Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Cricket
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Cricket pictogram.svg
VenueEdgbaston Cricket Ground
Dates29 July–7 August 2022
Nations8
← 1998
Cricket formatWomen's Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Single round-robin & playoffs

A women's cricket tournament will be held at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, during July and August 2022.[1] It will be cricket's first inclusion in the Commonwealth Games since a List A men's tournament was held at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2] The matches will be played under Twenty20 format and there will only be a women's tournament.[3][4]

In April 2021 the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced all matches at the tournament would hold Twenty20 International status.[5] The dates of the tournament were confirmed in June 2021.[6]

Background[]

The next Commonwealth Games will be held in 2022 in Birmingham, England, from 27 July to 8 August and will see 4,500 athletes taking part.[7] Under Commonwealth Games rules, all core Commonwealth sports must be hosted but additional sports may be added by the local organising committee. In November 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) made a joint bid for a women's Twenty20 tournament to be included.[8] In August 2019, the Commonwealth Games Federation announced that the bid had been successful after a vote of all 71 Commonwealth Games Associations[9] with women's cricket being added to the 2022 programme along with beach volleyball and para table tennis.[10] The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), as custodian of the Laws of Cricket, welcomed the move and hoped it would eventually lead to cricket's inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics.[11]

The tournament will be played in Twenty20 format with eight teams qualifying. Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham will be the venue for the matches.[7] Though there were suggestions for matches to also be held at the County Cricket Ground, Derby, New Road, Worcester and Grace Road, Leicester,[8] none of these were selected in the final confirmation.[3]

Qualification[]

In November 2020, the ICC announced the qualification process for the 2022 Commonwealth Games tournament.[12] England automatically qualify as the hosts, along with the six highest ranked sides as of 1 April 2021 as direct qualifiers.[13] One further place will be awarded to the winners of a Commonwealth Games Qualifier tournament.[14]

The allocation of the six direct qualifiers via the ICC Women's T20I rankings will be dependant on the representation of at least four out of the six Commonwealth Games Federation regions (Africa, Americas, Asia, Caribbean, Europe and Oceania).[15] If at least four regions are not represented from those in the top seven, then teams ranked 8th to 10th will be first considered to meet this criteria before filling the remaining allocations from the rankings.

As the West Indies qualified as a direct qualifier, the results of a separate tournament were originally going to used to determine which Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) earned qualification. The tournament was scheduled to be contested between Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and two composite teams representing the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands.[15] However, in August 2021, Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed that the regional qualifier had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16] As a result, Barbados were selected to represent the West Indies, by virtue of being the Twenty20 Blaze defending champions.[17] The Commonwealth Games Qualifier, to determine the final team, is scheduled to take place in Malaysia in January 2022.[18]

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation N/A N/A 1  England
ICC Women's T20I rankings[19] 1 April 2021 N/A 5

 Australia
 India
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Pakistan

West Indies Region[a] N/A N/A 1  Barbados
Commonwealth Games Qualifier[20] January 2022 Malaysia Malaysia 1
TOTAL 8 -

Fixtures[]

The schedule for the tournament was announced in June 2021,[21][22] with the full list of fixtures being confirmed in November 2021.[23][24]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 —
2  Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 —
3  India 0 0 0 0 0 —
4  Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2022. Source: Birmingham 2022
29 July 2022
11:00
Scorecard
v
29 July 2022
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
31 July 2022
11:00
Scorecard
v
31 July 2022
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
3 August 2022
11:00
Scorecard
v
3 August 2022
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  England 0 0 0 0 0 —
2  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 —
3  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 TBC 0 0 0 0 0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2022. Source: Birmingham 2022
30 July 2022
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
TBC
2 August 2022
11:00
Scorecard
v
2 August 2022
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
TBC
4 August 2022
11:00
Scorecard
v
TBC
4 August 2022
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v

Finals[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 August – Edgbaston
 
 
 
 
7 August – Edgbaston
 
 
 
 
 
6 August – Edgbaston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
7 August – Edgbaston
 
 
 
 
 
 
1st Semi-final
6 August 2022
11:00
Scorecard
TBC
v
TBC
2nd Semi-final
6 August 2022
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
TBC
v
TBC
Bronze medal match
7 August 2022
10:00
Scorecard
TBC
v
TBC
Gold medal match
7 August 2022
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
TBC
v
TBC

Notes[]

  1. ^ Since the West Indies qualified directly to the event due to being in the top six teams in the Women's T20 rankings, but being ineligible to participate as it constitutes a group of nations that are represented separately in the Commonwealth Games, a qualifier event was scheduled to be held among the teams of nations represented by the West Indies to decide the team to be qualified to the event. Due to the regional qualifier being postponed, Barbados qualified by virtue of being the Twenty20 Blaze defending champions.

References[]

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  11. ^ "Officials looking to include cricket in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics - MCC". Reuters. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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  13. ^ "England Women automatically qualify for 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  15. ^ a b "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). ICC. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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