Cricket in the Olympics

In 2023, cricket's return to the OIympic Games for the 2028 edition in Los Angeles was confirmed. The sport makes a comeback to the Games after 128 years; it featured in the Olympics once previously, at the 1900 Games in Paris.

Indoor cricket at the Olympics?

If the collisions don't leave you befuddled, the rules will

29-Feb-2016•Liam Cromar

Olympic cricket? It's a yes from the women

The women's game will gain hugely, in funding and exposure, if its played in the quadrennial global event

23-Nov-2015•Raf Nicholson

Olympic movement exposes old faultlines

Does the ECB's new-found enthusiasm for cricket in the Olympics stem from a genuine interest in the global game, or is it merely a means to improve its public image?

06-Nov-2015•Tim Wigmore

No cricket field? Try a beach, says CA chief

Chief executive James Sutherland thinks beach cricket at the Olympics is not a silly idea

06-Nov-2015•Brydon Coverdale

Graves throws weight behind Olympic bid

Colin Graves' declaration that "cricket should be an Olympic sport" marks the most distinct shift yet from his predecessor as ECB Chairman, Giles Clarke

18-Oct-2015•Tim Wigmore

Japan heroics show what cricket will miss

Japan's stunning victory over South Africa at the rugby World Cup is a timely reminder of everything that cricket's introspective rulers are turning their backs on

24-Sep-2015•Tim Wigmore

Olympic ideal could prove uncomfortable for Clarke

Giles Clarke's position as president of the ECB could become untenable if the board honours its commitment to reconsider opposition to cricket's involvement in the Olympics

28-Jul-2015•George Dobell

MCC calls for Olympics T20 cricket and 12-team World Cup

The MCC cricket committee has opposed the ICC on two major issues by calling for a 12-team World Cup and the presence of cricket in the OIympics

14-Jul-2015•George Dobell

Time cricket embraced the Olympics

Cricket is recognised as a sport by the International Olympic Committee. So what is keeping the ICC and its member bodies from applying for the Summer Olympics?

25-Feb-2013•Aamod Desai

'Grown up loving cricket more than track and field'

Yohan Blake, the Olympic-medal winning Jamaican sprinter, analyses India's bowling attack, and talks about miming cricket strokes during sprinting training

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Why cricket's better than the Olympics

Firstly, there's the wonderful commentary we enjoy

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Yohan Blake's cricket dreams

Fresh off his silver-winning sprint at the Olympics on Sunday night Yohan Blake declared his next targets

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Gold medal stops play?

So you've heard of dogs stopping play and interruptions caused by streakers and missing bails

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Watching archery, trying to understand cricket

Dave Barry, in the Miami Herald , has a tongue-in-cheek American view on cricket, and the archery Olympic event at Lord's.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Morne's Chihuahua

A boy and his dog are reunited; and five-ring frenzy takes over the UK

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Cricket a misfit in Olympics

Mihir Bose, in Outlook , writes why cricket is not likely to be a regular Olympic sport, pointing out the lack of incentive in administrators to allow cricket at the Olympics.

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Ganguly fires Olympian's dreams

Sourav Ganguly and Lord's have history

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

'I'm gutted cricket is not in the Olympics'

Charlotte Edwards, the England women's captain, tells the London Evening Standard that she rues the fact that cricket isn't an Olympic sport, as it would give women's cricket the boost it needs to thrive.

25-Feb-2013•Carlyle Laurie

Cricket at the Olympics opening ceremony

Cricket may not be an Olympic sport as of now, but it is set to feature at the London Olympics next month

25-Feb-2013•Carlyle Laurie

Cricket may be a Commonwealth game again

Cricket may have missed the cut for the Olympics but there's a chance it might return to the Commonwealth Games in 2018

25-Feb-2013•Carlyle Laurie

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