Commonwealth games 2022 cricket

Commonwealth Games 2022: Can these England pros play street cricket? 2022 Commonwealth Games Hosts: Birmingham Dates: 28 July to 8 August Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app; Listen on Radio 5 Live or Sports Extra; Live text and clips online. Twenty-four years after South Africa beat Australia to win the gold medal, cricket makes its return to the Commonwealth Games. Whereas the 1998 tournament in Kuala Lumpar was a 50-over competition for men, the event in Birmingham is Twenty20 for women only. Not only does inclusion in the Games give cricket valuable exposure to a new audience, it could also hand a boost to the sport's desire to be included in the 2028 Olympics. The all-conquering Australia team will arrive as huge favourites to win the gold medal, with hosts England the most likely to stop them. How did cricket get here? The local organisers of the Commonwealth Games have the option of adding sports to the regular core events, with cricket included this year after a joint bid by the International Cricket Council and the England and Wales Cricket Board. The benefits to cricket are obvious - in the UK there is the prospect of the tournament being broadcast on free-to-air television, while across the globe the sport will be shown in countries where it is barely played. A successful tournament might aid cricket's push to be part of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Cricket has long courted an Olympi...

Eight sides will take part across 16 matches at Edgbaston, with a winner crowned and all the medals finalised on August 7. India and Australia play the curtain-raising match for the tournament, with the other opening day match featuring Barbados and Pakistan. All you need to know ahead of the first ball. The Groups The teams are split across two groups of four, with the top two in each qualifying for the semi-finals. Sides finishing first in their group will take on the second-place finisher in the opposite group, with the winners of the semis reaching the final. The losers of the semi-finals will face off in a third-place playoff for the bronze medal, with the final determining the gold and silver medallists. Group A: Australia, Barbados, India, Pakistan Group B: England, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka Cricket at the Commonwealth Games begins on 29 July. Where are the West Indies? While the team's T20I ranking would have been good enough for automatic qualification, the West Indies are made up of a group of nations that compete separately in the Commonwealth Games, so their spot at the tournament was to be determined by a regional qualifier. Covid-19 prevented the qualifier, and Barbados were selected by virtue of winning the most recent Twenty20 Blaze in 2019. The side contain a number of full West Indies internationals, most notably skipper Hayley Matthews and Deandra Dottin, as well as quicks Shamilia Connell and Shakera Selman. Twin sisters Kyshona and Kycia Kni...

With the exception of an interruption during World War II, the Commonwealth Games have taken place every four years since 1930 – and athletes from 72 nations are heading to the showpiece in Birmingham in 2022. There will be 286 sessions across 11 days in the UK city, covering 19 sports from 3x3 basketball to mixed synchronised diving. The Maldives is the newest entrant on the countries list, taking on the runaway most successful country in the history of the Games, Australia, as well as hosts England and the likes of Canada, India and Kenya. The Sporting News looks at some of the key details involved in one of the most anticipated sporting spectacles of the summer. Where are the 2022 Commonwealth Games? When it first formulated its bidding route in 2016, Birmingham, England had been targeting the 2026 Games. That changed when Durban, South Africa was stripped of the showpiece in March 2017 after failing to meet financial deadlines. Liverpool also expressed an interest, and the UK government decided to back the Birmingham bid, which hit a hitch when the federation behind the Games declared its plan "not fully compliant" and extended a deadline for potential rival bids. The West Midlands city eventually triumphed, winning praise for the diversity of a local population containing peopleoriginating from all of the Commonwealth member federations. There are 16 venues hosting events, including flagship setting the Alexander Stadium in Perry Barr, which will have a capacity of ar...

Sri Lanka, after their victory in the Women's T20 Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022 in Kuala Lumpur last week, completed the line-up of eight teams that also consists of Australia, Barbados, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa. It's set to be a league-cum-knockout affair at the Games, with Australia and India, the finalists of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, set to clash in the opener on 29 July. The medal matches are scheduled to be played on 7 August. The tournament will be played with two groups in the league stage. Along with Australia and India, Group A also comprises of Barbados and Pakistan. England, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka will fight for supremacy in Group B. This will only be the second time that cricket is going to be part of the Commonwealth Games. The last time was in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, when the men's teams battled it out with South Africa winning Gold under Shaun Pollock's leadership, defeating Steve Waugh's Australia by four wickets in the final. The victorious Sri Lankan team poses with the trophy after winning all four games in the CWG22 Qualifier. “It’s good to have finalised the identity of the teams participating in the Commonwealth Games, and congratulations to Sri Lanka for making it after playing so well in the qualifier," said Geoff Allardice, the ICC Chief Executive. "We will have eight of the best teams competing for the gold and I am sure we will get to watch a highly competitive tournament. “The Commonwea...

The 2022 Commonwealth Games are coming to an end, with Australia still sitting atop the medal tally largely thanks to their efforts in the pool. Another sport they could potentially earn gold in is T20 Cricket, with the Aussies littered with quality players among the best in the world. The first-ever cricket competition at the Commonwealth Games is already underway, with the final set for August 7th (local time). The Sporting Newshas you covered with everything you need to know for the T20 Cricket final below. Who is playing in the Commonwealth Games T20 Cricket final? Australia will face India for the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The green and gold claimed a When is the Commonwealth Games T20 Cricket final? The match will take place on Sunday, August 7that 5:00 p.m. local time in Birmingham. This will mean it is overnight for Australian viewers and in the middle of the day for Canadian viewers. United Kingdom (BST) Australia (AEST) Canada (ET) Sunday, August 7th - 5:00 p.m. Monday, August 8th - 2:00 a.m. Sunday, August 7th - 12:00p.m. How to watch the Commonwealth Games T20 Cricket final BBCwill show the Commonwealth Games free to air in the UK. Some events will be broadcast on BBC iPlayer and via the BBC Sport website, while there will be assorted television coverage across BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Three. Canadianviewers can watch the action via streaming platform Channel 7and 7Pluswill stream live coverage in Australia.

T20 cricket will make its Commonwealth Games debut in Birmingham with the women’s T20 format. This is the second appearance of the sport in the multi-nation tournament after 1998 where the men’s List-A cricket was played with South Africa winning the gold medal. What is the cricket format and which teams are playing in CWG 2022? Eight teams will play in a single round-robin format followed by the playoffs. India is placed alongside Australia, Pakistan and Barbados in Group A while host England, South Africa and Sri Lanka are placed in Group B. Cricket schedule, venue and timings for Commonwealth Games 2022 India takes on Australia in the first match of the league stage on July 29 at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground which will host all matches of the tournament. Host England and New Zealand will complete the league stage on August 4 which is followed by the knockout matches on August 6 and 7.