Women’s cricket in the 2022 Commonwealth Games will start on Friday, July, 29 with Australia Women opening proceedings against India Women at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
It is going to be cricket’s first inclusion in the Commonwealth Games in 24 years after men’s List A cricket was played in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
This edition of the Commonwealth Games, however, will see matches being played in the T20 format among eight teams, divided into two groups of four sides each. The teams participating in the event are Australia, Barbados, India, Pakistan, England, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Group A: Australia, Barbados, India, Pakistan
Group B: England, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka
The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The teams losing the semi-final rounds will square off in a third-place playoff for the bronze medal.
How did the teams qualify for the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
England, being the host nation, qualified directly for the Commonwealth Games while the next five best teams - Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa and Pakistan - made the cut based on the ICC Women’s T20I rankings which gave them automatic qualification.
One spot was determined through the qualifiers as Sri Lanka earned their qualification and Barbados were selected after winning the Twenty20 Blaze in 2019.
2022 Commonwealth Games full squads
India Women: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Yastika Bhatia, Harleen Deol, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sabbhineni Meghana, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav.
Pakistan Women: Bismah Maroof (c), Muneeba Ali, Anam Amin, Aiman Anwer, Diana Baig, Nida Dar, Gull Feroza, Tuba Hassan, Kainat Imtiaz, Sadia Iqbal, Iram Javed, Ayesha Naseem, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Omaima Sohail.
Australia Women: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes, 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 Women: Heather Knight (c), Nat Sciver, Maia Bouchier, Katherine Brunt, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Bryony Smith, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt.
Barbados Women: 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.
New Zealand Women: 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 Women: 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 Women: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Vishmi Gunaratne, Ama Kanchana, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Hasini Perera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Anushka Sanjeewani, Malsha Shehani, Rashmi Silva.
Cricket in 2022 Commonwealth Games schedule, fixtures and live match times for India
July 29, Friday
Australia Women vs India Women, 4:30 PM IST
Barbados Women vs Pakistan Women, 11:30 PM IST
July 30, Saturday
New Zealand Women vs South Africa Women, 4:30 PM IST
England Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 11:30 PM IST
July 31, Sunday
India Women vs Pakistan Women, 4:30 PM IST
Australia Women vs Barbados Women, 11:30 PM IST
August 2, Tuesday
England Women vs South Africa Women, 4:30 PM IST
New Zealand Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 11:30 PM IST
August 3, Wednesday
Australia Women vs Pakistan Women, 4:30 PM IST
Barbados Women vs India Women, 11:30 PM IST
August 4, Thursday
South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 4:30 PM IST
England Women vs New Zealand Women, 11:30 PM IST
August 6, Saturday
1st semi-final, 4:30 PM IST
2nd semi-final, 11:30 PM IST
August 7, Sunday
Bronze medal match, 2:30 PM IST
Gold medal match, 10:30 PM IST
Where to watch cricket in 2022 Commonwealth Games live in India?
Cricket in 2022 Commonwealth Games will be telecast live on Sony TEN 1, Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 3, Sony SIX, and Sony TEN 4 TV channels in India.
Live streaming of the cricket matches in the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be available on the Sony LIV app and website.
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