new delhi cricket could once again return in commonwealth games fold after nearly 24 years if birmingham goes on to win the bid to host the 2022 editionaccording to espncricinfo birmingham has been invited to bid for the games by the uk government after durban which was originally scheduled to be the host city was obliged to withdraw due to financial and political issuesthe last time mens cricket was held was in 1998 in kuala lumpur where india didnt qualify for semifinals sachin tendulkar played for india at the 1998 cwgwomens cricket was already included in the durban schedule but neil snowball the warwickshire chief executive and a member of the birmingham commonwealth games bid company has confirmed the intention to include mens cricket too subject to the agreement of the ecb and icc the format would be t20the games are expected to be held at edgbaston and at worcestershires new road home birmingham will not be the only city vying to stepin as hosts cities in canada malaysia and australia are all expected to apply while liverpool have also confirmed their interestliverpool are not thought likely to include cricket among the sporting events