Cricket West Indies has Urged The International Cricket Council (ICC) to Give Caribbean Nations a Chance to Qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Games and Avoid the Region Being “Shut out of History”. La 2028 will see cricket return to the lympics for the first time since 1900, with a Six-Team T20 Event in Bost the men’s and women’s game set to be involved in the process. The ICC, Cricket’s Global Governing Body, Have Yet to Announce the Qualification Process but there are Concerns in the West Indies, Long One of the Sport’s Establed Major International TEAMS and The One Closest Geographically to los angeles, that their constituent count be excluded.
That’s decision while the likes of barbados, jamaica – the home of games sprint great usain bolt – antigua and barbuda and trinidad and tobago compete under the west indies banner when it is to intersional Cricket, Theose Territories are all individual entities at an olympics.
So if Cricket Qualification for La 2028 is to be decided primarily on the Basis of World Rankings, The Event Cold Go Ahead without any Caribbean Involvement at all.
“All we are asking is that our individual nations’ Exceptional Olympic Legacy be Considered in the conversation,” CWI CHIF Executive Chris Dehring Un Consday.
“Our nations have proudly flown their individual flags atop olympic podiums as perennial gold medallists.
“Now, with cricket’s inclusion, we must ensure that our cricketers are not shut out of history.
CWI Appear to Accept there is no project of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Allowing a West Indies TEAM to Compete at La 2028, even thoughts their men’s side wash’s side was t20 projects in 2012 and 2016 Women took the equivalent female global title.
But in a letter to the ICC, CWI Sugged Two Possible Routes for regional representation.
The first would see an inter-caribbean qualifying tournament should the west indies men or women find themselves in a qualifying position, allowing the Winner to TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE Spot is done .T’s.
In the second, a dedicated regional qualifying process involving Each of the West Indies Independent Nations would take place.
CWI President Kishore Shaallow Added: “The Caribbean has Always Above Its Weight At The Olympics, Inspiring the World With Our Athletic Brilliance.
“Cricket’s Return to the Games in 2028 must not exclude our young cricters from the same dream that have inspired our athletes.”
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