London 2012 Olympic Cricket Network

France plans Olympic cricket rematch with Britain

2009-04-18T13:38:00.001-07:00

France plans Olympic cricket rematch with Britain

Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
France and Great Britain were the only nations to field teams in the
cricket competition at the 1900 Olympics in Paris, the only occasion on
which the sport ...
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Bolt, 4x100 team nominated for sporting 'Oscars'
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
... former West Indies cricket captain Sir Vivian Richards is a member, and
former Olympic and World 400 metres hurdles champion Edwin Moses is
chairman. ...
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malaysian sports' loose cannon: Beng Choo v Kok Chi
By rizal hashim
The Kelantan-born Malaysian Malays Cricket Association secretary, who is of
Indian-Chinese descent, was not only the youngest journalist from the New
Straits Times Group to cover an Olympic Games when he was attached to
Berita Harian in ...
<http://rizalhashim.blogspot.com/2009/04/beng-choo-v-kok-chi.html>
malaysian sports' loose cannon
<http://rizalhashim.blogspot.com/>

London Olympics 2012: Hosting the “Regeneration Games” in a Global ...

2008-12-10T14:04:00.000-08:00

London Olympics 2012: Hosting the "Regeneration Games" in a Global ...
By Meryl
Historically, hosting the Olympics was considered an economic boon for an
area, and when London first won the bid for the 2012 games, authorities
were optimistic about the positive development the city would undergo in
preparation. ...
<http://www.schoolvoorjournalistiek.com/europe/?p=854>

London assembly wants T20 in Olympics

2008-11-23T11:11:00.001-08:00

London assembly wants T20 in Olympics
By noreply@blogger.com (vinu)
The London Assembly motion comes after the MCC World Cricket Committee
addressed the issue at their latest meeting in New Delhi, led by former
Australia cricket captain and committee member Steve Waugh. Qureshi's
comments were backed by ...
<http://worldsportsinfo.blogspot.com/2008/11/london-assembly-wants-t20-in-olympics.html>

Olympics News Review

2008-10-20T18:58:00.001-07:00

2016 Olympics bidding cities to attend Kampala conference
New Vision - Kampala,Uganda
By Norman Katende CITIES bidding to host the 2016 summer Olympics will extend their campaigns to the Africa National Olympic Committees secretary generals' ...

Madrid a 'safe choice' for 2016 Olympics
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Madrid will be up against three other cities - Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo - in its bid to host the Olympics in 2016. The IOC will decide on October 2 ...

DHL getting set for the Special Olympics Flame of Hope to the UAE
Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan
DHL Express, the world's leading express and logistics company, continues the efforts to bring the Special Olympics Global Law Enforcement Flame of Hope ...

Cadbury is Olympics sponsor
Straits Times - Singapore
LONDON - CADBURY PLC signed up as a national sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics on Tuesday, injecting much needed funds into the games amid fears that the ...

RSM McGladrey Tees Up Support for Special Olympics as the Official ...
MarketWatch - USA
The new partnership will support Special Olympics athletes by providing financial support and opportunities for them to enhance their golf game by ...

Cadbury to sponsor Olympics
SkySports - USA
By Elliot Ball Last updated: 20th October 2008 London 2012 are closing in on their sponsorship target after Cadbury was named as the "official confectionery ...

Special Olympics Fall Classic at HSE Oct. 25
Indianapolis Star - United States
Nearly 1200 Special Olympics Indiana athletes and Unified Partners will come together at Hamilton Southeastern High School Oct. 25 for the 2008 Fall Classic ...

China Mobile Net Lags Analyst Estimates on Olympics (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
``The Olympics would have had some effects, as we can see in the decline in average usage data,'' said Victor Yip, who rates China Mobile shares ``buy'' at ...

China Mobile Net Rises Less Than Analyst Estimates on Olympics
Bloomberg - USA
... phone company by users, increased third-quarter profit less than analysts estimated, as the Olympic Games in August curbed demand from business clients. ...

Cadbury added as London Olympics sponsor
Marketing Week - London,UK
Cadbury has been confirmed as a tier two sponsor of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The deal, worth at least £20m, will make the company official ...

