Commonwealth Games Cricket

The Results

Cricket
For the first time, cricket was a part of the 1998 Commonwealth Games. These were the results...
 
Group A
9.9 Malaysia 109 SL, 7 wkts
Sri Lanka 112/3
9.9 Jamaica 142 Zim, 6 wkts
Zimbabwe 144/4
9.12 Zimbabwe 309/9 Zim, 221 runs
Malaysia 88
9.12 Sri Lanka 211/5 SL, 67 runs
Jamaica 144/8
9.14 Zimbabwe 265/7 SL, 1 wkt 16 balls
Sri Lanka 266/9
9.14 Malaysia 84 Jamaica 6 wkts 29 ovs
Jamaica 87/4
Group B
9.9 Antigua 164/9 Draw, rain
India 30/2
9.9 Canada 60 Aus, 9 wkts
Australia 61/1
9.12 Antigua 99 Aus, 7 wkts 32 ov
Australia 101/3
9.12 Canada 74 India, 9 wkts 34.4 ov
India 76/1
9.14 Antigua 256/7 Antigua 121 runs
Canada 135
9.15 Australia 255/5 Australia 145 runs
India 110
Group C
9.10 Bangladesh 144/7 DL: 160 Barbados, 4 wkts 0 balls
Barbados 161/6
9.10 Northern Ireland 89/5 DL: 131 SA, 4 wkts 6.2 ov
South Africa 133/6
9.13 Bangladesh 79 SA, 5 wkts 35.3 ov
South Africa 80/5
9.13 Barbados 296/5 Barb, 176 runs
Northern Ireland 120/7
9.15 Northern Ireland 177 NI, 114 runs
Bangladesh 63
9.15 Barbados 254/6 S Africa 4 wkts, 10 balls
South Africa 257/6
Group D
9.9 Pakistan 201/5 Draw, rain
Scotland 31/3
9.10 Kenya 144/8 NZ, 5 wkts 15 balls
New Zealand 145/5
9.12 Pakistan 189/8 Pak, 139 runs
Kenya 60
9.13 New Zealand 278/6 NZ, 177 runs
Scotland 101
9.15 Scotland 156/7 Kenya, 5 wkts 12.3 overs
Kenya 157/5
9.15 New Zealand 215/8 NZ, 81 runs
Pakistan 134
Semi-Finals
9.16 Sri Lanka 130 (Boje 4/16, Gunerdene 53) SA 1 wkt, 3 ovs 9.17 New Zealand 58 (Fleming 20, Parore 12, Brad Young 4/4 hat-trick, Fleming 3/23) Australia mile
South Africa 131 (Arnold 2/13, Rindel 25, Boje 20*) Australia 62/1 (Gilchrist 43)
Bronze Final
9.18 New Zealand 212/7 (Astle 56, Harris 56*) NZ 51 runs 9.19 Australia 183 (Waugh 90*) SA 4 wkts, 4 ovs
Sri Lanka 161 (Gurnawardene 30, Perera 45, Harris 2/20) South Africa 184/6 (Rindel 67)
The Duckworth-Lewis targets are used for the occasions when rain curtails play from the planned 50 overs per side. The target for the second team is revised down (or up) according to how much of the available firepower has been lost in the interruption.

The ICC International Cup

Bangladesh, October - November 1998

This tournament pitched all nine Test-playing matches in a knock-out contest to raise funds to promote cricket across the globe.
 
Prelim
QF
SF
F
10.24
Zimbabwe 258/7 (50 ov)
New Zealand 260/5 (50)
NZ, 5 wkts / 0 balls 10.26
New Zealand 189 (49.5)
Sri Lanka 191/5 (41.3)
SL, 5 wkts / 51 balls 10.30
South Africa 240/7 (39)
Sri Lanka 132 (23.4) 224 off 34
SA, scoring rate 11.1
West Indies 245 (49.3) (Wallace 103)
South Africa 248/6 (47) (Cronje 61*)
SA, 4 wkts / 18 balls
  10.25
England 281/7 (50)
S Africa 283/4 (46.3)
SA, 6 wkts / 21 balls
10.28
India 307/8 (50)
Australia 263 (48.1)
India, 44 runs 10.31
India 242/6 (50)
West Indies 245/7 (47)
West Indies, 3 wkts / 18 balls
10.29
West Indies 291/9 (50)
Pakistan 253/9 (50)
WI, 38 runs

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