Jamaica at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation

Jamaica at the
1998 Commonwealth Games

Flag of Jamaica

CGF code| JAM
CGA| Jamaica Olympic Association
Website| joa.org.jm
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
11 September 1998 (1998-09-11) – 21 September 1998 (1998-09-21)
Medals
Ranked 9th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

* 1934
* 1938–1950
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026
* 2030

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

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The following Jamaican competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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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

## Cricket

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Main article: Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

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

Roster

* 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

Summary
Team  | Event  | Group stage  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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 stage
Group A  Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR

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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

Jamaica
142 (38.2 overs)

Zimbabwe
144/4 (36.4 overs)

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Tony Powell 41
Grant Flower 2/5 (4 overs)

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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.[3]
* Points: Zimbabwe 2, Jamaica 0.

* * *

12 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

Sri Lanka
211/5 (50 overs)

Jamaica
144/8 (50 overs)

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Avishka Gunawardene 107
Kirk Powell 1/28 (8 overs)

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Jimmy Adams 34*
Russel Arnold 2/17 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 67 runs
Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya
Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)

* 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

Malaysia
83 (48.3 overs)

Jamaica
87/4 (21 overs)

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Ramesh Menon 19
Ryan Cunningham 4/13 (10 overs)

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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.

## References

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1. ^ "Jamaica Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 16 June 1998. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ "Jamaica v Zimbabwe - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group A)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. 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. ^ 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.

## External links

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* Official website

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Associations at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Australia
* Bahamas
* Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bermuda
* Botswana
* British Virgin Islands
* Brunei Darussalam
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Cook Islands
* Cyprus
* Dominica
* England
* Falkland Islands
* Fiji
* Gambia, The
* Ghana
* Gibraltar
* Grenada
* Guernsey
* Guyana
* India
* Isle of Man
* Jamaica
* Jersey
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Lesotho
* Malawi
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Malta
* Mauritius
* Montserrat
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Norfolk Island
* Northern Ireland
* Pakistan
* Papua New Guinea
* Saint Helena
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Samoa
* Scotland
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Solomon Islands
* South Africa
* Sri Lanka
* Swaziland
* Tanzania, United Republic of
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* Tuvalu
* Uganda
* Vanuatu
* Wales
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

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Jamaica at the Commonwealth Games

* 1934
* 1938–1950
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026
* 2030

Jamaica hosted the Games in 1966.
*[BM]: Bronze medal match
*[Pos]: Position
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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[T]: Tied
*[NR]: No result
*[Pts]: Points
*[NRR]: Net run rate