Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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]

Cricket
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueEdgbaston Cricket Ground
Nations8
Cricket formatWomen's Twenty20
Tournament format(s)Single round-robin & playoffs

Background

The next Commonwealth Games will be held in 2022 in Birmingham, England, from 27 July to 7 August and will see 4,500 athletes taking part.[5] 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.[6] In August 2019, the Commonwealth Games Federation announced that the bid had been successful after a vote of all 71 Commonwealth Games Associations[7] with women's cricket being added to the 2022 programme along with beach volleyball and para table tennis.[8] 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.[9]

Tournament

The tournament will be played in Twenty20 format with eight teams qualifying. Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham will be the venue for the matches.[5] Though there were suggestions for matches to also be held at the County Cricket Ground, Derby, New Road, Worcester and Grace Road, Leicester,[6] 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.[10] England automatically qualify as the hosts, along with the six highest ranked sides as of 1 April 2021 as direct qualifiers.[11] One further place will be awarded to the winners of a Commonwealth Games Qualifier tournament.[12]

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).[13] 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.

If the West Indies qualify as a direct qualifier or as winners of the qualifying tournament, the results of a separate tournament will be used to determine which Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) earns qualification. The tournament will be contested between Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and two composite teams representing the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands.[13] If a composite team wins the tournament, then the Commonwealth Games Federation and International Cricket Council will select one of its constituent members to earn the qualification berth.

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nationN/AN/A1 England
ICC Women's T20I rankings1 April 2021N/A6
Commonwealth Games QualifierTBATBA1
Total8

References
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  2. "Cricket to return to Commonwealth Games in 2022 with women's T20s". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. "Commonwealth Games 2022: More women's medals as T20 cricket, beach volleyball & Para-table tennis included". 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019 – via BBC Sport.
  4. "Two years to go for Commonwealth Games, with women's cricket making debut". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. "Women's T20 cricket to be included in the 2022 Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  6. Collins, Adam (26 November 2018). "Women's T20 cricket could be included in 2022 Commonwealth Games". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  7. "Cricket returns to Commonwealth Games with women's T20 tournament added for 2022". Stuff.nz. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  8. Rodger, James (13 August 2019). "Commonwealth Games 2022 adds three new sports to programme". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  9. "Officials looking to include cricket in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics - MCC". Reuters. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  10. "Commonwealth Games 2022: England women qualify for debut T20 event". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  11. "England Women automatically qualify for 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  12. "Commonwealth Games qualification process announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  13. "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). ICC. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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