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Canada Mike's avatar

As someone who falls asleep to baseball, I am not going to watch cricket. But that being said, our local park has both a diamond and a pitch and on the weekend, they are both very heavily used. Both groups are having fun, so by all means have at it :)

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JB's avatar

"It's easy to figure out the rules?" Are you kidding? Is this satire?

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NotoriousSceptic's avatar

If it helps to keep some youngsters out of trouble, go with it.

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S.McRobbie's avatar

I enjoyed this story. I learned something. I hope the NA professional league continues to grow. Why not?

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Akshay's avatar

Cricket in NA has to be marketed not as an end product to enjoy/experience - but as a brand new product that needs to be explained. (For those curious, there are already many videos on YouTube that explain cricket to baseball fans.)

But ultimately, the burden of education falls on those marketing the sport - not on the target audience (esp baseball fans) they are trying to bring in.

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Grube's avatar

Canada used to play cricket. There is a bit of a league here in Victoria and likely Vancouver. Probably made of teams in both cases by SW Asians. I agree that it should make a comeback.

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Richard MacDowell's avatar

Any relation to George?

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Dean's avatar

Nope. My great-grandfather played in Gage Park, Hamilton a hundred years ago, but that was because he was from Lewisham. End of story.

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George Skinner's avatar

Sounds like a tough slog ahead. Soccer's still a niche interest as a professional sport in North America despite decades of immigration from football-loving countries and the fact that it's been a staple sports pastime of 2-3 generations of Canadian kids. My take is it's probably surpassing baseball in Canada, but it's not at the level of basketball, American football, and definitely not hockey.

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John Matthew IV's avatar

Everyone has a fixed amount of time to spend. Time spent on cricket, means less time spent on other sports and other things. I think it is very hard to introduce a new sport to a modern country. The NHL, NBA, MLB and NFL all play games overseas, not sure how successful the will ever be. Cricket becoming popular in North American among native-born people has a lot going agianst it.

I have nothing against cricket and wish their players and fans well but don't expect it to become very popular here.

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Chris Wilson's avatar

How about explaining the rules in a simple format, and then broadcasting "Cricket in 30". Otherwise....I'm out.

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