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Sri Lanka at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeSRI
CGANational Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Websitesrilankaolympic.org
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

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

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   Gold       Silver       Bronze    Total
Sri Lanka 0 1 1 2

Silver

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Bronze

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Cricket

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Main article: Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka named the below squad for the tournament.[1][2]

Roster
Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
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 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
Source: ESPNcricinfo


9 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard
Malaysia 
109 (47.4 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
112/3 (19.4 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)
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)
  • Jamaica won the toss and elected to field.
  • Avishka Gunawardene (SL) scored his maiden List A century.[4]
  • 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)
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 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.


Netball

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Squad
  • Harshanie Arachchige
  • Rathna Arachchige
  • Somitha Arachchige
  • Dilani Arachchilage
  • Deepi Nalika Prasadi Pitiyage Don
  • Manoji Galhenage
  • Nazleen Hassim
  • Arunika Karawitage
  • Jayanthi Somasekaram De Silva
  • Deepthi Rupasinghe

Source:[5]

Summary

Sri Lanka finished 12th in the netball at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. In the group stages, they lost all five of their five matches.[6][7]

Group B
14 September 1998  South Africa 91–22  Sri Lanka  
15 September 1998  Malawi 77–24  Sri Lanka  
16 September 1998  Cook Islands 82–50  Sri Lanka  
17 September 1998  New Zealand 92–16  Sri Lanka  
18 September 1998  Wales 63–45  Sri Lanka  
Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  New Zealand 5 5 0 0 416 141 +275 10
2  South Africa 5 4 0 1 315 207 +108 8
3  Cook Islands 5 2 1 2 283 330 -47 5
4  Malawi 5 2 0 3 283 270 -13 4
5  Wales 5 1 1 3 220 321 -101 3
6  Sri Lanka 5 0 0 5 157 405 -248 0

  Qualified for Semi-final 1
  Qualified for Semi-final 2

References

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  1. ^ "Sri Lanka Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 16 June 1998. Archived from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  2. ^ de Silva, A. C. (10 September 1998). "Lankan cricket team sans the stars". Daily News. Archived from the original on 11 July 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2025 – via ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ a b "Malaysia v Sri Lanka - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group A)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Jamaica v Sri Lanka - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group A)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Athletes' Profile: Netball". kl98.thecgf.com. 10 September 1998. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Women Netball Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur (MAS) 1998". www.todor66.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "XVI Commonwealth Games". www.sadec.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
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