All you need to know about the Women’s Cricket in CWG 2022

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 In a historic event, Women’s Cricket is making its debut in the Commonwealth Games 2022 to be played at Edgbaston, Birmingham from 29th July.

It promises to be an exciting tournament with 8 nations taking part. There are 2 groups divided into 4 teams each. India, Australia, Pakistan, and Barbados have been clubbed in Group A while Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand, and South Africa.

India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Pakistan qualified due to ICC T20I women’s rankings while England qualified due to host nation.

Sri Lanka made it into the CWG tournament winning the CWG qualifying tournament held from 18th-24th January 2022 played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Barbados made it from the West Indies region.

 

Group A

India

Australia

Pakistan

Barbados


Australia

Meg Lanning (C), Racheal Haynes, Nicola Carey, Ash Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Amanda Jade Wellington, Darcie Brown

India

Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Yastika Bhatia, Taniya Bhatia, Harleen Deol, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sneha Rana, Sabbhieni Meghana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav

Standby Players- Richa Ghosh, Simran Bahadur, Poonam Yadav.  

Pakistan

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

Barbados

Hayley Mathews (C), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shanika Bruce, Shai Carrington, Shaunte Carrington, Deandra Dottin, Shamila Connell, Kelia Elliot, Trishan Holder, Kyica Knight, Alisa Scantlebury, Shakera Selman, Tiffany Thorpe, Aaliyah Williams

Schedule

Australia versus India (29th July)- Edgbaston, Birmingham

Pakistan versus Barbados (29th July)- Edgbaston, Birmingham

India versus Pakistan (31st July)- Edgbaston, Birmingham

Australia versus Barbados (31st July)- Edgbaston, Birmingham

Australia versus Pakistan (3rd August)- Edgbaston, Birmingham

India versus Barbados (3rd August)- Edgbaston, Birmingham

 

Group B

England

New Zealand

Sri Lanka

South Africa

 

New Zealand

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

 

England

Heather Knight (C), Nat Sciver, Maia Boucher, Katherine Brunt, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davis, Sophia Dunkley, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Bryony Smith, Issy Wong, Dani Wyatt, Sophie Ecclestone

South Africa

Sune Luus (C), Anneke Bosch, Trisha Chetty, Lara Goodall, Sinola Jafta, Khaka, Masabata Klass, Nadine de Klerk, Mlaba, Mignou du Preez, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnim Ismail, Chole Tryon, Tumi Sekhukhune.

Sri Lanka

Chamari Atthaptu (C), Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Vismi Gunaratne, Ama Kanchana, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Hasni Perera, Udeshika Prabdohni, Ranasinghe, Ranweera, Harshita Samarawickrama, Anushka Sanjeewani, Malsha Shehani, Rashmi Silva

Schedule

New Zealand versus South Africa (30th July)-   Edgbaston, Birmingham

Sri Lanka versus England (30th July)- Edgbaston, Birmingham

England versus South Africa ( 2nd August)- Edgbaston, Birmingham

Sri Lanka versus New Zealand ( 2nd August)-  Edgbaston, Birmingham

Sri Lanka versus South Africa (4th August)- Edgbaston, Birmingham

England versus New Zealand (4th August)- Edgbaston, Birmingham

 

Players to watch out in each team

Australia- Meg Lanning, Ash Gardner, Tahlia McGrath

India

Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma

 

Pakistan

Bismah Maroof, Nida Dar, Diana Baig

 

Barbados

Hayley Mathews, Deandra Dottin, Connell

 

England

Nat Sciver, Sophie Ecclestone, Wyatt

 

New Zealand

Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr

 

South Africa

Du Preez, Shabnim Ismail, Laura Wolvaardt,

 

Sri Lanka

Chamari Atthapathu, Rashmi Silva, Nilakshi de Silva









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