Only the Olympics Can Match the Autumn Sports Overload
By Paul
The Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games bring the same kind of incessant excitement as sporting events take place pretty much the entire day, ever day, for two weeks straight. In Beijing, we saw that the vast difference in time zone ...
Chicago 2016 Channel - http://chicago2016channel.com/

TMS competes at the Yale Physics Olympics
The Master's School Physics club competes at the 11th Annual Yale Physics Olympics.
The Master's School News - http://www.masterschool.org/

Air China expects nine-month loss on fuel, Olympics
By Gareth Powell
Air China joins China Eastern Airlines in reporting a probable loss in the period after the government forced carriers to curb flights to Beijing during the Olympics in order to ease pollution and congestion. ...
China Air Travel News - http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/airtravel/

How to Watch the Olympics in Different Ways
Being able to watch and root for your country's team and witness the events as each country and Olympian makes history can be an unforgettable event in one's life. There are certain ways you can be part of and enjoy this event, ...
eHow - Sports & Fitness How To's - http://www.ehow.com/

Beijing Olympics Building Chief May Be Executed for Corruption
BEIJING — A former Beijing official who oversaw citywide construction projects for this year's Olympic Games has been given a suspended death sentence for corruption in a case that involved bribery and lavish living, state news outlets ...
Democratic Underground Latest... - http://www.democraticunderground.com/

Chorley's own 'Olympic' games will include wheelchair basketball and rugby, wheelchair cricket and blind cricket

2008-10-18T17:17:00.001-07:00

Chorley's own 'Olympic' games
Chorley Guardian - Chorley,UK
There will be wheelchair basketball and rugby, wheelchair cricket and blind cricket, trampolining and table tennis, swimming, cycling, boccia, athletics and ...

Thinking the Olympics

2008-10-13T11:06:00.001-07:00

Olympics-2016: Tokyo turns on the charm with Olympic committees of ...
Bangkok Post - Thailand
"I am not a fortune teller, but we are not thinking about making any changes. We are focused on this plan and I feel very confident. ...

Stern considers NBA games in London possible before 2012 Olympics
The Canadian Press - LONDON
"We don't really grow up thinking that people will one day know us worldwide," said Wade, who scored 18 points for the Heat in the 94-92 loss to the Nets. ...

Guest view: Hamilton wins in hardest race of her career
Wausau Daily Herald - Wausau,WI,USA
She represented the United States in three Summer Olympics -- 1992, 2000 and 2004 -- and won seven US national championships among numerous accolades. ...

Bruised not busted, Mottram plans to run for fun
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
Mottram has been unsighted since his shock failure at the Beijing Olympics where he didn't make the final of the 5000m after a tactical blunder in the heat. ...

Greenville Kids Compete In Triathlon
WITN - USA
says Barbara Avery Not only are they promoting fitness, but the gift of giving. All proceeds for entering the triathlon went to Special Olympics of Pitt ...

On Tennis: Federer's back for now, but it won't be easy
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... surrendering his Wimbledon throne and top ranking to Spain's Rafael Nadal, exiting early at the Olympics, and regaining some confidence by triumphing ...

Getting Ready For 2010 Olympics
If the Beijing summer games have yet to quench your need for Olympic gold, you may already be thinking about the 2010 Winter Olympics...
BargainTravel.com News - http://www.bargaintravel.com

Olympics-2016: Tokyo turns on the charm with Olympic committees of ...
By Rob Ladin
"I am not a fortune teller, but we are not thinking about making any changes. We are focused on this plan and I feel very confident." Kono congratulated Beijing 2008 for its organization of the Games and promised that Tokyo would also ...
Olympic Times Daily sports - http://www.robladin.com

Dog Olympics
By Charity, Gary, Katie and Louis(Charity, Gary, Katie and Louis)
She was saying something about me winning the Gold and being so proud, but I was just thinking how about some more of that yummy food. The third event was the Recall. We had to stay at one end of the room with the teacher while our ...
Welcome to the Happy Haus... - http://welcometothehappyhaus.blogspot.com/

Is there a way to cheat on Beijing Olympics?
By bochen2
I need to rapidly do jkjkjkjkjkjkj to run fast, any way to directly fool the operating system into thinking those keystrokes are pressed with software and without having to do it myself on the keyboard???
Science Forums - http://hypography.com/forums

In the News: 13th-14th October, 2008
By Critical Thinker(Critical Thinker)
Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent, Reuters-OSLO - Refugees are moving to Antarctica by 2030, the Olympics are held only in cyberspace and central Australia has been abandoned as too dry, according to exotic scenarios for climate ...
Politics and Critical Thinking - http://politicsandcriticalthinking.blogspot.com/

Kalmadi set to bag 2020 Olympics

2008-10-11T18:57:00.001-07:00

Opening his second innings in IOC, Kalmadi set to bag 2020 Olympics
Pune Newsline - Pune,India
This will help us make a positive bid for the 2020 Olympics. We hope to bring the Olympics to India." About the national games, Kalmadi said, "The national ...

