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| Dates | 9 – 19 September 1998 (1998-09-19) |
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| Administrator | Commonwealth Games Federation |
| Cricket format | List A (50 overs-a-side) |
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin andknockout |
| Host |  Malaysia |
| Champions |  South Africa (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Australia |
| Third place |  New Zealand |
| Participants | 16 |
| Matches | 28 |
| Most runs |  Avishka Gunawardene (234)[1] |
| Most wickets | Damien Fleming (14)[1] |
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Cricket was included in the1998 Commonwealth Games inMalaysia. This was the only time cricket was played at aCommonwealth Games until a women's tournament was included in the2022 Commonwealth Games.[2] Matches were played over 50 overs, and hadList A status rather than fullOne Day Internationals. As is normal at the multisports events, the Caribbean islands that entered participated as separate nations, not as the combinedWest Indies team. Indeed, the Games were the first occasion on which anAntigua 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-islandIrish cricket team.
Sixteen teams entered the competition, including seven of the nine thenTest-playing nations:West Indies did not enter as mentioned above, whileEngland declined to send a team at all, on the grounds that the September date chosen clashed with other fixtures such as the end of theCounty 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 medalistsNew Zealand withStephen Fleming andDaniel Vettori, silver medalistsAustralia withSteve andMark Waugh,Adam Gilchrist,Ricky Ponting,Damien Fleming andDarren Lehmann and gold medalistsSouth Africa withShaun Pollock,Jacques Kallis,Makhaya Ntini,Mark Boucher, andHerschelle Gibbs.[3][4][5]India andPakistan sent weakened teams as a result of a clash with the1998 'Friendship' Cup, although India still namedSachin Tendulkar,Anil Kumble,Harbhajan Singh andVVS Laxman in its Commonwealth team while Pakistan includedShoaib Akhtar andArshad Khan. Other notable cricketers who took part in the Commonwealth tournament included Sri Lanka'sMahela Jayawardene, Zimbabwe'sAndy Flower and theWest Indies'Curtly Ambrose andRichie Richardson, playing for their home country of Antigua and Barbuda under the Commonwealth format.
The competition schedule for the cricket tournament was as follows:[6]
| G | Group stage | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
Date Event | Wed 9 | Thu 10 | Fri 11 | Sat 12 | Sun 13 | Mon 14 | Tues 15 | Wed 16 | Thu 17 | Fri 18 | Sat 19 | |||||||||||
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| Men | G | G | G | G | G | G | 1⁄2 | 1⁄2 | B | 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.[6][7]
The first slot of the 16 team tournament was made up the hostsMalaysia. The 9full members of International Cricket Council at the time were invited to participate with all accepting save forEngland who declined due the Games clashing with the final two rounds of the1998 County Championship.[8][9] TheWest Indies were represented by theAntigua and Barbuda,Barbados andJamaica.Trinidad and Tobago declined the invitation to participate,[10] whilstGuyana, finalists at the1997–98 Red Stripe Bowl, was a late withdrawal due to financial reasons.[11]
The final five slots were determined by the final placings in the1997 ICC Trophy also played in Malaysia 18 months prior. The first three teams wereBangladesh, who would go on to achieve ICC full member status in 2000,Kenya andScotland. All three teams also achieved a berth in the1999 Cricket World Cup. TheIrish cricket team finish fourth, but with the team representingall of Ireland,Northern Ireland was given the slot.Denmark and theNetherlands, two non-Commonwealth nations finished fifth and sixth so the final place with was achieved byCanada who finished seventh.[12]
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Malaysia |
| Full members of International Cricket Council | 1998 | — | 7 |
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| West Indies Region[a] | — | — | 3 | |
| 1997 ICC Trophy | 24 March – 13 April 1997 | Malaysia | 5 |  Bangladesh |
| Total | 16 | |||
A total of six venues were used for the tournament,[13] with all matches being played onturf wickets.[14] Only the 13 matches that were played thePerbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex andTenaga National Sports Complex were broadcast.[15]
| 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 |
| Kelab Aman | Victoria Institution | Royal Selangor Club |
| Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur |
| Capacity:3,000 | Capacity:1,000 | Capacity:1,000 |
The following squads were named ahead of the tournament:[16]
Prior to the Games,Glenn McGrath was ruled out of Australia's squad due to injury withAndy Bichel named as his replacement.[34][b]Basit Ali withdrew from the Pakistani squad after his brother suffered a heart attack.[38][39]Wajahatullah Wasti was named as his replacement.[29]Lance Klusener withdrew from the South African squad after sustaining an ankle injury during thethird Test of South Africa's tour of England in July.[40]Adam Bacher was also unavailable for the Games, suffering an injury to his shoulder.[41] They were replaced byAlan Dawson andAndrew Hudson, respectively.[42][5]
Players who were unavailable for selection include New Zealand pacemanSimon Doull due to a groin strain,[43] Australian leg spinnerShane Warne due to a shoulder injury[44] and New Zealand all-rounderChris Cairns due to knee surgery.[45]
A total of 16umpires and 6match referees were selected for the tournament.
