Malik calls for cricket's inclusion in Olympics

KARACHI: Joining the band of players pushing for cricket's inclusion in the Olympics, Pakistan's present and former captains Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan said with the advent of Twenty20, the sport could easily fit into the Games' schedule. After the likes of Adam Gilchrist, Steve Waugh, Stephen Fleming and Kumar Sangakkara joining the chorus for the inclusion of the sport in the Olympics, Malik and Younis also joined in and said cricket deserved to be a part of the biggest sporting extravaganza on the planet. The International Cricket Council is targeting a place in the 2012 Olympics or 2016 with the Twenty20 version. "We are all professional cricketers and I for one would really like to take part in the Olympics which are the biggest global sporting event," Malik said on Tuesday. "It would be great to go to the Olympics and... [read full story]