The Cricket West Indies (CWI) recently announced that the Barbados Women’s side will be participating in next year’s Commonwealth Games (CWG) as West Indies' "representative team" in Birmingham scheduled in 2022.

The announcement came after the CWI Board of Directors decided to postpone the T20 Blaze and Women's Super50 Cup, which was to be the West Indies qualifying tournament for the CWG, until next year.

“Following the postponement, the Barbados Women's team will be the representative team from the West Indies as a result of their victory in the 2020 CWI T20 Blaze tournament and in line with Commonwealth Games Association Tournament rules agreed by the International Cricket Council (ICC),” CWI said in a statement.

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Cricket will be returning to CWG for the first time since 1998 with a women's cricket set to be introduced in the 2022 Birmingham edition.

The regional women’s tournaments were postponed as the dates for the upcoming ODI and T20I series between West Indies vs South Africa from August 31 to September 19, were finalized.

“We have been forced to take the decision to postpone the Women's T20 Blaze and Women's CG Insurance Super50 Cup for this year. We want to congratulate the Barbados Women's team for being named to represent the West Indies in the Commonwealth Games 2022,” CWI CEO Johnny Grave said.

“We wish them all the very best as they compete for the gold medal, and we know they will continue to do West Indies proud,” he added.

(With PTI Inputs)