| 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) | Dave 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) | |
The 16 teams were divided into four groups of four on a seeded basis in May 1998. Initially, the draw was as follows:[11]
| Team |
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| Sri Lanka |
 Barbados |
 Jamaica |
| Malaysia |
| Team |
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| Australia |
 Guyana |
| India |
| Canada |
| Team |
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| South Africa |
| Zimbabwe |
 Northern Ireland |
| Bangladesh |
| Team |
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| New Zealand |
| Pakistan |
| Kenya |
| Scotland |
The subsequent final draw sawAntigua and Barbuda replaceGuyana in Group B andBarbados andZimbabwe switching pools.[46]
| Team |
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| Sri Lanka |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jamaica |
| Malaysia |
| Team |
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| Australia |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
| India |
| Canada |
| Team |
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| South Africa |
| Barbados |
| Northern Ireland |
| Bangladesh |
| Team |
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| New Zealand |
| Pakistan |
| Kenya |
| Scotland |
Several warm-up matches were played prior to the tournament commencing. ThePakistan Cricket Board arranged for two matches to played atGaddafi Stadium inLahore between the squad that was to compete at the Games against the squad that would contest the1998 'Friendship' Cup with the both squads winning one match each.[47][48] South Africa played the provincial team ofKwaZulu-Natal atCity Oval inPietermaritzburg securing a narrow victory.[49] New Zealand played four warm-up matches, three againstNew South Wales and one against Australia, losing all four. The matches were played at John Blanck Oval inBuderim, Queensland.[50][51][52][53][54][55] Australia were defeated by anAustralian Cricket Academy XI at theAllan Border Field inBrisbane[36][b] before travelling up to Buderim where they also played New South Wales and the match against New Zealand, winning both.[37][55] 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.[56]
30 August 1998 Scorecard |
v | KwaZulu-Natal 267/5 (50 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) |
2 September 1998 Scorecard |
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New South Wales won by 7 wickets John Blanck Oval,Buderim, Australia Umpires: Robert Dunbar (Aus) and W. Hoskins |
4 September 1998 Scorecard |
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New South Wales won by 5 wickets John Blanck Oval,Buderim, Australia Umpires: Robert Dunbar (Aus) and W. Hoskins |
4 September 1998 Scorecard |
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Australian Cricket Academy won by 30 runs Allan Border Field,Brisbane, Australia Umpires: Jim Torpey (Aus) and Glen Zimmer (Aus) |
5 September 1998 Scorecard |
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Australians won by 130 runs John Blanck Oval,Buderim, Australia Umpires:Tony McQuillan (Aus) andPeter Parker (Aus) |
5 September 1998 Scorecard |
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Azam Iqbal 35* |
6 September 1998 Scorecard |
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Australians won by 9 wickets John Blanck Oval,Buderim, Australia Umpires:Tony McQuillan (Aus) andPeter Parker (Aus) |
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 around-robin basis, with only the top team of each group advancing to theknock out semi finals and play-offs for the gold and bronze medals.
All times are local,MST (UTC+8).[7]
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[58]
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 withGunawardene 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 beforeHathurusingha (60) andde 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 fromEvans. Zimbabwe then scored 309/9 (Flower 70,Evans 59, Goodwin 53) as they crushed Malaysia (88 all out;Nkala 3–6) by 221 runs. Thewooden spoon game saw Malaysia crumble to 83 all out thanks to 4–13 fromCunningham, losing by six wickets to Jamaica (87/4).
| 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 tothe semi-finals
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Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Royal Selangor Club,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:Darrell Hair (Aus) andRudi Koertzen (SA) |
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Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Kelab Aman,Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Beattie Arlow (NI) andV. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) |
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Sri Lanka won by 67 runs Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex,Petaling Jaya Umpires:Dave Orchard (SA) andV. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) |
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Zimbabwe won by 221 runs Kelab Aman,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:Javed Akhtar (Pak) andSyed Mahabubullah (Ban) |
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Jamaica won by 6 wickets Victoria Institution,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:Ismail Khan (Mas) andSaleem Badar (Pak) |
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Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket Tenaga National Sports Complex,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:Rudi Koertzen (SA) andSteve Bucknor (WI) |
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.[64] 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'sKhurasiya scored 83 against Canada in a total of 157/9, withKumble then claiming 4–11 as the Canadians were dismissed for 45. Antigua and Barbuda (256/7) beat Canada (135 all out), withLake making 54 before retiring hurt and then taking 4–17;Walsh also made 51 for the Antiguans.
