CWI implores ICC to provide pathway for a Caribbean nation for cricket at LA Olympics

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has implored the International Cricket Council (ICC) to provide a fair and transparent pathway for at least one of the Caribbean's sovereign nations to represent West Indies at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

In its correspondence, CWI outlined two inclusive and practical qualification pathways that would enable sovereign Caribbean nations, many of which have deep Olympic legacies, to participate in Olympic cricket in accordance with the values and requirements of the Olympic charter.

According to a release from CWI, if rankings are used and West Indies men and women teams technically qualify, an internal qualifying tournament among its Olympic affiliated member countries will determine which country represents the West Indies, or a global qualifying pathway that includes associate ICC members in the five ICC development regions plus member countries of the West Indies.

Both CWI president Dr Kishore Shallow and CEO Chris Dehring have stated that Caribbean nations have proudly flown their individual flags atop Olympic podiums as perennial gold medallists. They say now, with cricket's inclusion, steps must be taken that Caribbean cricketers are not shut out of history.