Should cricket be an Olympic sport?

The Olympics should be the pinnacle event for a sport. In Golf, Tennis, Football and Cricket that is patently not the case so they should have no place in the Olympics.

In Athletics the Olympics have always been seen as the pinnacle, probably due to their heritage. Most sports such as swimming have a world championships but the Olympics retain the glamour. In Golf and Tennis the majors/slams are the elite events that all players want to have on their cv's.

Hmmm..."what they should be...". By what definition, and for what reasons are the Olympic Games necessarily the highest achievement or arena of opportunity in any sport? And can it be said of the IOC that their sole motivation is the altruistic one of pure sporting excellence?

These are some of the events that have been discontinued from previous Olympics:
• Baseball (1912* – Stockholm, 1936*, 1956*, 1964*, 1984*, 1988*, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
• Cricket (1900 – Paris)
• Croquet (1900 – Paris)
• Golf (1900 – Paris, 1904)
• Jeu de paume (1900* – Paris, 1908); players hit the ball with their hands in this French precursor of tennis
• Lacrosse (1904 – Paris, 1908, 1928*, 1932*, 1948*)
• Pelote bisque (1900 – Paris, 1924*, 1968*, 1992*); a Spanish version of handball
• Polo (1900 – Paris, 1908, 1920, 1924, 1936)
• Rackets (1908 – London); played indoors, it is similar to squash
• Roque (1904 – St. Louis); an American version of croquet
• Softball (1996 – Atlanta, 2000, 2004, 2008)
• Tug of war (1900-1920); included as a track-and-field event
• Water Motorsports (1900* – Paris, 1908)

And these are some of the demonstartion events, often included because they are major sports in the territory of the home country hosting that year's Olympics:

• American football (1904 – St. Louis, USA, 1932)
• Australian rules football (1956 – Melbourne/Stockholm: equestrian events held in Stockholm due to foreign horse quarantine laws); similar to rugby
• Ballooning (1900 – Paris)
• Boules (1900 – Paris); like in bocce, players of this French game try to roll heavy balls close to a small 'jack'
• Bowling (1988 – Seoul)
• Budo (1964 – Tokyo); Japanese martial arts
• Field handball (1952 – Helsinki)
• Finnish baseball (1952 – Helsinki)
• Gliding (1936 – Berlin)
• Glima (1912 – Stockholm): Icelandic folk wrestling
• Kaatsen (1928 – Amsterdam); this Dutch game of handball may be one of the oldest ballgames
• Korfball (1920 – Antwerp, 1928 – Amsterdam); players score by throwing a ball into an elevated basket without a backboard in this mixed-gender game
• La canne (1924 – Paris); this French game is similar to fencing
• Longue paume (1900 – Paris); an outdoor precursor to modern tennis
• Motorsport (1900 – Paris)
• Roller hockey (1992 – Barcelona)
• Savate (1924 – Paris); a French version of kickboxing
• Surf lifesaving (1900 – Paris); this hybrid event, originating in Australia, requires skills as a surfer and lifeguard
• Swedish (Ling) gymnastics (1948 – London)
• Water skiing (1972 – Munich)
• Weight training with dumbbells (1904 – St. Louis, USA)

Within the main sports of the current Olympics there are many events that could not conceivably be regarded as the pinnacle of achievement , yet they are popular with televised audiences and attract large amounts in sponsorship, such as BMX cycling, beach volleyball, and synchronised swimming. Surely if these can attract additional paerticipants to their sport and generate both interest and current sponsorship then cricket should not miss out on a vital opportunity?