London — It has been 115 years since Devon and Somerset Wanderers, representing Britain, and the French Athletic Club Union, representing France, played a cricket match at the Paris Summer Olympics.
That match in 1900 remains cricket’s only involvement in the Games, but the sport could soon return to the Olympics. In mid-November, the International Cricket Council will meet with the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland, to discuss cricket’s possible inclusion in the 2024 Games.
Cricket’s appearing in the Games would fit into a recent trend in which the world’s most popular sports join the Olympics.