2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier

The 2022 Commonwealth Games Qualifier was a cricket tournament played in Malaysia in January 2022.[1] Five national teams competed for one place in the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, England, in July to August 2022.[2] Matches in the qualification tournament were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is).[3]

2022 Commonwealth Games Qualifier
Dates18 – 24 January 2022
Cricket formatWomen's Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s)Malaysia Malaysia
Champions Sri Lanka
Runners-up Bangladesh
Participants5
Matches10
Player of the seriesSri Lanka Chamari Athapaththu
Most runsSri Lanka Chamari Athapaththu (221)
Most wicketsBangladesh Nahida Akter (10)

In November 2020, the ICC announced the qualification process for the 2022 Commonwealth Games tournament.[4] England automatically qualified as the hosts,[5] and were joined by the six highest ranked sides as of 1 April 2021.[6] The final place was decided by the Commonwealth Games Qualifier tournament.[7]

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh both won their first three matches to set up a winner-takes-all contest on the last day of the event.[8][9] Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 22 runs to claim a place at the Commonwealth Games tournament.[10][11] Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu was named as player of the series.[12]

Squads

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  Bangladesh[13]   Kenya[14]   Malaysia[15]   Scotland[16]   Sri Lanka[17]
  • Margaret Ngoche (c)
  • Queentor Abel
  • Veronica Abuga
  • Ruth Achando (wk)
  • Lavendah Idambo
  • Sharon Juma (wk)
  • Sylvia Kinyua
  • Mary Mwangi
  • Monicah Ndhambi
  • Daisy Njoroge
  • Mercyline Ochieng
  • Flavia Odhiambo
  • Venasa Ooko
  • Jane Otieno
  • Esther Wachira
  • Sarah Wetoto

Scotland also named Orla Montgomery as a non-travelling reserve player.[18] Sri Lanka also named Madushika Methtananda, Kawya Kavindi, Imesha Dulani and Sathya Sandeepani as standby players.[17] Bangladesh named Jahanara Alam, Nuzhat Tasnia, Khadija Tul Kubra as standby players.[13]

Warm-up matches

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15 January 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Scotland  
187/4 (20 overs)
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  Malaysia
62 (17.1 overs)
Sarah Bryce 81 (41)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 1/2 (1 over)
Nurilyaa Natasya 17 (36)
Abbi Aitken-Drummond 3/16 (3 overs)
Scotland won by 125 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.

16 January 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
166/7 (20 overs)
v
  Malaysia
82/7 (20 overs)
Vishmi Gunaratne 35 (29)
Wan Nor Zulaika 1/18 (3 overs)
Mas Elysa 32 (30)
Inoka Ranaweera 2/3 (2 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 84 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

16 January 2022
13:15
Scorecard
Bangladesh  
148/5 (20 overs)
v
  Scotland
136/7 (20 overs)
Nigar Sultana 30 (26)
Katherine Fraser 2/16 (4 overs)
Kathryn Bryce 56 (43)
Rumana Ahmed 3/18 (4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 12 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to field.

Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   Sri Lanka 4 4 0 0 8 3.924
2   Bangladesh 4 3 1 0 6 2.005
3   Scotland 4 2 2 0 4 −1.393
4   Malaysia 4 1 3 0 2 −2.521
5   Kenya 4 0 4 0 0 −2.651
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[19]

  Advanced to the Commonwealth Games cricket tournament

Fixtures

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18 January 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  
49/9 (20 overs)
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  Bangladesh
53/2 (8 overs)
Winifred Duraisingam 12 (31)
Rumana Ahmed 2/4 (4 overs)
Shamima Sultana 28 (19)
Nur Arianna Natsya 2/14 (2 overs)
Bangladesh won by 8 wickets
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Rumana Ahmed (Ban)

18 January 2022
13:15
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
182/4 (20 overs)
v
  Scotland
73 (12.1 overs)
Chamari Athapaththu 86 (45)
Katie McGill 1/4 (1 over)
Ellen Watson 30* (26)
Sachini Nisansala 2/10 (2.1 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 109 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Chamari Athapaththu (SL)

19 January 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Bangladesh  
125/6 (20 overs)
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  Kenya
45 (12.4 overs)
Ritu Moni 39* (34)
Queentor Abel 3/14 (4 overs)
Sharon Juma 24 (20)
Nahida Akter 5/12 (3.4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 80 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Nahida Akter (Ban)

19 January 2022
13:15
Scorecard
Scotland  
148/5 (20 overs)
v
  Malaysia
117/8 (20 overs)
Kathryn Bryce 62* (46)
Nik Nur Atiela 2/25 (3 overs)
Jamahidaya Intan 24 (31)
Katherine Fraser 4/19 (4 overs)
Scotland won by 31 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Kathryn Bryce (Sco)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.

20 January 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Kenya  
87/6 (20 overs)
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  Sri Lanka
89/1 (9.3 overs)
Queentor Abel 33 (53)
Chamari Athapaththu 1/10 (3 overs)
Chamari Athapaththu 57 (29)
Esther Wachira 1/4 (1 over)
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Chamari Athapaththu (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • Tharika Sewwandi (SL) made her WT20I debut.

22 January 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Scotland  
70/3 (8 overs)
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  Kenya
54/3 (8 overs)
Kathryn Bryce 26 (19)
Lavendah Idambo 1/8 (1 over)
Sarah Wetoto 24* (16)
Katherine Fraser 2/17 (2 overs)
Scotland won by 16 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Kathryn Bryce (Sco)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 8 overs per side due to rain.

22 January 2022
13:15
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
175/3 (20 overs)
v
  Malaysia
82/7 (20 overs)
Harshitha Samarawickrama 65* (42)
Nik Nur Atiela 1/21 (2 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 93 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Harshitha Samarawickrama (SL)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.

23 January 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Scotland  
77 (17.3 overs)
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  Bangladesh
78/1 (15.2 overs)
Sarah Bryce 29 (32)
Salma Khatun 2/9 (3 overs)
Murshida Khatun 50* (55)
Kathryn Bryce 1/12 (4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 9 wickets
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Murshida Khatun (Ban)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.

23 January 2022
13:15
Scorecard
Kenya  
88/6 (20 overs)
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  Malaysia
89/5 (18.2 overs)
Mary Mwangi 23 (37)
Mas Elysa 2/19 (4 overs)
Mas Elysa 37 (26)
Flavia Odhiambo 1/9 (1.2 overs)
Malaysia won by 5 wickets
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Narayanan Janani (Ind)
Player of the match: Mas Elysa (Mas)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

24 January 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
136/6 (20 overs)
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  Bangladesh
114/5 (20 overs)
Chamari Athapaththu 48 (28)
Nahida Akter 2/34 (4 overs)
Murshida Khatun 36 (36)
Chamari Athapaththu 3/17 (4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 22 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Chamari Athapaththu (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

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