Olympic Cricket New Roundup

2008-09-11T21:51:00.001-07:00

Bolt and the making of an Olympic champion
Times Online - UK
It was while Bolt was switching his interests from football and cricket
that Greene, the American sprinter, exerted a near-complete dominance over
the men's ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/athletics/article4727520.ece>

Questions for David Hill
Wall Street Journal - USA
Mr. Hill: I spent my life doing cricket and an awful lot of tennis. I loved
that. Unfortunately tennis has shot itself in the foot so severely so many
times ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122099550668216497.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>

Plea for cricket in 2012
This is London - London,England,UK
Traditionally, each Olympic host nation includes a national sport as a
"demonstration" event. China showcased Wushu, a full-contact sport derived
from ...
<http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23553481-details/Plea+for+cricket+in+2012/article.do>

From the left field
By ilanakoeg32
These lame cricket mutations, another poorly disguised American attempt at
more gold medals, are both fighting for the two openings in the 2016
Olympics that are yet to be allocated. Golf, rugby, squash, karate and
roller sports are ...
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Campaign For Cricket As Demonstration Sport In 2012 - GamesBids.com
By Wayne
Campaign For Cricket As Demonstration Sport In 2012 GamesBids.com - 44
minutes ago A campaign has been launched to include cricket as a
demonstration sport at the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The Evening
Standard reports Labour . ...
<http://www.londonvisits.net/campaign-for-cricket-as-demonstration-sport-in-2012-gamesbidscom>

Gilchrist, Sangakkara To Make Video Presentations Before ICC
By Sudhakar Shanbhag
... wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist and Sri Lanka's vice-captain
Kumara Sangakkara will make video presentations before the International
Cricket Council to impress upon the authorities to include cricket in the
Olympic Games. ...
<http://www.cricketlatest.com/news/112293/gilchrist-sangakkara-make-vide>

Gilly leads Olympic push for cricket The Age Pakistan one-day series in
doubt BBC Sport ...
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BCCI would be unwilling to hand their players over to National Olympic Committees for the duration of an Olympics.

2008-09-11T21:12:00.001-07:00

international cricket's principal adviser has offered only tepid support for the inclusion of Twenty20 in the Olympics, but will seek to push through plans for separate leagues to be formed in China and the USA.

Inderjit Singh Bindra hinted that boards such as the BCCI would be unwilling to hand their players over to National Olympic Committees for the duration of an Olympics. Instead, Bindra argued that forming Twenty20 leagues in China and the USA - with the eventual aim of incorporating them into the Champions League structure - would be the best method of expanding the game.

"If the ICC aggressively markets Twenty20, it definitely has huge scope," Bindra said. "We have already seen that in the IPL. In four to five years, it will catch up with other European [football] leagues. There is already a lot of interest in places like America. There are people ready to invest money exclusively with us. It is my belief every major city should have its own team."

Cricket in Olympics: Bring it on

2008-09-03T20:25:00.001-07:00

Cricket in Olympics: Bring it on
Zee News - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
It is more global, more receptive, and more ready for the rest of the
world. With cricket marking its presence at the Guangzhou Asian Games
(2010), ...
<http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=466420&sid=ZNS>

Cricket is set to make a return as an Olympic Sport at the 2012 London

2008-08-26T05:30:00.000-07:00

News From The Far Side

Cricket365 News - UK
Cricket is set to make a return as an Olympic Sport at the 2012 London
games in a bid by the local organising committee to give the Games a home
flavour. ...
<http://www.cricket365.co.za/story/0,18305,6673_4048253,00.html>

BCCI to fund five individual Olympic.

2008-08-26T05:12:00.000-07:00

Indian board digs deep to boost Olympic hopefuls

Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
NEW DELHI: Olympic hopefuls in India have been given a massive boost after
the country's cricket chiefs said they would plough millions of dollars
into ...
<http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C08%5C26%5Cstory_26-8-2008_pg2_20>

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And the point was?
By Prithvi Chandrasekhar(Prithvi Chandrasekhar)
Ed Smith, who played test cricket for England and is now captain of
Middlesex CCC, had the most interesting and querulous take on the Olympics.
Having paid due homage to the record British gold medal haul, he goes on to
observe: ...
<http://moonballs.blogspot.com/2008/08/and-point-was.html>
Moonballs from Planet Earth
<http://moonballs.blogspot.com/>

presence of retired cricketer Steve Waugh has been conducive to helping the Facebook-Olympic generation

2008-08-11T05:51:00.001-07:00

Olympic stage fright for young Australians

By swimmingster
I wonder whether the team evironment created by coaches Alan Thompson and
people like Laurie Lawrence (and the bizarre presence of retired cricketer
Steve Waugh) has been conducive to helping the Facebook-generation
youngsters feel at ...
<http://theswimster.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/olympic-stage-fright-for-young-australians/>

