Friday, February 03, 2006

Cricket and the Commonwealth Games

As a cricket lover, I thought it was a great shame that a country with Australia's cricket pedigree and organisation skills did not include it in this years Commonwealth games. I hope that the wrangles are sorted out for the next leg - it would be great to see it make a return, especially as by 2010, Kenya could well be in the hunt for a medal. It is a long way away, but something to look forward to perhaps?
Posted by Chemosit at 2:25 pm

4 comments:

Rick Eyre said...

Cricket was included in Melbourne's original bid for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. I can remember seeing the bid website with pictures of suburban Melbourne grounds and references to the "village green" atmosphere. However, the Commonwealth Games Federation nixed cricket as they did for Manchester 2002. The prospect of cricket at New Delhi 2010 looks all but dead, as the BCCI and the Indian Olympic Association bicker over whose responsibility it is to make the submission.

10:04 am
Chemosit said...

A great shame - still there is plenty of time, so hopefully they will sort something out! Hopefully the rumbles about cricket at the London Olympics will come to something, even if only as a demonstration sport.

12:39 pm
Rick Eyre said...

The final decision on any additional sports for Delhi 2010 will be made next month. Archery, billiards, judo and tennis are also apparently in the running.

Cricket at the London Olympics would have the handicap of the unavailability of Lord's due to the archery!

9:15 pm
Chemosit said...

Fingers crossed!
Cricket would be SO much stronger if the politics could be left out! I have to say, I wouldn't want to be the person to tell the Indian public cricket won't be part of the games.

9:25 pm

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