Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

competitions at the

2023 SEA Games , Romanization of Khmer#UNGEGN, UNGEGN: ''Keila Rôs Knŏng Sântĕphéap'') , nations = 11 , athletes = 6,210 , events = 580 in 36 sports , opening = 5 May 2023 , closing = 17 May 2023 , opened_by = Hun Sen , ...

were held at AZ Group Cricket Oval in

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

from 29 April to 16 May 2023. Despite

cricket in Cambodia Cricket in Cambodia has been played mainly by foreign expatriates and recognised by very few locals. Recent promotion of the sport has seen a growth in its popularity and the formation of clubs and associations. A cricket club has existed at some ...

being relatively unknown, the sport was included in the games following lobbying from the Cricket Federation of Cambodia and the Asian Cricket Council. Four different formats of cricket were contested: 50 overs, 20 overs, 10 overs, and six-a-side. National teams were eligible to compete in up to three of the four formats (except for hosts Cambodia who entered all formats). Matches played in the T20 tournaments had full men's Twenty20 International or

women's Twenty20 International Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The first Twent ...

status with ranking points on offer. During the games, the Malaysia Cricket Association complained about the organisation of the events, particularly the unseeded group stages and the lack of semi-finals, and questioned the eligibility of 13 members of Cambodia's men's squad.

Participants

The Vietnam national cricket team withdrew after failing to secure government funding for its participation.

Medalists

Medal table

References

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