What would be the average age bracket of today's Pakistan cricket viewer?

[ThePMB]

I have been thinking about this lately for two reasons.

A. All the very young Pakistanis that I've encountered (from ages 12 - 19ish) in my life haven't generally been fans of cricket. This could very well be just my circle and people of this age elsewhere could very well be fans, but it got me thinking nonetheless.

B. If this demographic does not in fact watch a lot of cricket, is this not bad for Pakistan cricket in the long term? Like, is the sport not going to diluted with time if the younger generations are not involved?

Again, these are all just assumptions and passing thoughts, which is exactly why I would love to you know what do you guys think about what the currently involved demographic looks like when it comes to Pakistan cricket, be it based on an informed opinion, or better yet, data.

 

[ElRaja]

interesting question... when i was a young kid in pak, about 6 to 10 years old we were all cricket mad. i even remember kids pretending to be famous umpires when games were going on.

not sure what its like today, but i vividly remember waking up early in the morning seeing games of 20 odd kids in the open space behind my house, evening games on the streets.

then u had the real breeding ground of the game, the hastily organised circuit games frequented by "sattaybaaz" players, going from game to game to earn a meal, or extra pocket money.

im guessing like the rest of the world, the advent of social media has probably reduced fanaticism for the game amongst young kids.

 

[zarar]

Nonsense. Playing and Watching Cricket is still like a religion in Pakistan. It's still something all kids and young teens ever do all day long.

 

[MenInG]

There was a time when cricket was the ONLY real entertainment in Pakistan but things have changed with tv/internet/PS/XBox etc - so I would say that younger children unlikely to be spending too long watching cricket on tv

 

[mrtaim3]

When i was about 10 yeas old, i was mad about cricket. The first thing i would do after coming back from school is to do bowling practice all alone in the ground next to my house. There used to be literally no one in the ground. Then in the evening i would play with my cricket buddies. Nowadays my little brother have no interest in cricket whatsoever. The first thing he does after coming back from school is play video games and he does that for the rest of the day.

I don't see the passion of cricket going away in future but i do see lack of talent and good players in future.

 

[Sean143]

I guess it would be around early 20s. The major share of viewership (around 60% imo) comes from the 10-27 age group. The rest of the viewers are kind of scattered so the mean value must be around 22-23.

 

[hitthestump]

By the looks of this thread and from what i know of elsewhere, India will soon be the only country left playing cricket.

 

[Danyaalr01]

By the looks of this thread and from what i know of elsewhere, India will soon be the only country left playing cricket.

Cricket is still big in Australia and New Zealand. Apparently it is kind of dying in England. I'mm not sure about South Africa. In South Africa cricket is generally more popular among the white population, and as long as they keep leaving South Africa, so will a lot of talent in the country with them. The Black population is not into cricket as much.

Cricket is growing in Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

I don't know about in Pakistan, but new immigrants from Pakistan in New Zealand do follow cricket, some are crazy about it and some just follow it, but all of them do follow it, bar a few.