The proposal was approved at the IOC Session in Mumbai on Monday.
Cricket, squash, baseball/softball, lacrosse and flag football will all be included in the Olympic programme at the Los Angeles Games in 2028.
“The Olympic Games will give cricket a global stage and the opportunity to grow beyond the traditional cricket countries and regions,” Bach said. Bach insisted he did not have to twist the LA organisers’ arms to include cricket on its list of prospective new sports, in spite of it being very much an emerging sport still in the United States.“The idea first came up in a dinner I shared with Casey Wasserman at the athletics World Championships in Eugene last year.
“This is a game-changer for our sport that is already among the fastest growing in the world,” Hockley said. “We look forward to working with the Australian Olympic Committee in the lead-up to the Los Angeles Games and are hopeful this will be the start of a long-standing relationship between cricket and the Olympics, including for Brisbane 2032.”
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