Most recent season or competition: Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
Sport | Cricket |
---|---|
Founded | M: 1998 W: 2022 |
Inaugural season | 1998 |
No. of teams | M: 16 W: 8 |
Most recent champion(s) | M: South Africa (1st title) W: Australia (1st title) |
Most titles | M: South Africa (1 title) W: Australia (1 title) |
Cricket is an optional sport at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games.[1] It first appeared at the 1998 Games, with a men's tournament seeing South Africa defeat Australia by 4 wickets in the final. Matches were played over 50 overs and had List A status rather than being full One Day Internationals.
The sport returned to the Games' programme at the 2022 Games, with a women's tournament taking place.[2] Matches were played under the Twenty20 format, with the tournament won by Australia.[3][4] A woman's Twenty20 tournament is planned to be part of the 2026 Games.[5]
As is normal at the multi-sport events, Caribbean countries that enter participate as separate nations, not as the combined West Indies team. The England team represents only England and not Wales.
Venues
- Kuala Lumpur 1998: PKNS (Finals), Tenaga National Sports Complex (Heats, Bronze playoff), Kelab Aman (Heats), Royal Military College (Heats), Rubber Research Institute Ground (Heats), Victoria Institution (Heats)
- Birmingham 2022: Edgbaston Cricket Ground
- 2026:
Men's tournament
Results
Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1998 Details |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | South Africa | South Africa won by 4 wickets Scorecard | Australia | New Zealand | New Zealand won by 51 runs Scorecard | Sri Lanka | 16 | |||
2026 Details |
TBC |
Performance by nation
Nation | 1998 | Years |
---|---|---|
Antigua and Barbuda | GP | 1 |
Australia | 2nd | 1 |
Bangladesh | GP | 1 |
Barbados | GP | 1 |
Canada | GP | 1 |
India | GP | 1 |
Jamaica | GP | 1 |
Kenya | GP | 1 |
Malaysia | GP | 1 |
New Zealand | 3rd | 1 |
Northern Ireland | GP | 1 |
Pakistan | GP | 1 |
Scotland | GP | 1 |
South Africa | 1st | 1 |
Sri Lanka | 4th | 1 |
Zimbabwe | GP | 1 |
Nations | 16 | 16 |
Legend
- GP – Group stage / First round
Women's tournament
Results
Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
2022 Details |
Birmingham, England | Australia | Australia won by 9 runs | India | New Zealand | New Zealand won by 8 wickets | England | 8 | |||
2026 Details |
TBC |
Performance by nation
Nation | 2022 | Years |
---|---|---|
Australia | 1st | 1 |
Barbados | GP | 1 |
England | 4th | 1 |
India | 2nd | 1 |
New Zealand | 3rd | 1 |
Pakistan | GP | 1 |
South Africa | GP | 1 |
Sri Lanka | GP | 1 |
Nations | 8 | 8 |
Legend
- GP – Group stage / First round
Medal table
Total
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Men
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Women
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Constitutional Documents of the Commonwealth Games Federation" (PDF). thecgf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Birmingham 2022 Medal Event Programme" (PDF). birmingham2022.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2022: More women's medals as T20 cricket, beach volleyball & Para-table tennis included". BBC Sport. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Mooney, Gardner and Schutt lead Australia to gold in pulsating final". 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022 – via ESPNcricinfo.
- ↑ Masters, Roy (2022-04-28). "Wrestling or men's cricket? Stalemate on new sports for 2026". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-07-28.