Cricket West Indies is to use the regional women’s T20 competition later this year to determine which team will represent the Caribbean and compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Women’s cricket will feature at the Commonwealth Games set for Birmingham, England, for the first time with Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, England and a Caribbean nation all qualifying.

CWI CEO Johnny Grave said which Caribbean nation will be known by later this year.

“The current plan is to use the 2021 T20 Blaze to select our representative,” Grave said.

“We are hoping to hold this tournament along with the Women’s CG Insurance Super 50 Cup in late September/October all being well.”

The West Indies earned automatic qualification to the games as it falls within the six top-ranked International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s T20 nations.

Barbados won the last T20 Blaze tournament in 2019 when they defeated Guyana by eight wickets at the National Stadium in Providence.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to take place from July 28 to August 8, 2022.

Cricket was included in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia. This was the only time cricket was played at a Commonwealth Games until the women’s tournament was included in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados represented the Caribbean at the games where matches were played over 50 overs, and had List A status rather than full One Day Internationals.

South Africa defeated Australia by four wickets to win the gold medal.

Barbados finished sixth, Antigua & Barbuda in eighth place and Jamaica, tenth.