Cricket at LA Games to begin on July 12

LOS ANGELES: Cricket’s much-hyped return to the Olympics at LA Games will take shape at the Fairgrounds Stadium in the city of Pomena ~- about 50km from Los Angeles — from July 12 with the medal matches scheduled on July 20 and 29, 2028.

- Agencies

A total of six teams each in men’sand women’s sections and 180 players will compete in the T20 format in the quadrennial showpiece, which hosted cricket for the first and only time in 1900.

There are no matches scheduled on July 14. and 21 and most of the the matchdays will be double headers, according to the competition schedule released by the organisers.