Cricket will be Introduced in Olympic 2028 and England has Special Planning for the Mega Event
Cricket is going to return to the Olympics after 128 years. Cricketers will also be seen fighting for the gold medal in the Los Angeles Olympics. And ECB has planned something for this.
Cricket and Los Angeles Olympic 2028: For the first time since the Paris Olympics 1900, cricket is going to return to this Mahakumbh of sports. Cricketers will once again be seen fighting for the gold medal in the Los Angeles Olympics 2028. Although the Los Angeles Olympics are still 4 years away, England has already started planning for it. The England Cricket Board (ECB) made a special offer to Scotland for this.
6-6 cricket teams will participate in the women's and men's categories in the Los Angeles Olympics 2028. In such a situation, the chances of small teams qualifying are very less. Perhaps for this reason England has offered Scotland to join the Great Britain cricket team. This offer is only for Olympics. This will not only strengthen this team, but some cricketers from Scotland will also get a chance to play in the Olympics.
"With the Los Angeles Olympics four years away, it's very early stages, but we're talking to Team GB and Cricket Scotland about the next steps we need to take. Once again Great Britain's Olympians have captured the national imagination with their exploits in Paris this year, and we look forward to working together to compete when cricket returns to the Olympic stage in 2028," an ECB spokesperson told ESPNcricinfo.
Scotland has received ODI team status from the ICC. He has also participated in Cricket World Cup and Commonwealth Games. In the 1998 Commonwealth Games, the teams of Scotland and Wales had entered the men's category. The England team had participated in the women's category.
Let us tell you that players from Wales are also usually included in the England team. That is why the name of their board is England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). England and Scotland have separate identities in the cricket field. However, England competes in the Olympic Games under the name of Great Britain. The Great Britain team includes players from England as well as Scotland and Wales. Scottish players participate in many sports on behalf of Britain. This is rarely seen in sports in which Scotland has become a distinct identity.
The locations for the cricket matches in the Olympic Games 2028 have not been finalized yet. Los Angeles Knight Riders and Major League Cricket are considering the construction of a new stadium in Great Park, Irvine, to host the games. Additionally, the Oakland Coliseum has been proposed as another potential venue for the cricket matches.