Can Cricket Overtake Football?

[laksh_01]

After the start of IPL, pakistan announcing their version of premier league to start next year & England on plans of EPL... With T20 gaining huge markets & popularity. Do u think cricket has enough power to overtake football in future?

[Richard]

Only in one country is cricket less popular than football (that's football as in soccer), and it is never remotely likely to overtake it in popularity for more than a few months in this country.

For it to do so would take something unforeseeable.

[Barney Rubble]

No. Not in a million years. Never. No chance. Jamais. Etc etc.

[Richard]

BTW, nice Rodgie-esque poll.

[Langeveldt]

Yes it does, unfortunatly

[silentstriker]

I don't think it does, unfortunately.

[andruid]

Why the hell should it, at least not at the cost of sensibility...

[headhunter]

Can't see it happening in my lifetime.

[GIMH]

Football winter Cricket summer love it

[Scaly piscine]

Depends in what sense to 'overtake'. In terms of sheer number of people it's possible if it happened to take off in China, but in a more general sense I can't see it happening.

[GGG]

In Europe and South America no chance.

[Xuhaib]

I can see ricket a clear #2 in the not so distant future.

[Goughy]

Football winter Cricket summer love it

Yep

As for the poll, no chance. Even if the World Health Organisation proved a link between following football and testicular cancer there would still be far more people interested in it.

Football is so simple and accessable.

[haroon510]

it depends.. if we get cricketers like dravid and kallis in near future.. hell no.. the 20 twenty game has the potential to be as good as a football game.. if the right players are played on the game..

[Xuhaib]

it depends.. if we get cricketers like dravid and kallis in near future.. hell no.. the 20 twenty game has the potential to be as good as a football game.. if the right players are played on the game..