Waugh joins Olympic Twenty20 push

2008-08-07T09:42:00.001-07:00

Ganguly and Fleming support global proposal for 2020 Games

Waugh joins Olympic Twenty20 push

August 5, 2008

Steve Waugh said the 1998 Commonwealth Games was the "time of my life" © Getty Images

Steve Waugh, who led Australia to a Commonwealth Games silver medal, is part of a growing group of current and former players who have supported Adam Gilchrist's push for Twenty20 to be part of the 2020 Olympics. Gilchrist raised the idea on Monday and since then a series of big names, including Kumar Sangakkara, Sourav Ganguly and Stephen Fleming, have climbed on board.

Waugh, a mentor of the Australian Olympic team in Beijing, said the idea was "definitely worth pursuing". "If you want to globalise the game then you have to look at including countries like China and the United States, and getting cricket into the Olympics will fast-track that move," Waugh told the Press Association.

In 1998 Waugh captained Australia at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and said it was the "time of my life". "Winning the silver medal was one of the highlights of my career," he said. And he believes Twenty20 will become a "worldwide phenomenon" over the next few years.

"The Olympic Games would provide the perfect platform to showcase the game to a larger audience, drawing in new fans and helping drive cricket development in emerging cricket countries," Sangakkara wrote in the Times of India. "The snowball effect this could be enormous. 2020 may seem like a long way away but we need to start the process now.

"From a player's perspective, the privilege of competing at an Olympic Games would undoubtedly be a highlight of your career."

The proposal has also received backing from Fleming, Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Yuvraj Singh. While Fleming and Gilchrist have retired from internationals, they are both involved in the Indian Premier League and see huge potential in the Twenty20 format.

"The Olympics would be the greatest vehicle to spread the game worldwide and it would be a logical fit," Fleming said in the Australian. Ganguly also took a global view of the possible development.

"It will help the players to be part of a worldwide movement," he said in the Deccan Chronicle. "Cricket is an exciting sport and should definitely be part of the Olympics."

Laxman said representing India at an Olympics would be a "great honour" while Yuvraj felt it was an excellent initiative. "Should cricket make it to the Olympics," he said, "it would be significant, especially to our country where the game is most loved."

Gilchrist said his proposal was a "call to arms for the game's administrators" and James Sutherland, Cricket Australia's chief executive, is excited by it. "When you think of the Olympics, you also think of the big nations like the US, Russia and now China," Sutherland told the paper. "Those regions are clearly potential growth opportunities for cricket and we see Twenty20 at the Olympics as a superb vehicle."

For cricket to be included in 2020 it would need to be approved by the International Olympic Committee in 2013. The game received Olympic "recognition status" last year, but it faces a battle with other sports, such as golf, karate and baseball, to become part of the programme.

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I think cricket for 2020 games is a fantastic idea. Cricket is not currently on the list of sports already listed for the 2012 london games and i see no chance how that will change. Cricket will only become a sport after the IOC approves it seven years before the event. This will mean serious lobbying for spots in the 2016 games as the submission must be made in the next year. I do not believe the comments that cricket will find it hard to gain global acceptance. Australia, Asia, Africa and the Americas do not seriously play EUROPEAN handball do they? Cricket for 2016. Posted by bmadden23 on August 06 2008, 12:07 PM GMT

I absolutely think cricket should be included as a challenge and not to mention worldwide sport in te 2020 olympics. Cricket will offer more to the fans than baseball, karate, or golf, because in cricket you experience excitement and anticipation rather every second you're watching/encountering it. Since, say baseball, is regarded more by the "western world", the olympic management group should strive to include a sport in the 2020 olympics that is not only unique, but new to many countries of the world. This, therefore, can help the growth of cricket worldwide and encourage "new" countries to adopt it as a national sport. If cricket is to survive in the future, it needs acknowledgement from other non-cricket countries and needs to occupy the "big stage." Posted by motherocker on August 06 2008, 09:21 AM GMT

if small sports like handball and archery/shooting are at the olympics why not bigger sports like 2020 cricket and 7s rugby Posted by iamasexybeast on August 06 2008, 07:23 AM GMT

Cricket should definitely be included in the Olympics...the easiest way for the game to get world wide acceptance is it to be played on a big stage & what more bigger than the Olympics.The biggest disadvantage would have been the time period but with the entry of 20-20 thats also been solved.Many people have suggested that the game will be played only by the expats..maybe it would take place for the first 2 Olympics but by then,the seriousness of the game would have been understood & the natives itself would be attracted to the game... Posted by parodilse on August 06 2008, 07:16 AM GMT

