en Pakistan at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
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)
	1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974–1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026; 2030;

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

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Ali Asghar	Boxing	Lightweight

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Ghufrain Hussain	Shot put	16.34	13

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

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

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	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 D
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	6	1.799
2	Pakistan	3	1	1	1	3	0.480
3	Kenya	3	1	2	0	2	−0.697
4	Scotland	3	0	2	1	1	−2.401

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]

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)

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)

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.

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