Olympic dream lacks reality
Ron Reed, the Herald Sun columnist, looks at Ricky Ponting’s push for cricket at the Olympics and says at this stage he is talking through his baggy green hat.
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
Ron Reed, the Herald Sun columnist, looks at Ricky Ponting’s push for cricket at the Olympics and says at this stage he is talking through his baggy green hat.
It is far from inevitable given that the game has little or no traction in Europe, North and South America and most of Africa, and that team sports are being dumped rather than recruited - ask baseball and softball. There is also the matter of priorities - soccer and tennis, among others, are regarded by many to be out of place at the Olympics because they have bigger fish to fry. The same argument applies to golf's regular attempts to crash the party.
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo