The 2022 Commonwealth Games Qualifier was a cricket tournament played in Malaysia in January 2022. Five national teams competed for one place in the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, England, from July to August 2022. Matches in the qualification tournament were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is).
In November 2020, the ICC announced the qualification process for the 2022 Commonwealth Games tournament. England automatically qualified as the hosts, and were joined by the six highest ranked sides as of 1 April 2021. The final place was decided by the Commonwealth Games Qualifier tournament.
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. Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 22 runs to claim a place at the Commonwealth Games tournament. Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu was named as player of the series.
Squads Nigar Sultana (c, wk) Rumana Ahmed Sharmin Akhter Nahida Akter Sanjida Akter Meghla Suraiya Azmin Fargana Hoque Fahima Khatun Murshida Khatun Salma Khatun Lata Mondal Ritu Moni Sobhana Mostary Shamima Sultana (wk) Fariha Trisna 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 Winifred Duraisingam (c) Nik Nur Atiela Sasha Azmi Aisya Eleesa Mas Elysa Ainna Hamizah Hashim Jamahidaya Intan Wan Julia (wk) Dhanusri Muhunan Nurilyaa Natasya Nur Arianna Natsya Amalin Sorfina Nur Dania Syuhada Yusrina Yaakop Wan Nor Zulaika Kathryn Bryce (c) Abbi Aitken-Drummond Sarah Bryce (wk) Priyanaz Chatterji Katherine Fraser Lorna Jack Ailsa Lister Abtaha Maqsood Megan McColl Katie McGill Hannah Rainey Charis Scott Rachel Slater Ellen Watson Chamari Athapaththu (c) Harshitha Samarawickrama (vc) Nilakshi de Silva Kavisha Dilhari Vishmi Gunaratne Ama Kanchana Achini Kulasuriya Sugandika Kumari Sachini Nisansala Hasini Perera Udeshika Prabodhani Oshadi Ranasinghe Inoka Ranaweera Anushka Sanjeewani (wk) Tharika Sewwandi Prasadani Weerakkody
Scotland also named Orla Montgomery as a non-travelling reserve player. Sri Lanka also named Madushika Methtananda, Kawya Kavindi, Imesha Dulani and Sathya Sandeepani as standby players. Bangladesh named Jahanara Alam, Nuzhat Tasnia, Khadija Tul Kubra as standby players.
Warm-up matches
Points table
Advanced to the Commonwealth Games cricket tournament
Fixtures
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo