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albrecht said – Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:54:53 -0000 ( Edit Link )

With the Olympics in full swing, the idea of cricket being part of future Olympic Games should be raised and debated.

Cricket is was last an olympic sport in 1900 but has not appeared since and apparently is currently not in major consideration to be added to future Olympic Games. While I believe the Summer Olympics are already a huge spectacle with too many sports, I think Cricket should be the next event added.

It is a popular enough sport in numerous countries that there would be healthy competition and lots of nations trying to qualify. Also, cricket is a true sport that requires true athleticism and skill (more than can be said for some of the current obscure olympic events!). Adding cricket would also increase the popularity of the olympics in some nations where it has less of a following.

I think the best Cricket nations in the world should be rewarded with a chance to compete to be Olympic champions.

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oLahav said – Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:02:14 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I agree! Cricket surely makes more sense than trampoline, and table tennis. I personally hold that if table tennis is still in by next Olympics, ice-hockey should be in too, and I’ll be able to compete!

But seriously, cricket is highly popular in most commonwealth countries, and it certainly makes sense to include it. Maybe since the next games are in London, we’ll see a change in this in 2012.
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lechuck said – Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:18:50 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

While I definitely agree that Cricket should be an Olympic sport – I think a reason it’s not currently is because Cricket is not internationally played by a high number of countries. Only the UK, India, Pakistan, Australia and a few other smaller countries really are registered ICC members.

On that hand, making it an Olympic sport would definitely spread the Cricket bug and we’d likely see it played by many many more countries.
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ABHI MANU said – Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:21:04 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I think that the shorter versions of cricket i.e. T20 should be an Olympic it is widely popular and it does not take much time even…
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