ECB Chair Colin Graves Calls For Cricket To Become Part Of Olympics

England & Wales Cricket Board Chair Colin Graves has "insisted cricket should be part of the Olympics, opening the way for the sport's possible inclusion" in the 2024 Games, according to Lawrence Booth of the London DAILY MAIL. Graves's predecessor, Giles Clarke, "always resisted the move, arguing that the cost to English cricket of interrupting the summer schedule every four years was too high." But Graves said, "I think it should be an Olympic sport in one format or another. It’s extending the sport throughout a number of countries. Associates, and everybody, could play in the Olympics. I will be asking the board to support it." If cricket were accepted into the Olympic fold, "it would unlock millions of dollars of government funding for the sport in countries where it remains on the periphery" (DAILY MAIL, 10/18).