France seeks ways to come in from the cricket cold Far from the Pacific summer where the cricket World Cup starts on Saturday, the French national team will be training in a freezing gym in the Paris suburbs. France won an Olympic silver medal in cricket at the 1900 Games held in Paris. But they have never even been close to the World Cup and are currently the 10th ranked European nation in World Cup style 50-over cricket. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report.