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[[Cricket]] was played at the [[1900 Summer Olympics]], a men's contest with only two entrants, won by [[Great Britain at the Olympics|Great Britain]] over [[France at the Olympics|France]]. It is scheduled to be included again in the [[2028 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]], with [[Twenty20|men's]] and [[women's Twenty20]] tournaments.

==History==
Cricket was originally scheduled to be included in the inaugural [[1896 Summer Olympics]], which were held in [[Athens]]: cricket would have been the only team sport held at the Games. However, due to insufficient entries the tournament was cancelled.

===1900 Games===
[[File:Velodrome de Vincennes.jpg|thumb|Vélodrome de Vincennes hosted the cricket matches at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.]]
[[File:Cricket 1900.jpg|thumb|right|Poster of the only Olympic cricket match]]

Cricket was held at the [[1900 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]] four years later but only two countries competed, Great Britain and hosts France. The French team was mostly represented by English expatriates, and it is officially considered a [[Mixed teams at the Olympics|mixed team]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=IOC |title=Paris 1900 cricket men Results - Olympic cricket |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-1900/results/cricket/cricket-men |access-date=2021-08-09 |website=Olympics.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_dbversion=&param_country=ALL&param_games=ALL&param_sport=Cricket |title=Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries |website=olympanalyt.com |access-date=2022-01-31}}</ref> while the English team was represented by Devon and Somerset Wanderers Cricket Club, so it was not nationally selected. The players were also mostly club cricketers — only the British side had any [[first-class cricket]] experience, with eight such games through [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]'s [[Montagu Toller]] and [[Alfred Bowerman]].<ref>{{cite news| last=Bery | first=Scyld | date=5 April 2012 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/9187124/We-should-salute-the-wonder-of-Devon-Wanderers-Olympic-cricket-champions-for-112-years.html | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |title=We should salute the wonder of Devon Wanderers, Olympic cricket champions for 112 years}}</ref>

The teams played a two-day match over two [[innings (cricket)|innings]] with 12-a-side, so the match did not attract first-class status. Great Britain won the match by 158 runs to win the gold medal:<ref name="buchanan">{{cite journal |last=Buchanan |first=Ian |year=1993 |title=Cricket at the 1900 Games |journal=Journal of Olympic History |volume=1 |issue=2 |page=4 |publisher=[[International Society of Olympic Historians]] |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n2/JOHv1n2c.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907211250/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n2/JOHv1n2c.pdf |archive-date=2008-09-07 |editor1-first=Bill |editor1-last=Mallon}}</ref><ref name="ignor">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/134962.html |title=The ignorant Olympians |last=Williamson |first=Martin |date=9 August 2008 |work=[[Cricinfo]] |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=4 November 2010}}</ref> if the French had held out for five more minutes, the game would have been declared a draw.<ref>{{cite news |last=Joint |first=Laura |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2008/08/21/devon_cricket_olympic_gold_feature.shtml |title=When Devon's cricketers won Olympic gold |publisher=BBC |date=21 August 2008}}</ref> Knowledge of the game would have been lost but for the forethought of [[John Symes (cricketer)|John Symes]], a member of the victorious team, who kept a scorecard in his own writing.

A cricket tournament was scheduled for [[1904 Summer Olympics]] held in [[St. Louis]], but it was cancelled due to a lack of entries.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WKRUmep515oC&q=1904+cricket+olympics&pg=PA115 |title = America's First Olympics: The St. Louis Games of 1904|isbn = 9780826264756|last1 = Matthews|first1 = George R.|date = 22 July 2005| publisher=University of Missouri Press }}</ref>

