Cricket win for Olympic Games

He said it would open up the game to a much wider audience.
“Our women’s team is great, our men’s form is a bit patchy but still very strong; we’ve certainly got the talent to take on the world’s best and do in many international tournaments already,” he said.
“My only criticism would be that the T20 shortened format impacts on the traditionally longer format which better suits all types of players.”
He said there was a generation of players now that only knew T20.
“That’s all they’ve been exposed to but when they get to senior level, they’re not used to it and tend to drift off as you need a different skill set,” he said.
“However, it’s becoming a worldwide trend and it may mean that cricket in five or 10 years’ time looks very different to now.”
Other sports to be included comprise Baseball, Flag Football, Lacrosse, Squash and Softball, with School PSSA Softball convenor Maria Caragher describing it as “great news” for her sport.
“From what I’ve seen in the last couple of years, there are some brilliant young players coming out of our zone which covers Auburn, Parramatta and Cumberland,” she said.
“Softball has never had the same exposure in Australia compared with say soccer, football or cricket; not many people have a softball bat and gloves lying around at home for a regular backyard game with family or friends.
“It’s more of an incidental sport, a great sport which could really do with more resources going into development so people can get exposed to it outside of school sport. We hope this move will really help.”