The governing frame is operating in opposition to cricket’s participation within the prestigious tournament, and a choice on its inclusion shall be made within the coming months.
The ICC’s efforts replicate the rising pastime in increasing the succeed in of cricket and showcasing the T20 layout on an international degree.
If a success, cricket’s inclusion within the 2028 Olympics would mark a vital milestone for the game, offering a novel platform to interact new audiences and advertise its enlargement international.
“The Olympics want to stage a format that has its World Championship. Given that, we will be proposing the shortest format for Olympic inclusion — that would be T20 cricket,” mentioned the ICC CEO in a media spherical desk at the sidelines of the Board assembly in Durban.
The extremely expected Major League Cricket (MLC) formally introduced within the United States on Thursday, that includes six franchises that come with 4 homeowners from the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The Los Angeles franchise is owned through the Kolkata Knight Riders, the New York franchise through the Mumbai Indians, the Seattle Orcas through the Delhi Capitals, and the Texas franchise through the Chennai Super Kings.
The involvement of those IPL franchises brings a powerful connection to the established cricketing global and provides to the thrill surrounding the MLC. The participation of famend homeowners from the IPL is anticipated to carry substantial consideration and pastime to the league.
Allardice expressed his trust that the release of MLC would generate important consideration and lift the profile of cricket within the United States.
The established order of MLC gives a promising alternative for the expansion and construction of cricket in a rustic essentially identified for its hobby for different sports activities.
“There are a number of developments in the USA that are helping to raise the awareness of the game. Start of the MLC is one of them, they draw a lot of attention to the sport.”
He additional mentioned that the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 shall be co-hosted through america cricket and Cricket West Indies, opposite to speculations that it could transfer to the United Kingdom.
“I can say with finality that the 2024 men’s T20 World Cup will be played in the West Indies and USA.
“The males’s T20 World Cup subsequent yr will proceed to lift consciousness of the game. We are speaking to the LA Olympics other people for the closing 18 months to 2 years, elevating with them the notice of cricket.
“We are expecting a decision in the next couple of months. Yes, all promotion of cricket in the USA contributes to raising that awareness,” he mentioned.
The previous couple of years have observed the creation of recent codecs, together with the T10 and the Hundred, however they are going to now not be integrated as world codecs anytime quickly.
“At the moment three international formats of the game are helping us and members to best promote the sport. There is no discouragement for T10 for domestic leagues or local tournaments.
“As a layout, every member can use whichever layout of the video games they wish to advertise the sport. The T10 has now not been raised through any member for ICC to believe it as a world layout,” Allardice said.
To a question whether the proliferation of franchise leagues would affect the health of international cricket, he replied in the negative.
“You take a look at the affect of franchise sports activities. It helps to advertise our game in quite a few territories.
“It’s bringing a lot of content to venues, broadcasters, fans and it’s able to reach a much wider range of people than just international cricket. So the emergence of franchise leagues is one way to promote our sport.
“There has been an building up in process in that space and a kind of discussions is to carry a steadiness within the calendar, what the world cricket must seem like.
“The staging of a domestic league with the top players of that country is a very good way to promote cricket. We have made strides in a number of territories. It is changing the dynamics of the game and a lot of that has been positive, he added.
(With PTI inputs)