South Africa at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

South Africa at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
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CGA	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
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in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 11 September 1998 (1998-09-11) – 21 September 1998 (1998-09-21)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 9 Silver 11 Bronze 14 Total 34
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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South Africa competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 to 21 September 1998. It was South Africa's 8th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

Medalists

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

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Riaan Botha Athletics Men's pole vault  Gold Burger Lambrechts Athletics Men's shot put  Gold Marius Corbett Athletics Men's javelin throw  Gold Hestrie Storbeck Athletics Women's high jump  Gold South Africa men's national cricket team Shaun Pollock Paul Adams Dale Benkenstein Nicky Boje Mark Boucher Derek Crookes Alan Dawson Steve Elworthy Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hudson Jacques Kallis Makhaya Ntini Michael Rindel Henry Williams Cricket Men's tournament  Gold Simon Hutcheon Gymnastics Men's vault  Gold Lesley Hartwell Lawn bowls Women's singles  Gold Hester Bekker Loraine Victor Lorna Trigwell Trish Steyn Lawn bowls Women's fours  Gold Gavin van Rhyn Michael Thiele Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone pairs  Silver Hezekiél Sepeng Athletics Men's 800 metres  Silver Frantz Kruger Athletics Men's discus throw  Silver Elmarie Gerryts Athletics Women's pole vault  Silver Christian Brezeanu Gymnastics Men's floor  Silver Christian Brezeanu Gymnastics Men's vault  Silver Allan McDonald Shooting Men's 25 metre centre-fire pistol individual  Silver Francois Van Tonder Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol individual  Silver Allan McDonald Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol individual  Silver Val Martin Donna Potgieter Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions pairs  Silver Brendon Dedekind Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle  Silver Ryk Neethling Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle  Bronze Johan Botha Athletics Men's 800 metres  Bronze Shaun Bownes Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles  Bronze Chris Harmse Athletics Men's hammer throw  Bronze Veronica Abrahamse Athletics Women's shot put  Bronze Phumzile Matyhila Boxing Flyweight  Bronze David George Cycling Men's road time trial  Bronze Athol Myhill Gymnastics Men's rings  Bronze Gerald Baker Lawn bowls Men's singles  Bronze Theuns Fraser Rudi Jacobs Lawn bowls Men's pairs  Bronze Bruce Makkink Mike Redshaw Neil Burkett Robert Rayfield Lawn bowls Men's fours  Bronze Allan McDonald André van Emmenis Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol pairs  Bronze Gavin van Rhyn André van Emmenis Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone individual  Bronze Natalie Grainger Claire Nitch Squash Women's doubles  Bronze Rodney Durbach Natalie Grainger Squash Mixed doubles

Cricket

Main article: Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

South Africa named the below squad for the tournament. ^[1]

Roster

• Shaun Pollock (c)
• Paul Adams
• Adam Bacher
• Dale Benkenstein
• Nicky Boje
• Mark Boucher (wk)
• Derek Crookes
• Alan Dawson
• Steve Elworthy
• Herschelle Gibbs
• Andrew Hudson
• Jacques Kallis
• Lance Klusener
• Makhaya Ntini
• Michael Rindel
• Henry Williams

Lance Klusener withdrew from the South African squad after sustaining an ankle injury during the third Test of South Africa's tour of England in July. ^[2] Adam Bacher was also unavailable for the Games, suffering an injury to his shoulder. ^[3] They were replaced by Alan Dawson and Andrew Hudson, respectively. ^{[4] [1]}

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
South Africa men	Men's tournament	Northern Ireland W by 4 wickets (D/L)	Bangladesh W by 5 wickets	Barbados W by 4 wickets	1 Q	Sri Lanka W by 1 wicket	Australia W by 4 wickets

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	0	6	1.143
2	Barbados	3	2	1	0	0	4	1.330
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	2	0	0	2	−0.643
4	Bangladesh	3	0	3	0	0	0	−1.547

Source: ESPNcricinfo

10 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Northern Ireland   89/5 (38.1 overs)	v	South Africa 133/6 (31.4 overs)
Neil Carson 22* (54) Jacques Kallis 1/3 (4 overs)		Dale Benkenstein 44* (64) Ryan Eagleson 3/28 (7.4 overs)

South Africa won by 4 wickets (D/L method) Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Eddie Nicholls (Guy) and Subhash Modi (Ken)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain halted play after 38.1 overs in the Northern Ireland innings. South Africa's target was 131 runs from 38 overs. ^[5]
• Neil Carson (NI) made his List A debut. ^[5]
• Paul McCrum (NI) played his final List A match. ^[5]
• Points: South Africa 2, Northern Ireland 0.

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13 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Bangladesh   79 (38.4 overs)	v	South Africa 80/5 (24.3 overs)
Faruque Ahmed 20 (48) Jacques Kallis 3/13 (7 overs)		Herschelle Gibbs 26* (51) Mohammad Rafique 2/16 (7.3 overs)

South Africa won by 5 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: Eddie Nicholls (Guy) and Subhash Modi (Ken)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: South Africa 2, Bangladesh 0. ^[6]
• Bangladesh were eliminated as a result of this match.

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15 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Barbados   254/6 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 257/6 (48.2 overs)
Philo Wallace 74 (73) Alan Dawson 2/47 (8 overs)		Jacques Kallis 71 (96) Ottis Gibson 3/38 (9 overs)

South Africa won by 4 wickets Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)

• Barbados won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: South Africa 2, Barbados 0. ^[7]
• South Africa qualified for the semi-finals and Barbados were eliminated as a result of this match.

Semi-final

16 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Sri Lanka   130 (44 overs)	v	South Africa 131/9 (47 overs)
Avishka Gunawardene 53 (87) Nicky Boje 4/16 (9 overs)		Michael Rindel 25 (28) Thilan Samaraweera 2/13 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 1 wicket Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

Gold medal match

19 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Australia   183 (49.3 overs)	v	South Africa 184/6 (46 overs)
Steve Waugh 90* (109) Shaun Pollock 4/19 (9 overs)		Michael Rindel 67 (106) Darren Lehmann 3/14 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 4 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Steve Bucknor (Jam)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• The crowd of 7,532 was the largest recorded crowd for a cricket match in Malaysia. ^[8]
• This marked the first championship for South Africa at an ICC global event or a global multi-sport event. However, the matches did not have ODI status.

Netball

Squad

• Marilyn Agliotti
• Patricia Basson
• Kerry Bee
• Bronwyn Bock
• Florinda Brand
• Pietie Coetzee
• Dominique Harverson
• Annie Kloppers
• Desmarie Kotze
• Manzo Machago
• Rosina Mogale
• Desree Neville
• Lana van der Westhuizen
• Irene van Dyk
• Letitia Vorster

Source: ^[9]

Summary

South Africa finished 4th in the netball at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. In the group stages, they won four of their five matches. However, in the semi-finals they lost 68–38 to Australia. In the bronze medal playoff they lost 56–54 England. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Group B

14 September 1998	South Africa	91–22	Sri Lanka

15 September 1998	South Africa	66–27	Wales

16 September 1998	South Africa	55–45	Malawi

17 September 1998	South Africa	68–50	Cook Islands

18 September 1998	New Zealand	63–35	South Africa

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

Playoffs

Semi-final 1

19 September 1998	Australia	68–38	South Africa

Bronze medal match

21 September 1998	England	56–54	South Africa

References

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External links

• Team South Africa Official site