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Cricket is set for the 2028 Olympics (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images After 128 years, following a long-winded push and overcoming resistance from its most powerful countries, cricket is all but confirmed to make its Olympic return at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. As I’ve reported throughout the year, confidence has been high from those close to cricket’s Olympic bid. That optimism was justified when the Los Angeles organizing committee proposed cricket to be included along with baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse and squash. “LA28’s proposed sports ignite the imagination on the field of play and drive culture off it. They’re relevant, innovative and community-based, played in backyards, schoolyards, community centers, stadiums and parks across the U.S. and the globe,” LA28 chair Casey Wasserman said. Cricket has only featured in the Olympics once before – at the 1900 Paris Games where a two-day match was played between Britain and France. “We are delighted that LA28 have recommended cricket for inclusion in the Olympics,” International Cricket Council chair Greg Barclay said. “Whilst this is not the final decision, it is a very significant landmark towards seeing cricket at the Olympics for the first time in more than a century.” Cricket, both men’s and women’s, has been earmarked to be played under the three-hour T20 format and it is expected that there will be six or eight teams per gender. Cricket will be played in the T20 format at the Olympics (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images) Getty Images The Olympic proposal is expected to be approved by the International Olympic Committee this week in the Indian city of Mumbai – coincidentally amid the ongoing cricket World Cup. After much politicking over the years, cricket’s powerbrokers were finally on the same page to get the popular British…

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