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.
| Sri Lanka at the 1998 Commonwealth Games | |
|---|---|
| CGF code | SRI |
| CGA | National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka |
| Website | srilankaolympic |
| in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| Medals Ranked 27th |
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| Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
Medals
| Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Silver
- Sriyani Kulawansa - Women's 100 m Hurdles, 12.95 s
Bronze
- Sugath Thilakaratne - Men's 400 m, 44.64 s
Cricket
Sri Lanka named the below squad for the tournament.
- Roster
- Hashan Tillakaratne (c)
- Mahela Jayawardene (vc)
- Russel Arnold
- Upul Chandana
- Indika de Saram
- Lanka de Silva (wk)
- Indika Gallage
- Avishka Gunawardene
- Chandika Hathurusingha
- Pradeep Hewage
- Suresh Perera
- Thilan Samaraweera
- Mario Villavarayan
- Malinda Warnapura
- 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
| 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 | |
Rakesh Madhavan 37 Thilan Samaraweera 3/17 (8.4 overs) | Avishka Gunawardene 43 Ramesh Menon 2/30 (5.4 overs) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Suresh Navaratnam (Mas) made his List A debut.
- Marimuthu Muniandy (Mas) played his final List A match.
- Points: Sri Lanka 2, Malaysia 0.
12 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard |
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.
- 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 | |
Alistair Campbell 82 Chandika Hathurusingha 1/34 (10 overs) | Indika de Saram 75* Pommie Mbangwa 3/49 (8.2 overs) |
- 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 |
v | ||
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 |
v | ||
Chris Harris 56* (71) Russel Arnold 1/27 (10 overs) | Suresh Perera 45 (55) Daniel Vettori 3/33 (10 overs) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
Netball
- 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:
- 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.
- 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
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