Waugh wants cricket to be Olympic sport

Cricket was last seen at a major multi-sport event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, but was dropped for the next two editions in England and Australia.

Waugh played in Kuala Lumpur, when Australia won gold. "I had the time of my life at those Games.

Winning the gold medal was one of the highlights of my career," said the 43-year-old, who played 168 Tests for Australia, including 57 as captain.He added that he felt Twenty20 cricket was on the verge of becoming a huge global success.

"Twenty20 is going through a honeymoon phase at the moment," he said. "But in the next few years, I believe it will become a worldwide phenomenon."

His comments follow those of his former Australia team-mate Adam Gilchrist, who in a column for Monday's edition of Indian daily the Deccan Chronicle wrote: