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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Cricket is the first discipline to announce its complete line-up for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after Sri Lanka was confirmed as the eighth team in the women\u2019s T20 tournament, the ICC said on Tuesday.
\nThe announcement was made jointly by the International Cricket Council and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) following Sri Lanka\u2019s victory in the Commonwealth Games Qualifier in Kuala Lumpur last week and the subsequent CGF ratification of the island nation\u2019s entry.
\nAustralia, Barbados, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa and Pakistan have already qualified as women\u2019s cricket makes its first entry into the Commonwealth Games.
\nIt will only be the second time that cricket features in the multi-discipline event after a men\u2019s competition was part of the Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 and is considered a massive opportunity to bring the game to new audiences.
\nBarbados and Pakistan are in Group A along with Australia and India while England, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka form Group B.
\nThe ICC, CGF and Commonwealth Games Sri Lanka congratulated Sri Lanka for their qualification and looked forward to an exciting tournament.
\nICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said: \u201cIt\u2019s good to have finalised the identity of the teams participating in the Commonwealth Games. We will have eight of the best teams competing for the gold and I am sure we will get to watch a highly competitive tournament.
\n\u201cThe Commonwealth Games are an important part of the women\u2019s cricket calendar over the next year. It is a huge opportunity for us to take cricket beyond the traditional strongholds and give more people around the world the chance to enjoy the game.\u201d
\nCGF President Dame Louise Martin said: \u201cCricket is a sport synonymous with the Commonwealth. We are so excited to have it back in the Games for the first time since the men\u2019s 50 over competition at Kuala Lumpur in 1998.
\nThe Birmingham Commonwealth Games, being held from July 28 to August 8, will see 4,500 athletes from 72 nations and territories compete across 11 days.
\nBirmingham 2022 will be the first major multi-sport event in history to award more medals to women than men.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. Cricket is the first discipline to announce its complete line-up for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after Sri Lanka was confirmed as the eighth team in the women\u2019s T20 tournament, the ICC said on Tuesday. 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