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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, from July to August 2022.[2] Matches in the qualification tournament were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is).[3]
| Dates | 18 – 24 January 2022 |
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| Cricket format | Women's Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) |  Malaysia |
| Champions |  Sri Lanka |
| Runners-up |  Bangladesh |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 10 |
| Player of the series | Chamari Athapaththu |
| Most runs | Chamari Athapaththu (221) |
| Most wickets | 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]
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 Kenya[14] |
Malaysia[15] |
 Scotland[16] |
Sri Lanka[17] |
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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]
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
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Vishmi Gunaratne 35 (29) Wan Nor Zulaika 1/18 (3 overs) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[19]
Advanced to the Commonwealth Games cricket tournament
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Nurilyaa Natasya, Nur Dania Syuhada (Mas) and Suraiya Azmin (Ban) all made their WT20I debuts.
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Vishmi Gunaratne, Sachini Nisansala (SL) and Rachel Slater (Sco) all made their WT20I debuts.
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Sharon Juma 24 (20) Nahida Akter 5/12 (3.4 overs) |
- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
- Nahida Akter (Ban) took her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is.[20]
- The unbeaten 75-run partnership between Salma Khatun and Ritu Moni for Bangladesh was the highest seventh wicket partnership in WT20Is.
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
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Chamari Athapaththu 57 (29) Esther Wachira 1/4 (1 over) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Tharika Sewwandi (SL) made her WT20I debut.
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Kathryn Bryce 26 (19) Lavendah Idambo 1/8 (1 over) |
- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 8 overs per side due to rain.
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
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Mary Mwangi 23 (37) Mas Elysa 2/19 (4 overs) |
Mas Elysa 37 (26) Flavia Odhiambo 1/9 (1.2 overs) |
- Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
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