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Sixteen teams entered the competition, including seven of the nine then sent a high-quality squad packed with Test and ODI regulars while India and Pakistan sent weakened teams as a result of a clash with the 1998 Sahara Cup . South Africa were also rather below full strength; nevertheless, it was the South Africans who eventually came away with the Gold Medal . COMPETITION FORMAT All matches were played at one of six grounds in Kuala Lumpur . The 16 teams were divided into four groups of four on a seeded basis. Each team played the other three once in matches packed into a single week between 9 September and 15 September , scoring two points for a win, one for a no-result and none for a loss. The top team in each group went forward to the knock-out stages of semi-finals and final (plus a third-place play-off). Teams with equal numbers of points were separated on Net Run Rate , but in the event this rule was only needed to decide the minor placings. TEAMS
GROUP STAGES Group A
In the other Group A games, Zimbabwe (144/4) beat Jamaica (142ao) by six wickets thanks in large measure to an unbeaten 55 from Evans , then piled up 309/9 ( Flower 70, Evans 59 , Goodwin 53) as they crushed a poor Malaysia side (88ao; Nkala 3-6) by 221 runs. The Wooden Spoon game saw Malaysia crumble to 83ao thanks to 4-13 from Cunningham and lose by six wickets to Jamaica (87/4). Group B
Antigua and Barbuda put up 164/9 (a recovery from 77/7) in a 41-over match against India, but the rain fell again with India 30/2 in reply and the match was declared a no-result. India were dependent on Khurasiya 's 83 against Canada - no other batsman passed 22 - but their 157/9 turned out to be well sufficient as their opponents fell apart, Kumble claiming 4-11 as the Canadians were humiliatingly dismissed for 45. Antigua and Barbuda (256/7) beat Canada (135ao) thanks to a fine all-round display from Lake , who made 54 before retiring hurt and then took 4-17; Walsh also made 51 for the Antiguans. Group C Honours in this group went to South Africa, who started off against Northern Ireland. The Irish had reached 89/5 from 38.1 overs when it rained, and the Duckworth-Lewis Method was used to calculate a target of 131 from 38 overs for the South Africans, who won by making 133/6. South Africa then bowled out Bangladesh for a paltry 79 and made 80/5 for a five-wicket victory, before rounding things off against Barbados. The Barbadians set a useful 254/6 ( Wallace 74), but 71 from Kallis and 54 from Gibbs saw their opponents through to 257/6 with ten balls remaining. Barbados (160/6 in 41.3ov) beat Bangladesh (144/7 in 47ov, 53) before Cooke ran through the Bangladeshi order, taking 5-35 as they were dismissed for 63. Group D One-day specialists New Zealand won all their matches in Group D, beginning with a comfortable five-wicket win over Kenya (Kenya 144/8; New Zealand 145/5) before an even more straightforward success against Scotland. The New Zealanders amassed 278/6 ('s 4-47, but only three Pakistanis (and Extras ) reached double figures as they lost their last six wickets for 21 runs, being bowled out for 134 to slide to an 81-run defeat. Pakistan had earlier been frustrated by rain against Scotland; they had scored 201/5 from their 50 overs ('s 4-39 had restricted them to 189/8, but Arshad Khan 's 4-14 and Javed Qadeer 's five catches behind the stumps helped Pakistan to a 129-run win as they dismissed the Africans for only 60. Odumbe took 5-38 as Kenya kept Scotland down to 156/8; they then made 157/5 to win with 12.3 overs in hand. FINAL GROUP TABLES ''Teams highlighted in yellow qualified for the semi-finals.'' SEMI-FINALS South Africa v Sri Lanka
Australia v New Zealand A totally one-sided trans- Tasman clash saw New Zealand collapse to a feeble 58 all out after being sent in, with only captain Fleming reaching 20. Australian slow left-armer Brad Young took a Hat-trick to finish with an exceptional Analysis of 4-2-4-4. In reply, the Australians rattled along at nearly six an over, losing only Mark Waugh as they raced to 62/1 in 10.5 overs with Gilchrist smashing three Sixes as he hit 42 from 36 balls. THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF New Zealand v Sri Lanka
FINAL Australia v South Africa Put in by South Africa, the Australians were indebted to Steve Waugh's unbeaten 90 as they recovered from 58/4 to post a still below-par 183 all out. Pollock was the chief destroyer for South Africa, with 4-19 from nine tight overs to remove Mark Waugh , Ponting , Gilchrist and Lehmann . South Africa got off to a good start in their reply with an opening partnership of 73 between Rindel (67) and Hudson (36). A burst of wickets from Lehmann (3-14) saw the South Africans wobble as they fell from 158/2 to 183/6, but it was too late for Australia and Kallis ' watchful 44 from 96 balls saw South Africa through to 184/6 and the gold medal. LEGACY The tournament was not considered a success, and cricket was missing from the has indicated that they would include cricket. {Link without Title} |
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