T20 is one of the exciting game to me and I believe if we can spread it worldwide, it would be the best. But why we are raising our voice for 2020 Olympic, why not in the next olympic? Why we have to wait for 12 years for including a game in olympic. We live in a faster world and we have to accelerate it for the next olympic. Posted by Sazzad_97205 on August 06 2008, 06:50 AM GMT

I can't see how T20 at the Olympics can be bad. Seems like so many cricket 'fans' for some reason don't want cricket to become even bigger, and more worldly known (i.e. apart from just Commonwealth nations). Posted by OriginalDaVe on August 06 2008, 06:40 AM GMT

Why not? I believe cricket is more exciting than few other games which are already there in olympics. I think players and the ICC now needs to make stronger moves. The twenty20 format is not just exciting and fast paced. It also is a kind of format that really pulls in crowd and cricket would not be the lonely, eventually it would be olympics which will gain more in terms of crowd and inovations. This will give cricket a new life altogether in terms of popularity. I really wish to see more ex and current cricketers from around the globe coming into action in this positive move. Posted by Fahadster on August 06 2008, 06:12 AM GMT

Cricket2012Games.com has an online petition to get cricket into the 2012 Olympics. It's wrong that cricketers have been denied opportunities to compete for National Glory and Pride on the world's biggest stage - the Olympics. Reintroducing Cricket at the 2012 London Games would be perfect, as England,ancestral home of cricket, has the infrastructure, cricket stadiums and fans. This could also help market a Pro League in the USA and Canada where people of a cricketing background comprise the highest income group. (Golf was marketed for years only because of the high net worth of its participants until a mass appeal star, Woods, came along ). Soccer encourages growth and its easily the world's biggest sport,with basketball overtaking cricket soon. There will be the usual naysayers but cricket should be in the 2012 Olympics. Why shouldn't cricketers,some of the world's best athletes, get the chance to win Olympic Medals ? is the position of Cricket2012Games.com Posted by Dogevpr2 on August 06 2008, 04:09 AM GMT

YellowMonkey-- I must laugh at your comments. Cricket does not devalue the Olympics... no more than rythmic gymnastics or judo, or any one of those other ludicrous, pretender sports that have made it to the Olympics simply because Westerners play it. HIGHERDUCK is also wrong I think. People talk about strengthening cricket where it is already played, but one of the main reasons for people losing interest in the game in traditional countries is the fact that there are not many teams to compete against each other. That's why club cricket is now so popular... far more teams and variety. Globalisation is the way to go to "save" international cricket. I think what every cricket fan should be considering is preventing cricket from becoming like baseball, where in most of the world, everyone simply says "It is only a silly little game played by a dozen countries. We do not need to take it seriously." Please save cricket from that future Steve! Posted by Irishfan on August 06 2008, 03:38 AM GMT

Cricket: London 2012 Olympic Stadium Could Be Used for Cricket

2008-08-07T09:37:00.001-07:00

Cricket: Olympic Stadium Could Be Used for Cricket

Kevin Mitchell adds his support to the campaign for Stratford's planned 80,000-seat stadium to be used for cricket after the 2012 Olympics.

An intriguing document landed on my desk last week, containing a suggestion so left-field it might just fly: after the 2012 Olympics, turn the 80,0000-seat stadium in Stratford over to... cricket.

William Buckland, a handy player at university, earns his living advising companies and institutions on business strategy - and he has already planted his idea in a few high places. He has given a copy to the Sports Minister, Richard Caborn, and told cricket executives about it in informal talks. And if Buckland is desperate, he can always call up an old schoolmate, the new Conservative party leader, David Cameron.

Buckland's fellow enthusiast for the Stratford project is Robert Franklin, a chartered company secretary. But, as Buckland points out: 'We're just a couple of ordinary blokes.' Which is not to say their plan is mad - just hard to get into the public domain.

The Government plan in place is to demolish two thirds of the seats after the Games and turn the stadium over to athletics. But, says Buckland, the sport has only a handful of meetings a year and crowds are not large. Cricket, though, is riding high after the Ashes and, although 2012 is seven years away, there is reason to hope that the game's new fans will stay with cricket, and probably grow.

Anyone who saw the many thousands of new supporters left outside Old Trafford and the Oval last summer, begging for tickets, will agree the potential for growth is there.

Cricket has a huge playing base - much bigger than athletics - and TV ratings are impressive. What they don't have - and what Australia and countries on the subcontinent do have - is a stadium large enough to accommodate crowds of far more than 30,000.

