Pakistan at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, between 11 and 21 September 1998.^[1]

Pakistan at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	PAK
CGA	Pakistan Olympic Association
Website	nocpakistan.org
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Medals Ranked 28th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Ali Asghar	Boxing	Lightweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mohson Munir	400 m	49.46	7	Did not advance
Muhammad Yar	110 m hurdles	15.50	6	—				Did not advance
Muhammad Amin	400 m hurdles	52.01	5	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Ghufrain Hussain	Shot put	16.34	13

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

• Wajid Ali
• Ali Yar Beg

Cricket

Main article: Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan named the below squad for the tournament.^[2]

Roster

• Arshad Khan (c)
• Kashif Ahmed
• Basit Ali
• Asif Mahmood
• Shoaib Akhtar
• Saleem Elahi
• Suleman Huda
• Mohammad Hussain
• Mohammad Javed
• Taimur Khan
• Shahid Nazir
• Javed Qadeer (wk)
• Akhtar Sarfraz
• Azhar Shafiq
• Wajahatullah Wasti

Basit Ali withdrew from the Pakistani squad after his brother suffered a heart attack.^[3][4] Wajahatullah Wasti was named as his replacement.^[2]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pakistan men	Men's tournament	Scotland No result	Kenya W by 129 runs	New Zealand L by 81 runs	2	did not advance		7

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	0	6	1.799
2	Pakistan	3	1	1	0	1	3	0.480
3	Kenya	3	1	2	0	0	2	−0.697
4	Scotland	3	0	2	0	1	1	−2.401

Source: ESPNcricinfo

9 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Pakistan  201/5 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 31/3 (17.2 overs)
Akhtar Sarfraz 66 (61) Mike Allingham 2/46 (10 overs)		Stephen Crawley 12 (52) Shoaib Akhtar 2/7 (5 overs)

No result Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Nizam Baksh (Can) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain after 17.2 overs into Scotland's innings.
• Points: Pakistan 1, Scotland 1.^[5]

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12 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Pakistan  189/8 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 60 (25.3 overs)
Wajahatullah Wasti 32 Thomas Odoyo 4/39 (10 overs)		Hitesh Modi 18 Arshad Khan 4/14 (8 overs)

Pakistan won by 129 runs Rubber Research Institute Ground, Shah Alam Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Nizam Baksh (Can)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
• Edward Mboya (Ken) made his List A debut.^[6]
• Points: Pakistan 2, Kenya 0.
• Kenya were eliminated as a result of this match.

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15 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

New Zealand  215/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 134 (42.5 overs)
Stephen Fleming 66 (99) Shoaib Akhtar 4/47 (10 overs)		Akhtar Sarfraz 34 (84) Daniel Vettori 3/33 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 81 runs Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and Eddie Nicholls (Guy)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: New Zealand 2, Pakistan 0.^[7]
• New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals and Pakistan were eliminated as a result of this match.

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

• Islam Khan Shams
• Khasif Shuja
• Mansoor Zaman
• Zarak Jahan Khan

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

• Kamran Majid

See also

• Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games