The 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham showed how cricket might look like in a multi-sport event ©Getty Images

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Geoff Allardice has claimed that recent events have "demonstrated its credentials" for inclusion on the Olympic programme at Los Angeles 2028. 

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) are set to make a decision on which of the nine applicant sports will be included on the programme for 2028 this September.

"One of the things about Olympic competition is that you would run a men's event and a women's event," Allardice told the Moneycontrol website.

The ICC claimed the 2022 ICC Women's World Cup held in New Zealand was the most-viewed women's cricket competition in history with 1.64 billion video views.

"Cricket has already demonstrated its credentials with the scale of its Women's World Cups over the last five years or so," Allardice added.

The women's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games demonstrated how cricket might fit into the programme of a multi-sport Games.

Australia won both the ICC Women's World Cup and the Commonwealth Games gold in 2022 ©Getty Images
Australia won both the ICC Women's World Cup and the Commonwealth Games gold in 2022 ©Getty Images

"I think we were very happy and the feedback was all positive for our Member countries and players around how that experience was with the Commonwealth Games.

"We're in a good position to be able to deliver both men's and women's events and we're putting our best foot forward for inclusion in the Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles."

Cricket has only once been included on the Olympic programme in 1900, though there were initial plans for its inclusion in 1896, 1904 and 1908, the sport was eventually left off the schedule in each case.