Cricket knocks on the door of the Olympics
Dubai: Cricket knocked on the door of the Olympics as the ICC formally expressed its desire to include the sport in the World Cup.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that it wants cricket to be part of the Olympic Games. Will do
“First of all, I would like to congratulate the International Olympic Committee, the Tokyo 2020 and the people of Japan on the successful organization of the Olympics. We want to see cricket play a part in the future,” said ICC Chairman Greg Berkeley.
“We have one billion spectators around the world, 90 per cent of whom want to watch cricket at the Olympics, 92 per cent of cricket fans are from South Asia, 30 million cricket fans are from the United States alone,” he said. They all want to see their heroes win Olympic medals for the country.
The working group set up for the Cricket Bud will be chaired by EN Whatmore, chairman of the England and Wales Board. President Mahinda Valipuram and USA Cricket’s Parag Marathe.
