Punter backs cricket in LA28

World Cup-winning former Australian captain Ricky Ponting feels that cricket's return in Los Angeles edition of the Olympics in four years' time will be a big positive for the game.

• Former Australian captain feels it can only be a positive thing

It will be a part of the two-week-long extravaganza during the 2028 Games set to be held in Los Angeles, which will witness the sport's return to the stage after 128 years.

The only time cricket featured in the Olympics was in 1900 with two teams -- Great Britain and France with the former winning the gold medal.

-"It can only be a positive thing for our game. I've sat on various committees over the last 15 or 20 years, and it's always been on the top of almost every agenda -how do we get the game back into the Olympics? And finally, it's there," Ponting was quoted as saying during The ICC Review.

"It's only four years away. I think it also gives cricket a chance to break into the grassroots level in the US.

"But the thing about the Olympic Games, it's not the host nation. It's about the audience that it opens up."