Barbados at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Barbados competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 to 21 September 1998. It was Barbados's 11th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

Barbados at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Barbados
CGF code	BAR
CGA	Barbados Olympic Association
Website	olympic.org.bb
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 11 September 1998 (1998-09-11) – 21 September 1998 (1998-09-21)
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030

Medalists

The following Barbadian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.^[1]

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Andrea Blackett Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles  Bronze Obadele Thompson Athletics Men's 100 metres  Bronze Barry Forde Cycling Men's sprint

Cricket

Main article: Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Barbados named the below squad for the tournament.^[2][3]

Roster

• Philo Wallace (c)
• Henderson Bryan
• Sherwin Campbell
• Pedro Collins
• Vasbert Drakes
• Ottis Gibson
• Adrian Griffith
• Ryan Hinds
• Roland Holder
• Ricky Hoyte (wk)
• Mark Lavine
• Winston Reid
• Floyd Reifer
• Horace Walrond

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Barbados men	Men's tournament	Bangladesh W by 4 wickets (D/L)	Northern Ireland W by 176 runs	South Africa L by 4 wickets	2	did not advance		6

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

Bangladesh  144/7 (47 overs)	v	Barbados 160/6 (41.3 overs)
Shahriar Hossain 70* (123) Henderson Bryan 3/32 (10 overs)		Adrian Griffith 31 Naimur Rahman 2/30 (9 overs)

Barbados won by 4 wickets (D/L method) Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Russell Tiffin (Zim) and Saleem Badar (Pak)

• Barbados won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 47 overs per side due to rain, Barbados target was 160 runs.^[4]
• Points: Barbados 2, Bangladesh 0.

---

13 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Barbados  296/5 (50 overs)	v	Northern Ireland 120/7 (50 overs)
Philo Wallace 92 Dekker Curry 2/42 (10 overs)		Stephen Smyth 58 Ottis Gibson 2/18 (7 overs)

Barbados won by 176 runs Rubber Research Institute Ground, Shah Alam Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and William Smith (Sco)

• Northern Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
• Ryan Hinds (Bar) made his List A debut.^[5]
• Points: Barbados 2, Northern Ireland 0.
• Northern Ireland were eliminated as a result of this match.

---

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.^[6]
• South Africa qualified for the semi-finals and Barbados were eliminated as a result of this match.