The Surfer

August 30, 2008
Posted on 08/30/2008 in Australian cricket
Olympic dream lacks reality

Ron Reed, the Herald Sun columnist, looks at Ricky Ponting’s push for cricket at the Olympics and says at this stage he is talking through his baggy green hat.

It is far from inevitable given that the game has little or no traction in Europe, North and South America and most of Africa, and that team sports are being dumped rather than recruited - ask baseball and softball. There is also the matter of priorities - soccer and tennis, among others, are regarded by many to be out of place at the Olympics because they have bigger fish to fry. The same argument applies to golf's regular attempts to crash the party.

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