Zimbabwe at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Zimbabwe at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
Zimbabwe at the; 1998 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Zimbabwe
CGF code	ZIM
CGA	Zimbabwe Olympic Committee
Website	teamzim.org
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 11 September 1998 – 21 September 1998
Medals; Ranked 14th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 5
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962–1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002;
Other related appearances
	Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1962)

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

Zimbabwe named the below squad for the tournament.^[1]

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	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		5

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

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.^[3]
Santhara Vello and Jeevandran Nair (both Mas) played their final List A match.^[3]
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.

^ "Zimbabwe Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 16 June 1998. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
^ "Jamaica v Zimbabwe - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group A)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Malaysia v Zimbabwe - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group A)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.