Ridiculous World Cup Prices 2019

[S.Kennedy]

Tennis has cricket whooped in English participation.

But NZ has the similar fault, here there is rugby and everything else, and summer football, rowing, basketball and sailing is eating into cricket's former space.

Winter sports just don't want to be involved with the rugby season here. Just like your rugby league gave up on the football season also.

Participation, cricket is apparently very low. I was thinking more in terms of crowds/tv ratings.

 

[S.Kennedy]

 

[Singh767]

Where I live nobody gives a toss about cricket. It is ''some weird posh boys' sport played by people in whites, a bit like golf''.

Joe Root could walk through the entirety of the north east England and no one would recognise him.

Footy is king.

(Don't shoot the messenger but that is how everyone sees the sport. Australians cannot seem to fathom how unpopular cricket is here).

Hmmmm disagree to be honest, would say cricket is the 2nd biggest/popular sport in UK. At school there was a good amount of interest, and I have a lot of friends who follow it as well (mix of white and indian people).

 

[Singh767]

If I go on the sports section of any UK newspaper it's football all the way down, even in the middle of the off season. It's ridiculous.

That is true to be fair. Football is by far number 1, but cricket number 2 I would say.