{"id":189405,"date":"2026-07-03T09:51:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189405"},"modified":"2026-07-03T09:51:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:21:58","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-2026-tazmin-brits-hopes-to-make-la-2028-olympics-squad-for-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189405","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Tazmin Brits hopes to make LA 2028 Olympics squad for South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71179538\">It was just a few days ago that the ICC and IOC confirmed cricket\u2019s qualification pathway for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Among those teams that have made it is South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Tazmin Brits is hoping she will be in that South African team for the Olympics. She had feared her Olympics dreams had died when a terrible road accident ruled her out of the London Olympics of 2012. Her primary sport then was athletics, and she was a javelin thrower.<\/p>\n<p>She is in London now for the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup. But South Africa was knocked by host England in the semifinal at the Oval on Thursday. She was the top-scorer in the losing cause, making 51; the next highest score in the innings was 17.<\/p>\n<p><b>REVISIT | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/ind-w-vs-sa-w-tazmin-brits-story-career-journey-accident-javelin-throw-olympics-tattoo-t20-world-cup-tazzy\/article68382938.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Putting the \u2018Brits\u2019 and pieces together &#8211; Cricket keeps giving Tazmin\u2019s perseverance second chances<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, she had scored a hundred against the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I score a hundred or fifty and we are not winning, then it is not enjoyable,\u201d Brits said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst England, I think our PowerPlay with the bowling was great. We definitely let it slip a bit with Nat Sciver-Brunt and Heather Knight that actually came and built their partnership. I think they took the game back there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She praised Sciver-Brunt\u2019s innings. \u201cI was actually hoping her calf injury was still there so she wouldn\u2019t have to come in,\u201d Brits smiled. \u201cI am excited about the Olympics. I never got a chance to go for the javelin, so now I am stuck with the tattoo. I hope I make that squad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 03, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/womens-t20-world-cup-2026-south-africa-knocked-out-tazmin-brits-eyeing-la-2028-olympics\/article71179538.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was just a few days ago that the ICC and IOC confirmed cricket\u2019s qualification pathway for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Among those teams that have made it is South Africa. Tazmin Brits is hoping she will be in that South African team for the Olympics. She had feared her Olympics dreams had &#8230; <a title=\"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Tazmin Brits hopes to make LA 2028 Olympics squad for South Africa\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189405\" aria-label=\"Read more about Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Tazmin Brits hopes to make LA 2028 Olympics squad for South Africa\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image2080.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":185729,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=185729","url_meta":{"origin":189405,"position":0},"title":"Tazmin Brits scores maiden hundred in South Africa vs Netherlands Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 match","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"South Africa opener Tazmin Brits scored her maiden century in the shortest format during the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 match against Netherlands on Thursday. 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