===Reintroduction in 2028===
{{main|Cricket at the 2028 Summer Olympics}}

Many of cricket's governing bodies, including the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) and the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] (ECB), were long opposed to a return to the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kalra |first1=Gaurav |title=BCCI's opposition to Olympics cricket 'disappointing' |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bcci-s-opposition-olympics-cricket-disappointing-755009 |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=17 October 2023 |date=23 June 2014}}</ref> The ECB withdrew their opposition in 2015,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gibson |first1=Owen |title=ECB drops opposition to T20 cricket being in Olympics, says MCC |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/14/ecb-drop-opposition-t20-cricket-olympics-2024-mcc-world-cricket-committee |website=The Guardian |access-date=17 October 2023 |date=14 July 2015}}</ref> and in March 2017, it was reported that [[International Cricket Council]] chief [[Dave Richardson (South African cricketer)|Dave Richardson]] thought the "time is right" for Olympic cricket.<ref name="Guardian July 2017">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/25/cricket-on-verge-making-application-olympic-inclusion | title=Cricket is on the verge of making its application for Olympic inclusion | date=25 July 2017 | last=Wigmore | first=Tom | work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> It was also reported that the opposition of the BCCI had softened.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/24/womens-world-cup-cricket-olympic-games-2024 | title=Women's World Cup success moves cricket closer to Olympic return in 2024 | date=24 July 2017 | last=Wigmore | first=Tom | work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

In October 2020, [[USA Cricket]] stated that it saw a proposed inclusion of cricket in the [[2028 Summer Olympics]] in Los Angeles as a long-term goal.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-16|title=USA Cricket plan to make country leading nation in the sport|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1099662/usa-cricket-plan-leading-nation-in-sport|access-date=2020-10-17|website=Inside the Games}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-16|title=USA Cricket targets ICC full member status by 2030|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/usa-cricket-icc-full-member-status-t20-league-la-2028-olympics|access-date=2020-10-17|website=SportsPro Media}}</ref> In 2020, the BCCI in its Annual General Meeting decided to back the ICC's bid for inclusion of [[Twenty20|T20]] cricket in 2028 after getting some clarifications from the International Olympic Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tristanlavalette/2021/04/19/with-powerful-indias-support-cricket-moves-closer-to-2028-los-angeles-games-inclusion/?sh=4e0fe85b38ee|title=With Powerful India's Support, Cricket Moves Closer To 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Inclusion|work=Forbes|access-date=2021-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=24 December 2020|title=IPL 2022 teams: BBCI okays 10 team IPL from 2022, backs inclusion of cricket in the Olympics |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/bcci-okays-10-team-ipl-from-2022-backs-inclusion-of-cricket-in-the-olympics/articleshow/79940068.cms|access-date=2020-12-24|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=BCCI Clears 10-Team IPL From 2022, Backs Cricket's Inclusion In Olympics {{!}} Cricket News|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/cricket-board-approves-10-team-indian-premier-league-from-2022-edition-2343071|access-date=2020-12-24|website=NDTVSports.com|language=en}}</ref> In August 2021, the ICC confirmed its plans to bid for the inclusion of cricket at the Olympics, starting with the 2028 and [[2032 Summer Olympics|2032 games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2211545 |title=ICC confirms cricket's Olympic ambition |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref>

On 9 October 2023, the 2028 Olympic organising committee announced that cricket was on the list of sports they wished to introduce.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wharton |first1=David |title=L.A. names coveted five provisional sports it wants to add for 2028 Olympics |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2023-10-09/los-angeles-2028-olympics-provisional-sports |access-date=10 October 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=9 October 2023}}</ref> On 13 October 2023, the IOC announced that the bid was accepted and placed under voting to finalize its inclusion in 2028 during the [[141st IOC Session]] in [[Mumbai]] between 14 and 16 October 2023. It was confirmed on 16 October 2023 that cricket would be featured in the 2028 Olympics as only two IOC members voted against inclusion, featuring both men's and women's T20 tournaments.<ref name="final_inclusion_voting">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-16 |title=T20 cricket confirmed as one of five new sports at LA28 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/cricket-at-la28-cricket-confirmed-as-one-of-five-new-sports-at-la28-1403570 |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-13 |title=IOC accepts recommendation to include T20 cricket in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ioc-accepts-recommendation-to-include-t20-cricket-in-2028-los-angeles-olympics-1402864 |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cricket officially confirmed for LA Olympics 2028 {{!}} Cricbuzz.com |url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/128104/cricket-officially-confirmed-for-la-olympics-2028-cricbuzzcom |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Cricbuzz |date=16 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cricket going for gold as Olympic Games inclusion confirmed for 2028 |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3738863 |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=www.icc-cricket.com |language=en}}</ref> The LA 2028 Organizing Committee President noted that Indian cricket legend [[Virat Kohli]] was one of the main reasons behind the sport's introduction to the Olympic program and thanked him.<ref>https://x.com/mufaddal_vohra/status/1713849974893732203?s=46&t=jtNjdZ6HsfB6xfJ3b_ZTMA {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

