International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Geoff Allardyce aims to include cricket in the curriculum of the Olympic Games, as a result of which the governments of the respective countries will pay more attention to the facilities of the sport and also provide high performance support for it. The development of sports in their countries.
Allardyce said that as far as the ICC is concerned, it is not a “money-making exercise” for the global cricket governing body, but the move was to make the respective governments stakeholders in the development of the game in their countries.
Following the men’s competition at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games, women’s Twenty20 cricket has been included in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
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“In many of our members, being seen as an Olympic sport and engagement with the government and the National Olympic Movement is something that is going to be really beneficial in terms of facilities and high performance support,” Allardyce told SEN. Told this is. Your visit on Sunday.
“It’s certainly not a money-making exercise from our point of view, it’s about getting exposure to cricket in markets where we may not be popular.
“And the second is about giving all 106 of our members the opportunity to engage more closely with their governments. In some countries, having an Olympic sport brings you closer to your government than not having an Olympic sport.”
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