| Most recent season or competition: Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
| Sport | Cricket |
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| Founded | M: 1998 W: 2022 |
| First season | 1998 |
| Administrator | Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) |
| No. of teams | M: 16 W: 8 |
| Most recent champions | M: South Africa (1st title)W:  Australia (1st title) |
| Most titles | M: South Africa (1 title) W: Australia (1 title) |
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| Note:Defunct competitions are listed in italics. |
Cricket is an optional sport at the quadrennialCommonwealth Games.[1] It first appeared at the1998 Games, with amen's tournament seeingSouth Africa defeatAustralia by 4 wickets in the final. Matches were played over 50 overs and hadList A status rather than being fullOne Day Internationals.
The sport returned to the Games' programme at the2022 Games, with awomen's tournament taking place.[2] Matches were played under theTwenty20 format, with the tournament won byAustralia.[3][4] A women's Twenty20 tournament had been planned to be included in the2026 Games, with a men's tournament also considered.[5] However the withdrawal of original hosts Victoria, led replacement hosts Glasgow to announce only a streamlined event with cricket one of several sports removed from the program.[6]
As is normal at the multi-sport events, Caribbean countries that enter participate as separate nations rather than the amalgamatedWest Indies team. TheEngland team likewise represents only England and not Wales.
Kuala Lumpur 1998:PKNS (Finals),Tenaga National Sports Complex (Heats, Bronze playoff),Kelab Aman (Heats),Royal Military College (Heats),Rubber Research Institute Ground (Heats),Victoria Institution (Heats)
Birmingham 2022:Edgbaston Cricket Ground| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1998 Details | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | South Africa | South Africa won by 4 wicketsScorecard | Australia |  New Zealand | New Zealand won by 51 runsScorecard |  Sri Lanka | 16 | |||
| Nation | 1998 | Years |
|---|---|---|
 Antigua and Barbuda | GP | 1 |
| Australia | 2nd | 1 |
 Bangladesh | GP | 1 |
 Barbados | GP | 1 |
 Canada | GP | 1 |
 India | GP | 1 |
 Jamaica | GP | 1 |
 Kenya | GP | 1 |
| Malaysia | GP | 1 |
| New Zealand | 3rd | 1 |
 Northern Ireland | GP | 1 |
 Pakistan | GP | 1 |
 Scotland | GP | 1 |
| South Africa | 1st | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 4th | 1 |
 Zimbabwe | GP | 1 |
| Nations | 16 | 16 |
Legend
| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 2022 Details | Birmingham, England | Australia | Australia won by 9 runs | India | New Zealand | New Zealand won by 8 wickets | England | 8 | |||
| Nation | 2022 | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1st | 1 |
| Barbados | GP | 1 |
| England | 4th | 1 |
| India | 2nd | 1 |
| New Zealand | 3rd | 1 |
| Pakistan | GP | 1 |
| South Africa | GP | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | GP | 1 |
| Nations | 8 | 8 |
Legend
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
