Cricket still has a chance in Olympic Games
A recent statement given by the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, expressed his views that cricket should not be demoralized about its chances of qualifying as an Olympic Sport despite the fact that criminal convictions
have been recently made against three players belonging to the Pakistan cricket team.
Rogge expressed himself in the following manner at the press conference in which he addressed the matter: "We knew there was an endemic illegal betting in sport, not just in cricket. There has been match-fixing in many, many sports. Cricket and the ICC are
working very well against that, and they are really doing their best efforts.”
Having expressed his views on the prospects of cricket as an Olympic Sport, Rogge went on to appreciate the efforts made by the International Cricket Council in regards with dealing with the corruption that is prevalent in the sport. Rogge made the assurance
that the IOC will not let the Pakistan case shed a bad light on cricket in their eyes as the IOC recognises and appreciates the efforts that the ICC has made and continues to make in order to put an end to corruption and illegal betting.
The sport of cricket can be divided into three main types. The first is the test cricket that can take days to reach its close whereas the more popular one with the spectators is the one day cricket match in which the game ends the day at which it starts
on. A more recent variation that the cricketing world has experienced is the Twenty20 cricket which is similar to the one day cricket match but each side has to play a total of 20 overs instead of the usual 50. T20 has become a more popular version of cricket
because of the fast pace that it provides and the heightened entertaining element that comes with it.
In case the sport of cricket becomes part of the Olympic Games, it will be in the form of T20 matches. However, it will not be until the year 2024, when the Summer Olympic Games will be held, that cricket may see itself in the Games.
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