| 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 tothe semi-finals
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No result Tenaga National Sports Complex,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:Javed Akhtar (Pak) andK. T. Francis (SL) |
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Australia won by 9 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex,Petaling Jaya Umpires:Dave Orchard (SA) and William Smith (Sco) |
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Australia won by 7 wickets Tenaga National Sports Complex,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:Rudi Koertzen (SA) andSaleem Badar (Pak) |
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India won by 112 runs Victoria Institution,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:Ismail Khan (Mas) andSteve Bucknor (Jam) |
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Antigua and Barbuda won by 121 runs Royal Selangor Club,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:K. T. Francis (SL) andSyed Mahabubullah (Ban) |
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Australia won by 146 runs Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex,Petaling Jaya Umpires:Javed Akhtar (Pak) andRussell Tiffin (Zim) |
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 theDuckworth–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 fromKallis and 54 fromGibbs 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 fromGriffith and 60 fromCampbell contributed to a score of 296/5, which the Northern Irish never got anywhere near despiteSmyth'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) beforeCooke took 5–35, as Bangladesh were dismissed for 63.[73]
| 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 tothe semi-finals
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Barbados won by 4 wickets (D/L method) Royal Selangor Club,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:Russell Tiffin (Zim) andSaleem Badar (Pak) |
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South Africa won by 4 wickets (D/L method) Kelab Aman,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:Eddie Nicholls (Guy) andSubhash Modi (Ken) |
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South Africa won by 5 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex,Petaling Jaya Umpires:Eddie Nicholls (Guy) andSubhash Modi (Ken) |
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Barbados won by 176 runs Rubber Research Institute Ground,Shah Alam Umpires:Javed Akhtar (Pak) and William Smith (Sco) |
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Northern Ireland won by 114 runs Royal Selangor Club,Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Nizam Baksh (Can) andSaleem Badar (Pak) |
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South Africa won by 4 wickets Kelab Aman,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:K. T. Francis (SL) andV. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) |
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), thenHarris 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 despiteShoaib Akhtar's 4–47, but only three Pakistanis (andextras) 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, butArshad Khan's 4–14 andJaved 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.
| 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 tothe semi-finals
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New Zealand won by 5 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex,Petaling Jaya Umpires:Darrell Hair (Aus) andSteve Bucknor (Jam) |
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Pakistan won by 129 runs Rubber Research Institute Ground,Shah Alam Umpires:K. T. Francis (SL) and Nizam Baksh (Can) |
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Kenya won by 5 wickets Rubber Research Institute Ground,Shah Alam Umpires: Beattie Arlow (NI) andSteve Bucknor (Jam) |
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New Zealand won by 81 runs Tenaga National Sports Complex,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:Dave Orchard (SA) andEddie Nicholls (Guy) |
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| A1 | Sri Lanka | 130 (44 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) | |||||||
| B1 | Australia | 62/1 (10.5 overs) | Bronze medal match | ||||||
| D1 | New Zealand | 212/7 (50 overs) | |||||||
| A1 | Sri Lanka | 161 (44.4 overs) | |||||||
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South Africa won by 1 wicket Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex,Petaling Jaya Umpires:Darrell Hair (Aus) andRussell Tiffin (Zim) |
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, butBoje'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 openerRindel's 25. At 96/9 all looked lost, but then Boje (20*) andDawson (15*) compiled an unbroken stand of 35 for the last wicket to lead their team to 131/9 and a one-wicket victory.[88]
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Australia won by 9 wickets Tenaga National Sports Complex,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:Dave Orchard (SA) andV. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) |
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-armerBrad Young took ahat-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 onlyMark Waugh as they raced to 62/1 in 10.5 overs and won easily.[89]
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New Zealand won by 51 runs Tenaga National Sports Complex,Kuala Lumpur Umpires:Rudi Koertzen (SA) andSaleem Badar (Pak) |
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 toPerera's 45, it was never likely to be enough and they were bowled out for 161.[90]
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South Africa won by 4 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex,Petaling Jaya Umpires:K. T. Francis (SL) andSteve Bucknor (Jam) |
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 captainPollock was the chief destroyer for South Africa, with 4–19 from nine tight overs to removeMark Waugh,Ponting, Gilchrist andLehmann. South Africa got off to a good start in their reply with an opening partnership of 73 between Rindel (67) andHudson (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 andKallis' watchful 44 from 96 balls saw South Africa through to 184/6 and the gold medal with four overs to spare.[91]
The final standings were as follows:
| 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 |
| 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[92] | |||||||||
| 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[93] | |||||||||
Gold medal-winning South African captain Pollock praised the Commonwealth experience while recalling his time at the Games for ESPNcricinfo.[94]
The success of theIPL led to a T20 tournament in the Commonwealth Games and later the Olympics being considered.[95] The president of the Commonwealth Games Federation wanted to bring cricket back into the games, and the Glasgow bid for the2014 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,[96] but a T20 women's tournament was held at Edgbaston for the2022 games in Birmingham.
The next year at the141st 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 in2028. It marks the first appearance of cricket as an Olympic sport since Paris in1900.[97]
