its more to do with structures within the game. Its very doubtful that Australia will go the way of WI because the game is so popular and no-one would let it...and even so, it would be extremely unlikely that even if Australian cricket did slump so badly that Irish cricket could really jump up so much as to over take them
Ireland can be in a position to compete in the future but the culture isnt there to allow them to become a major cricketing force. Go and have a look at the types of sports the Irish like!!!!
Cricket was once big in LA ...are we talking Los Angeles or Luton Airport?
No way soccer is the biggest sport in Australia. Although there might be claims it is the most played sport by kids.
yeah, if you read up on crickets history you'll know cricket was more popular in the us than baseball back then. I know it's going to hard for cricket to part of the major sports in the us but in time and effort it could, like soccer is starting to here now after so many years. But things changes as culture changes.
It's not. You're getting mixed up with AFL - Australian Rules Football which is most definitely not soccer.
back when ? are we talking over 100 years ago here?
thats explains it
no, from what i know rugby and "footy" is popular but only in certain states.
and in which of the 6 states and two territories arent they popular?
Aussie Rules isn't very popular in New South Wales or to some extent Queensland, but rugby league is very prevalent there anyway. Soccer is not the #1 winter sport in any state.. it'd fall second in most states... probably third in Queensland.
well it was popular until about 1920's i think and then there's was a small resurgence in the 60's but that died out.
Not really. Footy is more popular in some states then others but it's still Australia's most popular winter sport as well as most popular sport overall along with cricket although rugby isn't very far behind.
this is old but i could find the newer one which said it's higher.
is cricket still the national sport? i doubt it.
Has the whole summer to itself really. It's not the national sport, but in terms of popularity its right up there. Judging by the media coverage and crowds during the Ashes you'd have to say it's as massive as ever and would give any other sport a run for its money. Although it doesn't compete with any other sport really.
Yeah as I said before it's probably the highest played sport by kids. But that has never translated to popularity as a spectator sport, even amongst kids themselves.
as i say, American Football is the US's number one sport in terms of the number of people who say its their favourite sport, attendance, viewing figures etc....but more people probably play 'soccer', simply because its an easier game to play (jumpers for goal posts etc), its not as dangerous or expensive. But it is oubtful it will ever reach the levels of American Football in terms of popularity.