The Women’s T20 Cricket will Return For The 2026 Commonwealth Games in Australia
The Women’s T20 cricket will return for the 2026 Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia. After the massive success of the 2022 competition.
Twenty sports were included in 23rd Commonwealth Games:-
The 23rd Commonwealth Games will consist of twenty sports, with events in various cities in the state of Victoria.
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The Commonwealth Games Federation and Commonwealth Games Australia today unveiled their full schedule for the multi-sport event. With golf, BMX, and coastal rowing all debuting.
Cricket was reintroducing into the schedule of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Having previously taken place at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games.
Where the men competed in the 50-over competition, which was won by South Africa. In 2022, women from eight teams competed in a T20I competition.
ICC’s General Manager – Cricket, Wasim Khan expressing his enthusiasm for the development of women’s cricket, taking it one step closer to fulfilling its ambitions of being including in the Olympic Games.
Women’s cricket to be Part of Commonwealth Games in Victoria:-
“We are pleasing to learn that women’s cricket will be part of the Commonwealth Games in Victoria. This would be another significant milestone for the sport after its huge success in recent years, including in Birmingham.
The continued growth and upward trajectory of both women’s sport and T20 cricket fit perfectly. With our long-term ambitions which include being a part of the Olympic Games.
“Women’s cricket has seen a sharp upward curve with rising standards and a rapidly growing fan base. The sight of 86,174 fans in Melbourne for the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 is still strong in our memories.
One to showcase the women’s sport in Victoria in 2026:-
So we can’t wait for another opportunity to showcase the women’s sport this time in Victoria in 2026,” added. Mine.
2026 hosts Australia will be the gold medalists in the women’s T20 event. After winning in Birmingham with a nine-run win over India at Edgbaston in August.
With just 157 runs thanks to a half-century from Beth Mooney, Australia was second best for most of the match. With Harmanpreet Kaur scoring her half-century in reply.
India needed 17 runs in the last two overs and India lost four wickets in the last over. In the bronze medal match. New Zealand was too strong for England, chasing the hosts’ score of 110 within 12 overs.
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Victoria 2026 will run from 17–29 March 2026, with four regional centers in Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, and Gippsland.