Steve Smith Eyes LA 2028 Olympics While Unsure of Ashes
· Sports · Indian Express, Sportstar
Australian batsman Steve Smith has expressed a strong desire to represent his country at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where cricket returns after 128 years. The 37-year-old admitted he remains uncertain whether he will still be playing Test cricket by the time of the 2027 Ashes series in England. Smith is currently playing T20 cricket for the Amsterdam Flames in the European T20 Premier League to stay match-fit for shorter formats. Having played 125 Tests with 37 centuries at an average of 54, he treats his red-ball career as a series-by-series proposition. The LA Games will feature six-team T20 competitions for both men and women.
Why it matters
The decision marks a potential late-career shift for one of modern cricket's premier batsmen toward the Olympic stage as the sport returns to the Games.
Read the original report — Indian Express
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