'Melbourne provides seven times, and Sydney three times, as many seats per person for international games as London does,' Buckland says, 'while Brentford Football Club provides 15 per cent more seats per year to the public at Griffin Park than England cricket does at its two London grounds.'

Also, the views for the paying public at England cricket grounds are invariably poor and overpriced. The best vantage points are usually occupied by the media, members and debenture holders, a lot of whom are too busy knocking back the complimentary plonk even to watch the cricket.

It was while watching the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne two years ago the thought occurred to Buckland that England ought to have a ground to match the MCG, which holds 105,000. The sight lines are perfect and, filled to capacity, it can generate more money on a single day than Lord's, the Oval or any other of the Test grounds in England do in a week.

'Melbourne, with 25 per cent of the 14 million metropolitan area population of London, provides 780,000 seats per year for major games at the MCG. This is seven times as many seats per inhabitant as London.'

But, Buckland concedes, there is not the money in the game here to build a new ground the size of the MCG. Which is why he is suggesting cricket piggy-back the Olympic project and take over the stadium in Stratford.

'Otherwise,' he says, 'it could easily become another Dome.' He argues it would be politically popular too and points out that Caborn is a passionate cricket fan, which can only help. The sports minister is thought to have played a part in Sky handing over all those millions to the ECB for the rights to cricket from next season.

'An 80,000-plus-seat stadium would make several hundred thousand cheaper tickets available,' Buckland says, 'providing better access to a wider audience, including women, children, ethnic minorities and the less well-off.'

There have been suggestions Tottenham or West Ham might be interested in taking it over. Spurs don't want to know, and West Ham might baulk at taking it on.

However, according to Buckland, cricket could easily fit in around track and field events. It could stage 20 or so one-day games there, as well as the Twenty20 final jamboree, when the semi-finals and final are played on the same day and, naturally, attract four different sets of supporters.

Again, the MCG is the model. It has cricket this month, the Commonwealth Games in March.

A cricket covering could be relaid over the athletics track at Stratford after any athletics event because the games would attract sufficient revenue to cover the costs, as happens with the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

The dimensions are not a problem either, he says. It's wide enough and, although too long at the ends, these could be brought in and temporary seating installed.

Buckland makes the valid point that football and rugby grounds have been overhauled, or built from scratch, as those games have expanded in recent years, but cricket has not reacted at all to the growth of its audience. It was never more apparent than during the last World Cup here, with thousands of fans excluded from tiny grounds such as Hove and Taunton.

It would be unwise to compare football directly with cricket, but the summer game is definitely on the up. It would be a shame if, when the Australians tour in 2013 and the entire nation is clamoring for tickets, they are still going to be crammed into tiny grounds designed for Victorian gentlemen of leisure.

India battling with Australia in the final of the Olympic cricket Twenty20

2008-08-07T09:08:00.001-07:00

University of utah athletics

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India battling with Australia in the final of the Olympic cricket Twenty20
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After BMX, whatever next for the Games?
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Tiger Woods putting for a gold medal in golf? India
battling with Australia in the final of the Olympic cricket Twenty20 final?
Could that be the future of the Games?
<http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008080600013713/>

London is home to a large cricket-loving population of South Asians from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

2008-08-07T08:16:00.001-07:00

London legislator heads for Beijing, wants cricket in 2012 Olympics

Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Besides, he points out, London is home to a large cricket-loving population of South Asians from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. ...

The Official English Cricket Board Cricket Game - play a kind of delayed two player cricket game against your pals

2008-08-05T16:39:00.001-07:00

No fear for Bopara ahead of Test return

CricInfo.com - UK
He has made 976 runs at 51.36 in first-class cricket, including three
centuries, and is averaging over 100 in the limited-overs game. ...
<http://usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/363772.html>

Sprint king who loves Hayden and co
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
... sprint double at the Olympic Games. With his giant 193cm frame and
world record-breaking power, Bolt might have been firing cricket balls at
Australia's ...
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24134847-5015718,00.html>

Best sledges are golden, says Steve Waugh
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
Cricket is not likely to return to the Olympics any time soon, having been
on the program of the 1900 Games when Great Britain defeated France for the
gold ...
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24134842-2722,00.html>

Sky retains live Test cricket rights
Digital Spy - UK
We firmly believe, in this country, there is interest and demand among
cricket fans of all ages for all forms of the game. "We shall continue to
offer HD ...
<http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/a119329/sky-retains-live-test-cricket-rights.html>

