Lagatar24 Desk
Birmingham, Nov 12: India will face Australia in the opening match of the women’s cricket T20 competition in Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The match will be held at the Edgbaston Stadium from July 29 with the bronze and gold medal games taking place on August 7.
According to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the first match on the schedule will see Australia take on India in the early session on July 29 followed by Pakistan playing Barbados, who was recently confirmed as the team from the West Indies that will take part in the Commonwealth Games.
Women’s cricket is making its debut at the Commonwealth Games with the T20 format. Seven out of eight qualifiers for the T20 competition were announced back in April with the final team set to be finalized at the end of January 2022.
“We have seen tremendous growth of the women’s game over the past few years and the Commonwealth Games will undoubtedly be another major moment on that journey,” said acting Chief Executive Geoff Allardice.
“Today’s announcement of the match schedule gives fans lots to look forward to, not least with the opening game between ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 finalists Australia and India and we know that Edgbaston will provide a great stage for the competition,” he added.
Notably, Birmingham 2022 will be the first that T20 cricket has been included in the Games.
