Cricket at the Commonwealth Games
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2022LatestBirmingham 2022 (women): Australia beat India by nine runs in the final at Edgbaston
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- Women: silver, 2022; men: 9th of 16, 1998
India at the Commonwealth Games
India's men finished 9th of 16 at Kuala Lumpur 1998, out in the group stage. India's women won silver at Birmingham 2022, losing the final to Australia by nine runs at Edgbaston.
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Results
| Year | Host | Event | Gold | Final | Silver | Bronze | Fourth | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Kuala Lumpur | Men | South Africa | won by 4 wickets | Australia | New Zealand (beat Sri Lanka by 51 runs) | Sri Lanka | 16 |
| 2022 | Birmingham | Women | Australia | 161/8 beat India 152 by 9 runs | India | New Zealand (beat England by 8 wickets) | England | 8 |
The 2022 scores are from the AFP report: Australia 161 for 8 in 20 overs, with 61 from Beth Mooney; India fell short by nine runs after 65 from Harmanpreet Kaur. Both final standings in the per-Games articles agree.
Medal table
| 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 |
Firsts and facts
- First cricket at the Games: Kuala Lumpur 1998, men.
- First women's cricket gold: Australia, Birmingham 2022.