Usain Bolt still not sure if he'll run the sprint double
NEWS.com.au - Australia
Bolt, a native of Jamaica, revealed before he was a runner his first love
was cricket and his favourite players are Matthew Hayden and Adam
Gilchrist. ...
<http://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24134831-5016771,00.html>

Lawson pleased by 'positive voices'
CricInfo.com - UK
Lawson, who has repeatedly highlighted that Pakistan is a safe place to
play cricket in, was happy with umpire Simon Taufel's decision to stand in
the ...
<http://content-www.cricinfo.com/iccct2008/content/story/363723.html>

Sangakkara seconds Gilly: T20 in Olympics
Cricketnext.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India
... of the game has 'opened up the possibility of truly globalising the
game.' Sangakkara welcomed Gilchrist's views and said that it was time for
cricket ...
<http://www.cricketnext.com/news/sangakkara-seconds-gilly-t20-in-olympics/33315-13.html>

Under-achievers India eye "best ever" Games
AFP -
"This is our chance to prove there is more to Indian sport than just hockey
or cricket," the country's senior Olympic official Randhir Singh told AFP.
.<http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hmTBl7libekd-BogQEs9CNS5d73w>

Cricket's been at Games
Howrah News Service - Howrah,West Bengal,India
4: The idea of introducing cricket at multi-sport international events is
not entirely new. The game has been part of the 1998 Commonwealth Games in
Kuala ...
<http://howrah.org/sports/21313.html>

So here are a couple of examples of some of the Facebook apps and games
we've published:. The Official English Cricket Board Cricket Game - play
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Games talk has cricket's recruiters salivating - The Age
By admin
Games talk has cricket's recruiters salivating The Age, Australia - 3 hours
ago THE lure of an Olympic medal will be "the icing on the cake" with which
cricket officials hope to attract more talented young footballers into the
sport as ...
<http://cricket-vids.com/2008/08/games-talk-has-crickets-recruiters-salivating-the-age/>
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SPORTS WIRE - Gilly up for Games bid
By admin
The Twenty20 format is tailor-made for the Olympics, according to former
Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist. SPORTS WIRE - Gilly up for Games
bid.
<http://www.extracovercricket.com/general-cricket-news/sports-wire-gilly-up-for-games-bid/>
Extra Cover Cricket
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What do you think why cricket is not an event in olympic? Even why not twenty 20?

2008-08-05T16:22:00.000-07:00

OLYMPICS - NO CRICKET BCOZ…

By rajendra Parmanik
1. Expecting the reasons from you.What do you think why cricket is not an
event in olympic? Even why not twenty 20?
<http://rparmanik.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/olympics-no-cricket-bcoz/>

Gilly's idea of T20 in Olympics gets thumbs up
Adam Gilchrist's idea that 'Twenty20 cricket should bid to become an
Olympic sports' has received ayes from the likes of Ganguly, Waugh and
Laxman.
<http://cricket.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Gillys_idea_of_T20_in_Olympics_gets_thumbs_up/articleshow/3328552.cms>

Waugh backs cricket to become Olympic sport
HONG KONG (AFP) — Former Australia Test captain Steve Waugh has thrown
his weight behind Twenty20 cricket becoming an Olympic sport, saying it
would help globalise the game.
<http://www.global-report.com/sport/?l=en&a=335573>

Waugh backs cricket to become an Olympic sport - Cricket - Cricket ...
Aug 5, 2008 ... Hong Kong: Former Australia Test captain Steve Waugh has
thrown his weight behind Twenty20 cricket becoming an Olympic sport, ...
<http://sports.in.msn.com/cricket/stories/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1609196>

Should T20 cricket be part of olympics in the future? - Yahoo! Answers
Considering the huge fan following of cricket in A...
<http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080805041147AAROMKW>

cricket truly global as an Olympic event and would fully engage the 1.5 billion people of southern Asia in the world's broadest sporting

2008-08-04T17:46:00.001-07:00

Gilchrist pushes Twenty20 for 2020
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
... make cricket truly global as an Olympic event and would fully engage
the 1.5 billion people of southern Asia in the world's broadest sporting
theatre. ...
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24128614-2722,00.html>

The Twenty20 format may be just what cricket needs to make it an Olympic sport

2008-08-04T17:42:00.001-07:00

Waugh and peace for Aussie Olympians

ABC Online - Australia
"It's all the same issues across the whole variety of sports, it's not just
unique to cricket." The former batsman, renowned for his mental strength
and an ...
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/04/2323616.htm?site=olympics/2008>

Gilchrist: Twenty20 can take cricket to Olympics - International ...
Aug 4, 2008 ... NEW DELHI: The Twenty20 format may be just what cricket
needs to make it an Olympic sport, according to Australian wicketkeeper
Adam ...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/04/sports/AS-CRI-Gilchrist-Twenty20.php>

Cricket and the Olympics « Neil Reddin … No G
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Cricket legend Adam Gilchrist has called for the sport's Twenty20 format to be adopted as an Olympic event

2008-08-04T16:34:00.000-07:00

ICC has world body's nod

Howrah News Service - Howrah,West Bengal,India
4: Cricket may well be part of the 2020 Olympic Games as Adam Gilchrist wishes. The International Olympic Committee had approved the International Cricket ...

