Plans ‘Far Advanced’ for LA Olympics T20 Qualifying Tournament

Cricket West Indies, CWI, president Dr Kishore Shallow has revealed plans for a new domestic T20 competition in 2025, aimed at deciding which team will represent the West Indies at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Shallow says plans are far advanced to host the regional tournament which is really for emerging players, but will include a few senior stars.

The CWI president outlined that discussions are already underway with the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to sponsor the tournament next year and that much more details will be finalised following meetings that took place in Paraguay and further meetings to be held in the Turks and Caicos.

Shallow explained that the domestic T20 competition will feature territorial teams, providing a clear path for the winning side to be selected for the Olympics.

Shallow says they are yet to finalise how many teams will take part and the format, that he says will be decided at the upcoming ICC meeting.

Cricket was one of six sports, joining baseball, softball, flag football, squash and lacrosse, that were recently added to the Olympic program specifically for LA28.

The sport has been in the Games once before, in 1900.