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Here are 2 reasons :
1. The Olympics sports were selected by and for European countries ,that's also why there's a winter Olympics as well
2.England and the Cricket world has not made any effort to be a part of the Olympics before.
This could change as some cricketers are seeing the wisdom of being in the Olympics and there is even an online petition at Cricket2012Games to get Cricket into the 2012 Olympics.
Cricket was featured in the 1900 Olympics and even though it is the second most popular sport in the world, only two teams competed, England (Gold) and France (Silver).
For a sport to be included in the Olympics it must be widely played by men and women, in at least 75 and 50 countries, respectively and on four continents.
Cricket doesn't have the global appeal but with the advent of Twenty20 Cricket, there are currently some moves to try and have cricket added for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Yes, cricket is a sport played with a bat and ball. There or two teams of 11 players and ach team has its own captain, multiple batsmen, multiple bowlers and other players acting as fielders. It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly elliptical grass field, in the centre of which is a flat strip, called a pitch.
http://www.wikihow.com/Play-Cricket
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Yes! I have never played it but I have learned a lot about it last year!!
Yes, Cricket was played as an Olympic Sport in the 1900 Paris games. But due to lack of interest it was dropped. The reason why it has not featured since is because the IOC failed to recognise it as a sport! In 2007 this changed when the IOC provisionally recognised it as a sport. But the earliest games it could appear in will be 2020.
i love cricket and i think that it should be an olympic sport however it already has its own world cup and alot of veryations to the game like 20/20 and test cricket and 1 day internationals
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Is cricket going to be part of the 2012 olympic games?
No it is not one of the events
What sports are not included in the Olympic games?
i think it might be football
How many kinds of sport were in the first Olympic Games?
every types such as cricket,badmintonetc...
Where you will find cricket games?
When did Pakistan win Olympic gold medal in Hockey for the first time?
Which is the only country to have won an olympic gold medal for cricket?
Great Britain at the 1900 Games in Paris.
Why cricket not included in olympic?
cricket was not sportsmen game,because in all others games everybody should be fit,all players should be invoved,but in cricket one man can change the game
Who thinks there cooler skater kids or cricket kids?
skater. cricket isnt played around the world
Why did cricket disqualify for an Olympic sport though it appeared for trials at Asian Games?
because it takes an long time to play this game
Which Indian football player had participated in olympic games also captained ranji trophy cricket team for his state?
Chuni Goswami
Is cricket a Olympic sport?
No cricket is not an Olympics sport (but i wish it could beee......)
What Olympic games were cancelled because of the Olympic games?
the olympic games, of course!
What famous games are not played in the Olympics?
Golf, for example, is not an Olympic event. Originally they used Live pigeons for the shooting competition ! There are many games & sports which do not feature in the Olympics, Cricket is another...
