Cricket West Indies (CWI) President, Dr. Kishore Shallow, lately introduced {that a} home T20 competitors in 2025 is within the works to find out who will symbolize the area on the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
He stated talks had been already below manner with the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to stage the home competitors subsequent yr.
“So as to add cricket to the agenda within the subsequent Olympics is definitely going to be one thing great as we did within the Commonwealth Video games a pair years in the past once we had one in all our groups representing the females.”
“We on the time selected our authentic girls’s match and the winner on the time was Barbados so that they represented the area,” Shallow stated.
“We anticipate one thing related will probably be performed until they inform us all of the groups can come and take part, which might be very best, however it’s unlikely for that to occur.”
Shallow defined that as a result of the CPL was a franchise-based match, the winners of that competitors couldn’t symbolize the area however as soon as a home T20 competitors was held, the winner would most certainly be chosen to compete on the 2028 Olympics.
Shallow added, “We have now been in dialogue with CPL for them to fund a home T20 match beginning subsequent yr. I believe Miles Bascombe and his crew have already scheduled a window for that subsequent yr in 2025.”
“As soon as we’re capable of have that match, then we are able to use that to find out which crew, or groups will take part within the Olympics on behalf of CWI.”
“We will’t use the CPL as it’s now as a result of it’s franchises.”
“However within the home match that we’re having, which is able to nonetheless have a business mannequin to it however to not the extent of CPL, however that can greater than seemingly be territories as a substitute of franchises so we can establish groups,” Shallow stated.
