Why isn't there so much hype for the 2019 World Cup?

[Ronaldo7]

I live in england and not many people are even aware that a cricket world cup is about to begin in like 1 and a half months especially considering it is being played in England. For the football world cup last year the hype started like 6 months or even more before. Is there hype in the subcontinent? What could be the reason?

 

[Bewal Express]

I live in england and not many people are even aware that a cricket world cup is about to begin in like 1 and a half months especially considering it is being played in England. For the football world cup last year the hype started like 6 months or even more before. Is there hype in the subcontinent? What could be the reason?

Cricket has no resonance with the mass of the UK population. To put it simply nobody cares.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Cricket has no resonance with the mass of the UK population. To put it simply nobody cares.

Isn't it weird considering they were the ones who made it?
Cricket is bigger in Australia i believe.

 

[Bewal Express]

Isn't it weird considering they were the ones who made it?
Cricket is bigger in Australia i believe.

Not really- the Ashes in 05 was the only time the mass of the country were into Cricket. Cricket is dying in the UK and there is no real way to arrest the decline.

 

[Markhor]

Not really- the Ashes in 05 was the only time the mass of the country were into Cricket. Cricket is dying in the UK and there is no real way to arrest the decline.

Putting it back on terrestrial TV would help.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Not really- the Ashes in 05 was the only time the mass of the country were into Cricket. Cricket is dying in the UK and there is no real way to arrest the decline.

Football overtakes cricket in nearly all major departments. Football has more money, less time is used while watching it and it requires barely any equipment.
Tbh there are not many reasons why people would choose cricket over football. It would have been so much better if football was the major sport in the subcontinent.

 

[hafeezrocks]

Football overtakes cricket in nearly all major departments. Football has more money, less time is used while watching it and it requires barely any equipment.
Tbh there are not many reasons why people would choose cricket over football. It would have been so much better if football was the major sport in the subcontinent.

So that instead of playing Cricket we would have fought to qualify for FIFA WC every four years and then get knocked out in the first round while Germany, Brazil, France, Italy, Argentina keep winning the cup again and again .

 

[Abdullah]

I live in england and not many people are even aware that a cricket world cup is about to begin in like 1 and a half months especially considering it is being played in England. For the football world cup last year the hype started like 6 months or even more before. Is there hype in the subcontinent? What could be the reason?

The football season will be over in 1 month and then it will begin.
Though we have the nation's league semi finals and finals, which will clash a bit

 

[Ronaldo7]

So that instead of playing Cricket we would have fought to qualify for FIFA WC every four years and then get knocked out in the first round while Germany, Brazil, France, Italy, Argentina keep winning the cup again and again .

By major sport i meant that a lot of investing would have gone in that hence a better system. Or do u just mean our genes are not suitable for football?

 

[gazza619]

The main reason is that it is starting at the wrong time of the year. Cricket in England is at full hype in July/Aug (Not May/Jun)

We are still going through the never ending winter here..you will get the odd warm days but essentially the weather right now is cold and cricket is the last thing on anybody’s mind

 

[Bewal Express]

Putting it back on terrestrial TV would help.

I think it would make little difference as the horse has bolted. Any white Working class kid I speak has no idea about cricket, and its the same with black kids. The desi kids still love it, but the problem is that they live in a few towns and cities and that means huge swathes of the population hate cricket.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Football overtakes cricket in nearly all major departments. Football has more money, less time is used while watching it and it requires barely any equipment.
Tbh there are not many reasons why people would choose cricket over football. It would have been so much better if football was the major sport in the subcontinent.

That's putting it mildly. Cricket isn't even 1/50th of what soccer is in England. John Cena is more popular than Alistair Cook (who got knighted lol)

 

[Ronaldo7]

That's putting it mildly. Cricket isn't even 1/50th of what soccer is in England. John Cena is more popular than Alistair Cook (who got knighted lol)

John cena is very popular in many countries tbh. In India especially for obvious reasons.

 

[Sin Nombre]

ECB needs to embrace a big bash like competition (not the hundred!) and air it on terrestrial; otherwise cricket will be a minor sport in England within another generation.

That said, it won't be the end of the sport. Nepal will probably make it to the test arena by then, and IPL/T20 is slowly causing a renaissance in Caribbean cricket. As the IPL gets longer and has more teams, the money will start becoming less of a factor for a young kid growing in the Windies.

