Efforts to revive cricket at the Olympics Cricket at the Summer Olympics

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cricket s governing bodies have of recent history been unwilling return olympics. in particular, board of control cricket in india (bcci) , england cricket board (ecb), considered international cricket s 2 powerful boards, have long been opposed.

more recently, prospect of return olympics cricket has become more likely. in march 2017, reported international cricket council chief dave richardson thought time right olympic cricket. has been reported opposition of bcci, india s governing body cricket , world s powerful national board, cricket @ olympics has softened.

any re-introduced event would, unlike 1900 version, include women s event. proposed format include 8 teams split 2 groups before 2 semi-finals , 2 medal matches. format twenty20 cricket, shortest of 3 formats of game established @ international level. has been suggested inclusion of sport @ commonwealth games springboard inclusion in olympic games. last event in @ games @ 1998 commonwealth games in south africa.

cricket popular sport in highly populous indian subcontinent area, notably in bangladesh, india, pakistan , sri lanka. region ioc has identified growth area television audiences, while india has been mooted potential host of 2032 summer olympics. deadline submissions initial sports programme has passed 2024 summer olympics, hosts paris have opportunity propose events until ioc board meeting following 2020 summer olympics.

three leading cricket sides - england, ireland , west indies - not correspond olympic national teams, problem faced in rugby , association football. united kingdom competes @ olympics great britain athletes england, scotland, wales , british overseas territories without own olympic team. athletes northern ireland can choose represent either great britain or ireland. in cricket, scotland has own team, welsh players play england team, , ireland team represents republic , northern ireland together. in rugby, team gb have nominate 1 home nations team results used determine whether great britain whole qualifies olympics, players home nations can play combined team according usual olympic rules.

the west indies cricket team covers of caribbean, has several olympic associations including barbados, british virgin islands, dominica, grenada, jamaica, saint lucia, saint vincent , grenadines, saint kitts , nevis , united states virgin islands. athletes dependent territories without olympic association can represent mother country without affecting affiliations in other events. west indies cricketers anguilla , montserrat eligible great britain @ olympics, , sint maarten represent netherlands.