Barbados women to play cricket in the Commonwealth Games in 2022

The Barbados women’s cricket team will participate in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham after the Cricket West Indies (CWI) government decided to postpone this year’s regional women’s cricket tournaments.

The 2021 T20 Blaze tournament was due to the West Indies qualifying tournament for the Commonwealth Games.

However, CWI decided to postpone the tournament and the 2021 Women’s CG Insurance Super Cup to 2022.

Barbados won the 2020 CWI T20 Blaze and CWI has used this result to decide the qualifiers for next year’s Commonwealth Games.

This was in accordance with the Commonwealth Games Association tournament rules approved by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

CWI CEO Johnny Grave congratulated the Barbados women’s team on their races.

“This is a historic opportunity as women’s Twenty20 cricket appears for the first time at this prestigious global sporting event, which is a great complement to our sport and a great visibility and opportunity for players. , Graves said

The CWI explained that the decision to postpone regional women’s cricket tournaments was made because of the logistical challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

This has been a challenging period on the eve of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and we are forced to make the decision to postpone the women’s T20 Blaze and CG Insurance Super50 Cup events this year, ”Grave said.

When South African women toured West India from August 31 to September 9, CWI could not find a suitable window to play regional series.

The Commonwealth Games will be held from July 28 to August 8, 2022 in Birmingham, England.

Cricket returns to the Games for the first time since the 1998 Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

However, only the women’s game is represented at the 2022 Birmingham Games.