The Spin | Commonwealth Games T20 can help ignite huge 2022 for women's cricket

The Birmingham Games host the first women’s tournament and marks cricket’s welcome return after a 20-year absenceThe last time cricket appeared in the Commonwealth Games, in 1998, England paused, filed their nails, and decided it wasn’t for them. The one-day tournament was to be held in Kuala Lumpur in September, just as the County Championship was coming to a head. Clearly, in those late 20th-century days, this was a heady clash too far.Leicestershire went on to win the champi