SYDNEY: Cricket Australia have focused the inclusion of the game on the 2032 Brisbane Olympics as a part of a strategic plan to develop participation and preserve the sport’s place on the coronary heart of the nation’s sporting tradition.
The bold “Where the Game Grows” plan launched on Monday goals to double the variety of kids aged 5 to 12 enjoying the sport to 210,000 over the subsequent 5 years, with women making up 60,000 of that tally.
One other of the targets is to get cricket again into the Olympics for the primary time since 1900 – if that aim has not already been achieved on the 2028 Summer season Video games in Los Angeles.
Cricket has been shortlisted for doable inclusion on the 2028 Olympics alongside eight different sports activities and the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) will make a presentation to organisers later this month.
The host metropolis can embody any sport however wants the approval of the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC).
Ladies’s Twenty20 cricket made its Commonwealth Video games debut in Birmingham final month with Australia beating India by 9 runs within the closing to assert the inaugural gold medal.
Brisbane has plans to rebuild town’s Gabba cricket floor as a 50,000-seater Olympic Stadium to host the opening and shutting ceremonies of the 2032 Video games.
The inclusion of cricket within the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics is a part of the “sustainable future” strand of the plan, which additionally goals to enhance fan expertise, develop the grassroots and proceed Australia’s success on the world stage.
Cricket Australia has set a goal of at the very least three ICC match triumphs over the subsequent 5 years for each the boys’s and ladies’s nationwide groups.
“This strategy contains both a vision and a clear plan for how we can achieve bold, transformative change while also meeting our core responsibilities,” mentioned CA chief government Nick Hockley.
“I would like to thank everyone across the game for their passion and commitment as we work to unite and inspire everyone to love and play cricket, and in so doing make cricket a sport for all that makes Australians proud.”
The bold “Where the Game Grows” plan launched on Monday goals to double the variety of kids aged 5 to 12 enjoying the sport to 210,000 over the subsequent 5 years, with women making up 60,000 of that tally.
One other of the targets is to get cricket again into the Olympics for the primary time since 1900 – if that aim has not already been achieved on the 2028 Summer season Video games in Los Angeles.
Cricket has been shortlisted for doable inclusion on the 2028 Olympics alongside eight different sports activities and the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) will make a presentation to organisers later this month.
The host metropolis can embody any sport however wants the approval of the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC).
Ladies’s Twenty20 cricket made its Commonwealth Video games debut in Birmingham final month with Australia beating India by 9 runs within the closing to assert the inaugural gold medal.
Brisbane has plans to rebuild town’s Gabba cricket floor as a 50,000-seater Olympic Stadium to host the opening and shutting ceremonies of the 2032 Video games.
The inclusion of cricket within the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics is a part of the “sustainable future” strand of the plan, which additionally goals to enhance fan expertise, develop the grassroots and proceed Australia’s success on the world stage.
Cricket Australia has set a goal of at the very least three ICC match triumphs over the subsequent 5 years for each the boys’s and ladies’s nationwide groups.
“This strategy contains both a vision and a clear plan for how we can achieve bold, transformative change while also meeting our core responsibilities,” mentioned CA chief government Nick Hockley.
“I would like to thank everyone across the game for their passion and commitment as we work to unite and inspire everyone to love and play cricket, and in so doing make cricket a sport for all that makes Australians proud.”
