Waugh's Twenty20 dream

Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh has added his distinguished voice to those clamouring for Twenty20 to become an Olympic sport in time for the 2020 Games.

The former Test captain, echoing the hopes of his one-time team-mate Adam Gilchrist and a host of leading Indian players, sees Twenty20 at the 2020 games as the perfect vehicle for increasing cricket's global profile.

Waugh, speaking in his role as mentor of the Australian Olympic team, said: "The idea of Twenty20 cricket at the Olympics is definitely worth pursuing. If you want to globalise the game then you have to look at including countries like China and the United States, and getting cricket into the Olympics will fast-track that move."

Waugh won Commonwealth silver with Australia in 1998 - and he expects Twenty20 could prove perfectly suited to the Olympics.

"I had the time of my life at those Games," he recalls of his experience in Kuala Lumpur a decade ago. "Winning the silver medal was one of the highlights of my career."