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Some comments on why Australia won't necessarily fall from top spot.
http://www.cricketweb.net/blog/features/39.php
Thoughts?
http://www.cricketweb.net/blog/features/39.php
Thoughts?
Noone's ever actually whitewashed the West Indies over there in a test series so thats not much of a failure. I could probably draw a test against Australia. All i need is eleven volunteers and five days of rain.
Okay. South African pitches are far from spinner friendly, generally favour good seam up bowling, the same with England.(Someone to correct me if I'm wrong).
Riiiight....Australia's fall from top spot will coincides with Federer's IMO.
I'll quote him and your reply if he is.Riiiight....
Riiiight....
Nah he's right. Rafa would dominate cricket too if he really wanted to.Australia's fall from top spot will coincides with Federer's IMO.
Is cricket the main sport in Australia? I would have thought Aussie Rules and rugby union would be much more popular.By contrast, in many other cricket playing countries, cricket is not really the main sport. The population and I think even some of the teams just brush losses off like a loose piece of cotton on your shirt. Again, contrast that with the soul-searching that went on when we lost the Ashes.
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You would have thought wrong. Cricket is the main sport in that it's the most followed equally all over the country. Australian Rules is still provincial (WA, SA, TAS, VIC), as is Rugby League (QLD, NSW), they are both huge but skew geographically. Union is not as big as League, but has a bit more presence than league outside of QLD/NSW due to it being big in the private schools and with ex-pats.Is cricket the main sport in Australia? I would have thought Aussie Rules and rugby union would be much more popular.
Hmm i see. It just doesn't seem to attract quite the crowds of other sports, especially when you compare club cricket to the crowds at some super 14s games in Australia. The idea of cricket being all-encompassing is also a bit difficult to grasp living in the UK where i'm often immediately thought of as a toff for following cricket.You would have thought wrong. Cricket is the main sport in that it's the most followed equally all over the country. Australian Rules is still provincial (WA, SA, TAS, VIC), as is Rugby League (QLD, NSW), they are both huge but skew geographically. Union is not as big as League, but has a bit more presence than league outside of QLD/NSW due to it being big in the private schools and with ex-pats.
They're both split geographically (for the most part).Is cricket the main sport in Australia? I would have thought Aussie Rules and rugby union would be much more popular.
I think the fact that really, cricket owns the whole summer (yes, you've got tennis, but that only really goes for three weeks in Aus) does have a huge impact.I think one of the biggest things that keeps Australia up there is that cricket is part of our culture. The team and the nation more broadly really cares. We, as a people, blead when we lost the Urn, and we rejoiced and danced on England's grave when we crushed them 5-0 and won the thing back.
By contrast, in many other cricket playing countries, cricket is not really the main sport. The population and I think even some of the teams just brush losses off like a loose piece of cotton on your shirt. Again, contrast that with the soul-searching that went on when we lost the Ashes.
In short, cricket is embedded in our culture and this has many flow on effects - funding; juniors playing the game; general infrastructure etc.