Apr 26, 2021, 18:33 PM IST
Cricket is the first discipline to announce qualifying teams for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as the sport makes a landmark re-entry to the prestigious multi-sport event scheduled from July 28 to August 8 next year.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) made the announcement on Monday as women s cricket features in the Games for the first time in 22 editions and cricket for only the second time ever, the first occasion being a men s ODI competition in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, which was won by South Africa.
Teams that have qualified for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games #B2022pic.twitter.com/sYJqUJPHxl
Six of the eight teams that will compete in the women's Twenty20
cricket tournament at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are now
known after the International Cricket Council and the Commonwealth
Games Federation announced all but two of the qualified nations.
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Australia’s qualification for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games confirmed The Australian Women’s Team is set to compete in Birmingham next year following Commonwealth Games Australia’s acceptance, with the agreement of Cricket Australia, of the qualification place from the Commonwealth Games Federation. Women’s T20 cricket will make its debut at the Commonwealth Games with Australia automatically qualifying due to their No. 1 world ranking as at April 1, 2021.
The cricket program begins on July 29, 2022 and concludes with the gold medal match at Edgbaston on August 7, 2022.
Meg Lanning, Australia’s captain, said the team were excited to compete for gold in Birmingham.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday became the first governing body for any sport to announce the qualifying teams for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games (CWG).The CWG is scheduled to be held between July 28 to August 8 next .
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