Olympic flame may douse player drain
The lure of an Olympic medal could help Australia avoid losing teenage cricketers to the football codes, Jamie Pandaram writes in the Sydney Morning Herald .
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
The lure of an Olympic medal could help Australia avoid losing teenage cricketers to the football codes, Jamie Pandaram writes in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Adam Gilchrist, who floated the idea of Twenty20 at the 2020 Games, was mobbed by school children during an appearance in Sydney on Tuesday, the Daily Telegraph reports.
"I thought this kind of stuff only happens in India," Gilchrist said as he signed caps and shirts. "I haven't been out of the game that long, but it's nice to think I haven't been forgotten."
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo