Los Angeles 2028 Olympics cricket: Talks on between ECB and Cricket Scotland for Great Britain team

Olympic cricket events at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 will be played as a six-team T20 Tournament for both men and women according to the schedule announced by the International Olympic Committee last week. In T20 World Cups or ODI World Cup, England and Scotland (if they qualify) send their teams separately. According to the IOC, participating teams can field a squad of 15 players in men’s and women’s competitions each but the qualification process has not been finalised by the IOC. “So it’s really interesting, the six teams for us, we would have an opportunity through the GB concept. There’s a lot to come in terms of how qualification takes place, not just for those six teams but how – if a GB team were to qualify – we have selection within that. So, exciting times, and we’ll continue to liaise with the ECB and our colleagues at LA 2028 and ICC. It will be interesting,” Lindblade said.

Cricket competitions at LA 2028 will be played in Pomona, a city in Western part of the USA.

“Cricket (T20) is a hugely popular global sport and will be included in the LA28 Games. A temporary venue will be built at the Pomona Fairplex to host the cricket matches,” the LA28 organising committee had stated earlier this week.

In football, the last time a Great Britain team composed of players from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland competed in the Olympics was in the London Olympics in 2012. The British Olympic Association had shared last year that they hope to enter a Great Britain’s men’s football team in LA 2028.