OLYMPIC CRICKET SHOULD BE GIVEN TO NON TEST PLAYING NATIONS

In the cricketing world, there is a new dream and hope hanging around now. Most of the cricket player want to see cricket being included in Olympics as a medal sport. It really sounds brilliant. Everyone thinks that Twenty20 cricket really fits into the Olympic games.

All cricket players want to see cricket in Olympic because they (have said they) want Cricket to go global rather than congesting them into a dozen of countries. As a cricket lover, I really back this idea. However, I think that this will not globalise cricket. The same bunch of players and teams will be playing in Olympics as well as world stage. This wont really attract other countries to play cricket.

However, if cricket is ever introduced in Olympic than they should give chance to non test playing nations. This will lead to teams like Nepal, Afghanistan or Argentina to play at world level. The globalisation of cricket is only possible by giving chance to the non test playing nations into Olympics.

Who knows if Russia makes it to the finals or China gets its team into Olympics?

(Originally posted at http://www.cricket.com.np/fanclub/?p=299 )