank | Wickets | Player | Team | Innings | BBI | Average | Econ | SR | 5W |
| 1 | 14 | Damien Fleming | Australia | 5 | 5/24 | 9.42 | 3.47 | 16.28 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | Chris Harris | New Zealand | 4 | 4/25 | 6.90 | 2.02 | 20.45 | 0 |
| 3 | 10 | Brad Young | Australia | 5 | 4/4 | 6.70 | 2.35 | 17.10 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | Anil Kumble | India | 3 | 4/11 | 9.11 | 3.30 | 16.55 | 0 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo ||||||||||

## Legacy

Gold medal-winning South African captain Pollock praised the Commonwealth experience while recalling his time at the Games for ESPNcricinfo.
The success of the IPL led to a T20 tournament in the Commonwealth Games and later the Olympics being considered. The president of the Commonwealth Games Federation wanted to bring cricket back into the games, and the Glasgow bid for the 2014 games had indicated that they would include cricket, but it did not materialise. The ICC then rejected an offer for cricket to feature in the 2018 games on the Gold Coast, but a T20 women's tournament was held at Edgbaston for the 2022 games in Birmingham.
The next year at the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai in October 2023, cricket was added to the Olympic program in the form of men's and women's T20 events beginning in Los Angeles in 2028. It marks the first appearance of cricket as an Olympic sport since Paris in 1900.