| 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: .svg.png.webp) Australia (1st title) | 
| Most titles | M:  South Africa (1 title) W: .svg.png.webp) 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) 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 Birmingham 2022: Edgbaston Cricket Ground
 2026: 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 | .svg.png.webp) 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 | 
| .svg.png.webp) Australia | 2nd | 1 | 
|  Bangladesh | GP | 1 | 
|  Barbados | GP | 1 | 
| .svg.png.webp) Canada | GP | 1 | 
|  India | GP | 1 | 
|  Jamaica | GP | 1 | 
|  Kenya | GP | 1 | 
|  Malaysia | GP | 1 | 
|  New Zealand | 3rd | 1 | 
| .svg.png.webp) 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 | .svg.png.webp) 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 | 
|---|---|---|
| .svg.png.webp) 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.
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