Cricket at multi-sport events presentation

1. Dr.R.Kalidasan
Assistant Professor (Selection Grade)
Department of Physical Education & Yoga
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirappalli-620 024
CRICKET AT MULTI-SPORT EVENTS
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Cricket in Summer Olympic
1900 Olympics at Paris, France
Date: 19–20 August (2 days game)
Venue: Vélodrome de Vincennes
Teams: Great Britain and France
Winner: Great Britain (beat France by 158 runs)
Belgium, France, Great Britain, and the Netherlands were
scheduled to compete in the tournament
Belgium and the Netherlands pulled out of the competition

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Cricket at Common Wealth Games
1998 Commonwealth Games at Malaysia (Only time)
Played in 50 overs format (One day internationals)
16 teams (7 of 9 Test playing nations)
Date: 9–19 September
Venues : 6 grounds in Kuala Lumpur
League Cum Knock out format
Group A: Jamaica, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe
Group B: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Canada, India
Group C: Bangladesh, Barbados, Northern Ireland, South Africa
Group D: Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland
Gold - South Africa Silver – Australia Bronze – New Zealand

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Cricket at Asian Games
2010 Asian Games (16th ) at Guangzhou, China
Date: 12th to 27th November 2010
Format – Twenty 20
Venue: Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou
Both Men’s (9 teams) and Women’s (8 teams) Tournaments were held
Men
Gold – Bangladesh Silver – Afghanistan Bronze – Pakistan
Women
Gold – Pakistan Silver – Bangladesh Bronze – Japan
India didn’t participated.

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Cricket at Asian Games
2014 Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea
Date: 20th Sept to 3rd Oct 2014
Format – Twenty 20
Both Men’s (10 teams) and Women’s (10 teams) Tournaments were held
Men
Gold – Sri Lanka Silver – Afghanistan Bronze – Bangladesh
Women
Gold – Pakistan Silver – Bangladesh Bronze – Sri Lanka