==Team eligibilities==
The United Kingdom competes at the Olympics as [[Great Britain at the Olympics|Great Britain]], and includes athletes from four [[home nations]] of [[England]], [[Scotland]], [[Wales]], and [[Northern Ireland]], three [[crown dependencies]] of [[Guernsey]], [[Jersey]], and [[Isle of Man]], and all but three of the [[British Overseas Territories]],{{efn|The exceptions are [[Bermuda at the Olympics|Bermuda]], [[British Virgin Islands at the Olympics|British Virgin Islands]], and [[Cayman Islands at the Olympics|Cayman Islands]].}} although athletes from Northern Ireland may also represent [[Ireland at the Olympics|Ireland]]. In cricket, Scotland has [[Scotland cricket team|its own team]], the [[England cricket team|England team]] represents [[England and Wales]], and the [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland team]] represents [[all of Ireland]], although in the past native Irish and Scottish players played for England. In addition, cricketers from the [[Falkland Islands]], [[Gibraltar]], Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Jersey and [[Turks and Caicos Islands]], all of whom have their [[List of International Cricket Council members#Associate members|own teams]] may also represent Great Britain.

The [[West Indies cricket team]] covers much of the [[Caribbean]], which has twelve Olympic associations: [[Antigua and Barbuda at the Olympics|Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Barbados at the Olympics|Barbados]], [[British Virgin Islands at the Olympics|British Virgin Islands]], [[Dominica at the Olympics|Dominica]], [[Grenada at the Olympics|Grenada]], [[Guyana at the Olympics|Guyana]], [[Jamaica at the Olympics|Jamaica]], [[Saint Lucia at the Olympics|Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the Olympics|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis at the Olympics|Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics|Trinidad and Tobago]] and [[Virgin Islands at the Olympics|United States Virgin Islands]]. Players from these countries would be eligible to represent their own countries, though it is unsure which, if any, of the above will participate. At the men's event of the [[Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Commonwealth Games]], only [[Antigua and Barbuda national cricket team|Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Barbados national cricket team|Barbados]], and [[Jamaica national cricket team|Jamaica]] entered.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/cricket-commonwealth-games-1998-kuala-lumpur|title=No glitz, no glamour for cricket's first outing at the Commonwealth Games|publisher=International Olympic Committee|author=Aarish Ansari|date=28 April 2021|access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref> At the women's event of the [[Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Commonwealth Games]], a qualifying tournament was scheduled to be held among the Caribbean nations. However, the tournament was cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and [[Barbados women's national cricket team|Barbados]] were chosen to represent the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/barbados-women-to-represent-west-indies-at-2022-birmingham-commonwealth-games-1273336|title=Barbados to represent West Indies at 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games|website=ESPNcricinfo|date=14 August 2021|access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref>

Additionally, cricketers from [[Anguilla]] and [[Montserrat]], who otherwise play for West Indies, would be eligible for Great Britain at the Olympics, whereas those from [[Sint Maarten]], who also play for West Indies, would be eligible to play for the [[Netherlands at the Olympics|Netherlands]].

