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'Let's have an Olympic re-match!'

Cricket is a distant onlooker at the Rio Olympics - but that wasn't always the case.

The sport did feature in the second modern Olympic Games in Paris in 1900. Only two teams took part - Great Britain and France in a two-day match.

Britain were represented by a touring club side from Devon, while the French players were mainly British ex-pats playing for a team in Paris.

Stumped reporter Sam Sheringham spoke to current members of both clubs: Steve Chaudoir, chairman of Castle Cary Cricket Club in Somerset, and Thodi Andersson, chairman of the Standard Athletic Cricket Club in Paris.

Photo credit: The Great Britain team (Press Association)

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