Its rather similar to what's happening with baseball in America. I can't help feel both sports are on their last legs. I do understand it's not just cricket, the huge choices people have these days mean all sports are suffering, but one gets the feeling cricket is declining much faster than other sports. I remember when I was at university and they were showing a cricket World Cup match (in 2007) on the big screen in the common room/eating area and the only people that were watching were Indians. The rest were completely disinterested and were talking amongst themselves without really ever looking at the screen. I suppose the fate of cricket lies in the hands of Indians.
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Does anyone get the awful feeling cricket is a dying sport?
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Athlai
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Yeah I mean a massively successful World Cup in Australia and New Zealand certainly means cricket is entirely dependant on Indians and a dying sport. Just because your own social circle appears to act in a certain way doesn't mean that it is in anyway a true reflection on the state of the game.
Viewers are up mostly across the board. What actual evidence do you have that it's dying?
Viewers are up mostly across the board. What actual evidence do you have that it's dying?
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I love cricket. But it seems to me white Brits outside of rural environs and fee paying schools are no longer interested in the game. I blame a lack of free TV exposure, the huge array of choices kids have these days a part of the problem. But there is no doubt, at least it's true for the UK, the game has completely evaporated from the conscious of some segments of society. With every passing year the sport remains solely with Sky, the further it will remain and become from public awareness. The vast majority of people in the UK won't be able to name a single cricketer outside of KP and Flintoff.
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Athlai
Not Terrible
Well England has a pretty poor team at the moment. Don't worry next time they win the Ashes it'll be the second coming in the Papers all over again.
flibbertyjibber
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Had no problem in England when we were winning and reached number 1. Fans are fickle, team are winning they will watch and take interest, team not doing so well and it gets ignored.
Is football in trouble as less people were bothered about the fact England were crap last year at the world cup and there was less hype than normal?
Is football in trouble as less people were bothered about the fact England were crap last year at the world cup and there was less hype than normal?
cpr
International Coach
A few of us were talking about the decline in Rugby League yesterday, Salford can just about scrape 4,000 for a home game, a third of what they got in the 90's. Even Sale, who share the stadium, get 8,000 regularly, and the North West is supposed to be League over Union. Its not like Sale are doing particularly well (though not as bad as Salford)
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
It is. Test cricket in particular. Except India, England and Australia, the talent stock becomes weak in other countries as players are sucked into T20. Maybe not SA. I wish we get day night test cricket soon. The balance between the two versions is just too skewed.
Flem274*
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isn't this the racist bloke?
this statement is ****.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Probably not aimed at you. You should look at Cric123's post (or should I say thread) history.
Spark
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there is 0 evidence of this with the possible exception of WI
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Probably because cricket gets coverage that's disproportionate to its profile. It's nowhere near as popular in England as its media profile would suggest.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
It is in the north west. Can't speak for the rest of the country
TheJediBrah
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Some people really need to be banned from making threads
To be fair, in this country people only seem to care about football. Besides Wimbledon, nobody cares for any other tennis that runs for the rest of the year. People follow the rugby World Cup and one or two high profile matches but not much else during the rugby calendar. In athletics its the Olympics and the world championships and not much else after that. Football consumes people in the UK like rugby does NZ. But still, I think if cricket is freely available there would be healthy figures. It's still the top three sports in terms of how much people care, how much the sport means to the nation, historical significance of the sport to the country.
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