Olympics fever has took over the world when the best athletes from around the world showed their skill at the 2024 Paris Olympics. But an even bigger event awaits the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles: The game of cricket will finally be a part of this global event. But did you know cricket has been a part of the Olympics once before?

Tune in as Cyrus runs you through the brief history of cricket and the
Olympics. From not having enough days to play games to boards asking the Olympics association to compensate them with money for the fixtures they’ll lose, it's been a rocky road. But finally Cricket will conquer one more milestone only 4 years from now.

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Did you know a soda company was named for the amount of fizz it shared with a certain manufacturer’s cricket balls? The cricket ball, which has more of a character of its own and effect on its sport than the balls in other ball games, has gone through quite an evolution throughout the history of the game.

From the vintage red ball used in the early years to the revolutionary white kookaburra ball introduced specifically for ODIs. How has the nature of the game impacted the cricket ball and vice versa?

Host Cyrus Broacha (who loves to talk about balls of all kinds) tells you the history.

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