Cricket should be an Olympic sport, says ECB Chairman Colin Graves

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Colin Graves says that he believes cricket should be an Olympic sport “Everything’s on the table for discussion,” Graves said, making clear that he will request that the ECB board votes for cricket to be included in the Olympics when it meets next month. I think it should be an Olympic sport in one format or another,” Graves said. “It’s extending the sport throughout a number of countries. Associates, and everybody, could play in the Olympics. I will be asking the board to support it.”It is said that Olympics could cost the ECB $160 million, but Graves is not totally convinced by that figure. READ: Kevin Pietersen open to coaching role in England team

“I haven’t seen anything like that. What’s been said in the past is the past. I’m looking forward, not looking back. I don’t want to look back at the Giles Clarke regime – I’m looking at the Colin Graves regime. The way I do things, the way I run the board, the way I run the ECB is different and basically everything’s on the table for discussion. Everything,” he said, according to espncricinfo.com. READ: Eoin Morgan, Mark Wood awarded England’s central contracts

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“I’m just saying cricket should be part the Olympics, whatever format that ends up as. I’m not saying T20 is the way to do it – I don’t know. Somebody might come up with something entirely different – a 10-over competition, who knows? It’s fitting it in to the schedule and the grounds, wherever the Olympics are held.”Graves added.