==Results==
===Men's tournament===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 width=5% | Year
! rowspan=2 width=22% | Host
! colspan=3 | Gold medal match
! colspan=3 | Bronze medal match
|-
! style="width:20%; background:gold;" | Gold
! width=10% | Result
! style="width:20%; background:silver;" | Silver
! style="width:20%; background:bronze;" | Bronze
! width=10% | Result
! style="width:20%; " | Fourth place
|-
| [[Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]]
| {{flagicon|France}} <br /> [[Paris]]
| '''{{flagdeco|GBR}} <br> {{nowrap|[[Great Britain Olympic cricket team|Great Britain]]}}'''
| Great Britain won by 158 runs [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/olympics-1900-320837/france-vs-great-britain-final-320838/full-scorecard Scorecard]
|'''{{cr|FRA}}'''
|colspan=3|''Did not happen''
|-
| ''[[Cricket at the 2028 Summer Olympics|2028]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} <br /> {{nowrap|[[Los Angeles]]}}
| colspan="3" | TBD
| colspan="3" | TBD
|}

===Women's tournament===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 width=5% | Year
! rowspan=2 width=15% | Host
! colspan=3 | Gold medal match
! colspan=3 | Bronze medal match

|-
! style="width:14%; background:gold;" | Gold
! width=9% | Result
! style="width:14%; background:silver;" | Silver
! style="width:14%; background:bronze;" | Bronze
! width=9% | Result
! style="width:14%; " | Fourth place

|-
| ''[[Cricket at the 2028 Summer Olympics|2028]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} <br /> {{nowrap|[[Los Angeles]]}}
| colspan="3" | TBD
| colspan="3" | TBD
|}

==Participating nations==
===Men's tournament===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Nation
! [[Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]]
! [[Cricket at the 2028 Summer Olympics|2028]]
! Years
|-
|align=left|{{flagIOC|GBR}}
|bgcolor=gold|'''G'''
| 
| 1
|-
|align=left|{{flagIOC|FRA}}
|bgcolor=silver|'''S'''
|
| 1
|-
|align=left|{{flagIOC|USA}}
|
| ''Q''
| 
|-
!align=left|Total
! 2
! 6
!
|}

===Women's tournament===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Nation
! [[Cricket at the 2028 Summer Olympics|2028]]
! Years
|-
|align=left|{{flagIOC|USA}}
| ''Q''
|
|-
!align=left|Total
! 6
!
|}

==Performance by nations==
===Men's tournament===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!Team
!Gold
!Silver
!Bronze
!Fourth
!Total
|-
|align=left|{{cr|GBR}}
|bgcolor=gold|'''1''' (1900)
|
|
|
|'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{cr|FRA}}
|
|bgcolor=silver|'''1''' (1900)
|
|
|'''1'''
|}

===Women's tournament===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!Team
!Gold
!Silver
!Bronze
!Fourth
!Total
|-
|align=left|TBD
|
|
|
|
|
|}

==Medal table==
{{main|List of Olympic medalists in cricket}}
===Overall===
{{Medals table
| caption        = 
| host           = 
| flag_template  = flagIOCteam
| event          = 
| team           = 
| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0
| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 0
}}

===Men's tournament===
{{Medals table
| caption        = 
| host           = 
| flag_template  = flagIOCteam
| event          = 
| team           = 
| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0
| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 0
}}

===Women's tournament===
{{Medals table
| caption        = 
| host           = 
| flag_template  = flagIOCteam
| event          = 
| team           = 
<!--| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0
| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 0-->>
}}

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=780px
!Games
!Venue
!{{nowrap|Other sports hosted at venues for those games}}
!Capacity
!Ref.
|-
| [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]]
| {{nowrap|[[Vélodrome de Vincennes]]}}
| [[Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Cycling]], [[Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Football]], [[Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Gymnastics]], [[Rugby union at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Rugby union]]
| 
| align=center| <ref name=osg1900d>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1900/1900.pdf 1900 Summer Olympics official report.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528012428/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1900/1900.pdf |date=28 May 2008 }} pp. 15–16. Accessed 14 November 2010. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
|-
| {{nowrap|''[[2028 Summer Olympics|2028 Los Angeles]]''}}
| [[Fairplex]]
| 
| align=right|
| align=center| <ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-15 |title=Venue announced for cricket's Olympics return at LA28 |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/venue-announced-for-cricket-s-olympics-return-at-la28 |access-date=2025-04-17 |publisher=[[International Cricket Council]] |language=en}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Cricket at the Asian Games]]
* [[Cricket at the Commonwealth Games]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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