Jamaica at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Jamaica at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
Jamaica at the; 1998 Commonwealth Games
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CGF code	JAM
CGA	Jamaica Olympic Association
Website	joa.org.jm
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 11 September 1998 – 21 September 1998
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 6
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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

Jamaica named the below squad for the tournament.^[1]^[2]

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	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		10

Group A
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Sri Lanka	3	3	0	6	1.581
2	Zimbabwe	3	2	1	4	1.887
3	Jamaica	3	1	2	2	−0.122
4	Malaysia	3	0	3	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)

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)

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.^[5]
Audley Sanson (Jam) played his only List A match.^[5]
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.^[5]
Points: Jamaica 2, Malaysia 0.

^ "Jamaica Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 16 June 1998. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
^ Becca, Tony (23 September 1998). "Jamaica on the attack". The Gleaner. Archived from the original on 11 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025 – via ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Jamaica v Zimbabwe - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group A)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
^ "Jamaica v Sri Lanka - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group A)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Malaysia v Jamaica - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group A)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.