Gilchrist wants Twenty20 in 2020 Games
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... who haven't yet caught the cricket bug." Gilchrist envisaged the Twenty20 format could become popular in countries like the United States, China, Italy, ...

Gilchrist calls for Olympic cricket
LIVENEWS.com.au - Sydney,NSW,Australia
Cricket legend Adam Gilchrist has called for the sport's Twenty20 format to be adopted as an Olympic event in the year 2020. A week out from the opening of ...

Eyes Of The World - Beijing, China
After finding a pair of trainers for the rapidly approaching cricket tour in France, I walk to the ancient Imperial Observatory to the east of the city centre. Originally founded by the Kublai Khan, it was an active observatory until ...
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Beijing Olympics 2008 have not gathered steam among globetrotters of the cricket-frenzy country.

2008-08-03T16:05:00.001-07:00

Olympics : Dragon dance fails to catch Indians' fancy

By admin
The Beijing Olympics 2008 have not gathered steam among globetrotters of the cricket-frenzy country. Ceremony rehearsals | Olympic replicas | Olympic venues.
<http://beijingolympicsgames2008.com/2008/08/03/olympics-dragon-dance-fails-to-catch-indians%E2%80%99-fancy.html>
Beijing Olympics Games 2008
<http://beijingolympicsgames2008.com>

Beijing Olympics: For Queen, country and … a motor
By admin
... to members of Team GB at an Olympic Games. Among the disciplines to benefit are track and field, sailing and judo. However, the athletes will still be the poor relations of sport. The England Twenty20 cricket team have been promised ...
<http://www.beijing2008olympicgamesblog.com/news/beijing-olympics-for-queen-country-and-a-motor.html>
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
<http://www.beijing2008olympicgamesblog.com/>

Our cricketers have come close to being considered the best in the world, but cricket is not an Olympic sport.

2008-08-02T17:44:00.001-07:00

India's also-rans at Olympic Games

Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri Lanka
Our cricketers have come close to being considered the best in the world,
but cricket is not an Olympic sport. Our sole world champion in any sport
is the ...
<http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080803/International/sundaytimesinternational_05.html>

Tomkins ready to row at sixth Olympics
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
Right alongside him was former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh, who
is two months older, and is here for his first Olympics as a mentor to the
.<http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=502580>

Sports ( Soccer, Cricket, Golf, Tennis ) Stuff :: Beijing Olympic ...
By shaka
The Olympic Village erects at the northern end of the north-south axis of Beijing city, along which many of Beijing's historic sites (the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven and Qianmen Gate, etc) are located. The 66-hectare Olympic ...
<http://forum.xcitefun.net/beijing-olympic-village-reflect-the-hi-tech-olympics-t10986.html#17810>
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<http://forum.xcitefun.net/>

2008 Olympics: A Closer Look at the Events
By Denny Armstrong
Cricket: Arguably the second most popular sport in the World. Cricket was an official sport only for the 1900 Games. Rugby: They have tried it multiple times over the years. It has been cancelled numerous times, and even brought back in ...
<http://bleacherreport.com/articles/43332-2008-olympics-a-closer-look-at-the-events>
Bleacher Report - Front Page
<http://bleacherreport.com/>

He says that throughout the 1980s, cricket was growing in popularity under the dynamic leadership of Imran Khan, and, after Pakistan's cricket World Cup victory in 1992, the talent pool available to hockey drastically declined. ...
<http://www.defence.pk/forums/members-club/13162-collapse-hockey-empire.html>
Pakistan Defence Forum
<http://www.defence.pk/forums>

Cricket, dance sport, sumo, surfing and orienteering?

2008-08-01T18:25:00.001-07:00

The sports that may be waiting in Olympic wings

Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norwich,England,UK
Cricket, dance sport, sumo, surfing and orienteering? They are all
recognised by the IOC, with which I don't have a problem. I just have a
fear. ...
<http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/commentary/ChrisLakey.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=ChrisLakey&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=ChrisLakey&itemid=NOED31%20Jul%202008%2017%3A15%3A51%3A437>