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Gilchrist champions cause of Twenty20 in 2020

BEIJING (Reuters) - Former Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist is leading the campaign to get Twenty20 cricket into the Olympic Games in 2020. Gilchrist played in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) this year and he said the success of Twenty20 cricket around the world should be used as a springboard to develop the game.

Gilchrist roots for Olympic Twenty20

Former Australian star Adam Gilchrist has called for the inclusion of cricket's Twenty20 format at the 2020 Olympics, saying it will help secure the global future of the game.

Gilchrist wants Twenty20 in 2020 Olympics

Hyderabad, Aug 4 Former Australian star cricketer Adam Gilchrist Monday called for the Twenty20 format to be adopted as an Olympic event in the year 2020.

Olympic cricket just the ticket: Gilchrist (ABC)

Adam Gilchrist says introducing cricket as an Olympic sport would help the long-term future of the sport.

Olympic cricket just the ticket: Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist says introducing cricket as an Olympic sport would help the long-term future of the sport.

Advani, Gilchrist look to renew rivalry

BANGALORE: Local boy Pankaj Advani would look to notch up a hat-trick of titles and settle a score or two with Singaporean rival Peter Gilchrist as the ten-day IBSF World Billiards Championship begins here on Monday.

Tributes flow in for retiring Gilchrist

ADELAIDE (Reuters) - Tributes poured in for Australia’s Adam Gilchrist on Sunday following his shock decision to retire from international cricket at the end of the summer.

Players will trust security advice - Gilchrist

Michael Brown says the ball is in the ICC's court, while Adam Gilchrist believes there is a lot of uncertainty among his former team-mates

Australian wicketkeeping in good health

Australia's two new wicketkeepers have received praise from their predecessor, Adam Gilchrist, following their encouraging entrances in the West Indies. Gilchrist, who retired in March, was replaced by Brad Haddin in the Test side while Luke Ronchi stepped into the one-day outfit when Haddin went home injured.

Cricket eyes Twenty20 for 2020 Olympics

BEIJING (Agencies): As players from around the world backed former Australia wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist's call for Twenty20 cricket to become an Olympic sport, officials said it would take another 12 years at least for it to get on the Games roster. But a spokesman for the International Cricket Council, the global governing body, said that if cricket decided it was intent on pursuing Olympic ambitions, then Cricket was part of the Olympics just once, in 1900, but last year it was again recognised as an Olympic sport -- the first step towards full admission. Gilchrist, in his column for Indian daily the Deccan Chronicle, said Monday: "It doesn't matter where the 2020 Olympic Games are held but many of us who've experienced international Twenty20 cricket and the IPL (Indian Premier League) are convinced that cricket should bid to become a

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Olympic cricket just the ticket: Gilchrist

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Gilly wants Olympic Twenty20

ADAM Gilchrist has started a campaign to have Twenty20 cricket elevated to become part of the Olympic program ... in the year 2020 of course.

Oz cricketers will go by security advice for going to Pak: Gilly

Former Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist believes Australia's leading players will abide by the advice of security experts on whether they should go to Pakistan for next month's Champions Trophy.

Oz cricketers will go by security advice for going to Pak: Gilly

Former Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist believes Australia's leading players will abide by the advice of security experts on whether they should go to Pakistan for next month's Champions Trophy.

Security advice is the key, says Gilly

FORMER Test vice-captain Adam Gilchrist believes Australia's leading players will abide by the advice of security experts on whether they should go to Pakistan for next month's Champions Trophy.

Porterfield Backs Cricket In The Olympic Games

Ireland captain William Porterfield has followed Adam Gilchrist's lead in calling for cricket's inclusion in the Olympic Games.

Porterfield dreams of Olympics

Ireland captain William Porterfield has backed Adam Gilchrist's appeal for cricket to be included in future Olympics.

Cricket should not be included in Olympics: Christie (ThatsCricket.com)

New Delhi: Cricketers led by former Aussie stumper Gilchrist are lobbying hard for inclusion of cricket as Olympic sport for 2016 Games but former 100m Oly champion from Great Britain Linford Christie has strongly opposed the initiation, fearing the sport would 'hamper' prospects of individual disciplines -the fulcrum of the Games.

Cricketers back Gilly's idea of T20 inclusion in '20 Olympics

MELBOURNE, Aug 5 (PTI): Former Australian star Adam Gilchrists idea that (Twenty20) cricket should bid to become an Olympic sports has received ayes from the likes of Sourav Ganguly, Steve Waugh and Stephen Fleming who feel it would be a superb vehicle to globalise the game.

Records don't awe ageless Jayasuriya

The beauty about Sanath Jayasuriya, Virender Sehwag and Adam Gilchrist is that there are certain records they are the most likely to set - and they don't give a damn about it. For them the journey is the thing. They can't bear to take the joy out of their batting just because they are close to a record - in that sense, they derive a Keith Miller-like sense of pleasure from their cricket.

Twenty20 right for Olympics: Gilly

WHILE many have warned that Twenty20 might be the death of national loyalty, Adam Gilchrist believes slotting it into the Olympics will remedy the lure of cash over country.

Cricket eyes Twenty20 for 2020 Games

BEIJING, Aug 7: As players from around the world backed former Australia wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrists call for Twenty20 cricket to become an Olympic sport, officials said it would take another 12 years at least for it to get on the Games roster.

Twenty20 for 2020?

RingsThe Olympic Games are well under way now and yet again, for the fourteenth Games in a row, cricket isn't there. Fair enough, it lacks global appeal (ie, America and China don't care about it) and there aren't enough nations who would be competitive, but a campaign is growing, backed by the likes of Adam Gilchrist and Steve Waugh, for Twenty20 cricket to become an Olympic sport. That shortest form of the game would open up the field and allow a couple of dozen nations to compete with a smidgin of a chance of a medal.


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