Former players want the Twenty20 version of cricket to be a part of future Olympics, although they realise the move may actually be at least a decade away.
The introduction of T20 cricket to the Olympics formed a key part of MCC World Cricket committee meetings held in Sydney this week, with past players keen to push for the sport's involvement.
Administrators have all but given up hope of gaining entry into the 2024 Games scheduled for Paris, so are looking towards Los Angeles in 2028.
However their biggest concern is with the Board of Cricket Control for India, whom they said face issues with their own Olympic committee.
The International Cricket Council has previously said the majority of member nations are behind the push, along with chief executive David Richardson.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who sits on the 14-person independent committee alongside former players like Gatting, Kumar Sangakkara, Sourav Ganguly and Rod Marsh, said players were also keen and commitment would be an issue.
He was part of the Australian team that played the Commonwealth Games in Malaysia in 1998.
The committee also discussed the importance of test cricket's status against lucrative Twenty20 leagues, heat laws, making helmets compulsory, standardizing video review technology and player associations becoming more involved in the reporting of concussions.
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