Olympic cricket

           The MCC, guardians of all that is sacred in the cricketing world, recently announced that they would like to see T20 cricket on the schedule at the 2024 Olympic Games, even if it costs a boatload of money.Let's be honest. T20 cricket isn't the real deal anyway, so why not make things easier and quicker by reducing it even further? It's not like the integrity of the game will be affected in any way, and four hours is a long time for children and Americans to concentrate on one game.It got me wondering about the pro's and cons of such a plan. Aside from the financial aspect, how well would a game like cricket go down on a global level, to a general audience that may not know anything about a rather complicated game,As Steve Finn can testify, cricket's Powers That Be (ie Graeme Smith) have no problem with making up rules as they go along, in the middle of matches. So one thing that will keep the plot twisting would be the Random Rules rule.In the knock out stages, each team gets to make up a new rule before each match, and they carry over until the final. So by the time we reach the last game, there will be a bunch of extra rules for players, umpires and fans to remember. And if they forget a rule, they have to remove an item of clothing.So here are some (tongue-in-cheek) ideas that could attract viewers, for both TV and at the ground, especially if the Olympics are held in a non-cricketing country. Like New Zealand, for example. There is a condition though. The cheerleaders have to look like Naya Rivera in her Cheerios uniform (google her, you won't regret it), and the token guy has to look and dance like Channing Tatum in Magic Mike. Have to cater for all tastes, after all.