Commonwealth Games Cricket 2022: Schedule, Squads, Broadcast Details- All you need to know

Cricket’s inclusion in global sporting events such as the Olympics and Commonwealth Games has been gaining steam recently. In order to turn cricket into a global sport like football, the Governing body of International Cricket has allowed cricket to be introduced into the Commonwealth Games.

This is the second time a cricket match graces the renowned international competition. Cricket has not been a part of the Commonwealth Games since 1998 when South Africa beat Australia in the final in a 50-over format.

This time, the format has been changed to 20 overs and only the women's teams are participating. In 2018 the Governing body for international cricket submitted a bid for the inclusion of women’s cricket in the Commonwealth. In April 2021, it was announced that the format of the games would be T20I with the dates of the tournaments announced two months later.

Commonwealth Games 2022 Schedule:

All the matches of the Commonwealth Women’s T20 will be held at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. Current T20I World Championship holder Australia will take on India in the first match of the tournament on July 29^th.

The eight teams will be divided into two groups namely, Group A and Group B and will play one match against the other three teams in one group. The two toppers from both groups will move on to the two semifinals on the 6^th of August.

Group A

• India
• Australia
• Pakistan
• Barbados

Group B

• England
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka

CWG Cricket 2022 Group A Matches:

CWC Cricket 2022 Group B Matches:

CWG Cricket 2022 Semi-final and Final:

Commonwealth Games Cricket 2022 Squads:

India 

Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, S Meghana, Taniya Sapna Bhatia (Wk), Yastika Bhatia (Wk), Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana.

Australia 

Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Amanda-Jade Wellington

England 

Heather Knight (Captain), Maia Bouchier, Katherine Brunt, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver, Bryony Smith, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt

Pakistan 

Bismah Maroof (c), Muneeba Ali (wk), Anam Amin, Aiman Anwer, Diana Baig, Nida Dar, Gull Feroza (wk), Tuba Hassan, Kainat Imtiaz, Sadia Iqbal, Iram Javed, Ayesha Naseem, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Omaima Sohail

New Zealand 

Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze, Claudia Green, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Amelia Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Jess McFadyen, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu

South Africa 

Suné Luus (c), Anneke Bosch, Trisha Chetty, Lara Goodall, Sinalo Jafta, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Nadine de Klerk, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Mignon du Preez, Tumi Sekhukhune, Shabnim Ismail, Chloe Tryon, Laura Wolvaardt

Sri Lanka

Chamari Athapaththu, Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Malsha Shehani, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Ama Kanchana, Achini Kulasuriya, Inoka Ranaweera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandika Kumari, Rashmi de Silva, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Anushka Sanjeewani

Barbados 

Hayley Matthews (c), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shanika Bruce, Shai Carrington, Shaunte Carrington, Shamilia Connell, Deandra Dottin, Keila Elliott, Trishan Holder, Kycia Knight, Kyshona Knight Alisa Scantlebury, Shakera Selman, Tiffany Thorpe, Aaliyah Williams