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About Cricket

Twenty20 cricket is on for the LA 2028 Olympics. It follows the return cricket made to the Commonwealth Games at Birmingham 2022, where a women’s Twenty20 competition was held. Australia won the inaugural gold medal, defeating India in the final by seven runs.

Prior to 2022, a men's 50-over cricket tournament was played at the Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games where South Africa won the gold and Australia got silver.

Australia currently has the highest ranked T20I women's side in the world, while the men's team is the fifth best T20I nation.

Olympic History

Test cricket was played between Great Britain and France at the Paris 1900 Olympic Games, but it was not a first class match. Cricket will make its first class debut at Los Angeles 2028.

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The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.

We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.

The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.