 

[JattMaula]

ECB needs to embrace a big bash like competition (not the hundred!) and air it on terrestrial; otherwise cricket will be a minor sport in England within another generation.

That said, it won't be the end of the sport. Nepal will probably make it to the test arena by then, and IPL/T20 is slowly causing a renaissance in Caribbean cricket. As the IPL gets longer and has more teams, the money will start becoming less of a factor for a young kid growing in the Windies.

Cricket is already a minor sport in England. General public doesn't even know who is the captain of the national cricket team. Sad but true.

 

[giri26]

The hype has subsided a bit around the world as there is no international cricket is being played. Majority of the top layers are in the IPL and once it is done the hype will begin. There isn't much being talked about in Australia as well. It is pretty quiet.

 

[Bigbb]

Well the truth is that nobody really cares about cricket outside the subcontinent. Aussies used to, but the sandpaper gate has killed it off in them . In the rest of the world, it just plays second or even third fiddle behind football and rugby.

Still remember how Cricket was at its peak of popularity in the mid 2000s where every test nation had great following. Now ..it's just south Asia

 

[Bhaijaan]

As if this is a new revelation? Cricket was never anywhere near Football so what is the point of comparing? One is a global phenomena the other is barely played by 10 nations of which 5 are from the Indian subcontinent only.

 

[Saj]

Football season in England at the moment.

The hype will build soon I'm sure.

 

[Hasan123]

I'm hyped for the tournament. People who follow cricket is this country are hyped

 

[Ronaldo7]

I'm hyped for the tournament. People who follow cricket is this country are hyped

I'm hyped as well. Time went fast. I still remember how badly we lost against ind in sept and i was thinking about how our next encounter will be in 9 months. But looking at it now, only 2 months left.

 

[MMHS]

WC (cricket) hype is maximum in India - it's their media that starts & fuel the craze; also in terms of % population as it's more than 75% of cricket world, and in general Indian mass is most cricket followers. Now, they are busy with IPL, I think immediately after IPL we'll see some punchy ads, talk shows in Indian media and the fire crackers will go blast. Also, the hosts are occupied with 4 teams in CL QF and the most intriguing title race in many years (EPL) - it won't be over before 3rd week of May. Right now, we can only keep discussing WC relevant topics.

 

[Hasan123]

I'm hyped as well. Time went fast. I still remember how badly we lost against ind in sept and i was thinking about how our next encounter will be in 9 months. But looking at it now, only 2 months left.

Exactly not long to go.

 

[light]

Interest in Cricket has been in decline for a while now. Beside Ind/Pak/SL/BD, not a lot of interest outside of these countries. When you also don't give the associates a chance to participate, what were you expecting?

 

[BlackShadow]

Let's be honest, most of the hype comes from the subcontinent, and they are all busy watching the IPL (or pretending that they are not).

 

[Salman]

All i have seen is that lame TV advert with Flintoff singing with a bunch of fake looking supporters, seems so out of date. Would love to see big cricketer cardboard cut outs or building projections scattered around the hosting towns and cities like we did in Karachi for the PSL hype.

Cricket is still a toffs game here in the UK, England seriously need to win this world cup at home to spark the interest of the average Joe.

 

[Varun]

Funny - England actually have a shot of winning this for once.

Unlike football where they always get smashed.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Funny - England actually have a shot of winning this for once.

Unlike football where they always get smashed.

Football is a broader sport. There are 32 teams and not just 5 subcontinent teams playing out of 10. If England don't win this year then that is just embarrassing.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Interest in Cricket has been in decline for a while now. Beside Ind/Pak/SL/BD, not a lot of interest outside of these countries. When you also don't give the associates a chance to participate, what were you expecting?

Interest for cricket in India is declining as well.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...sports-making-a-mark/articleshow/46981206.cms

 

[Gilly]

Unfortunately for cricket it is football season in Australia and the interest in the WC will be minimal, only the cricket crazies will be following the WC.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Unfortunately for cricket it is football season in Australia and the interest in the WC will be minimal, only the cricket crazies will be following the WC.

That's sad considering Aus is nothing in football but are 5 time world champions in cricket.

 

[Ronaldo7]

That's sad considering Aus is nothing in football but are 5 time world champions in cricket.

Nothing in comparison to them in cricket.

 

[JattMaula]

Is this WC the last stand of cricket in UK? If it fails to revive cricket and subsequently/consequently the 'hundred' fails, will cricket become more niche than it already is?

 

[JattMaula]

Unfortunately for cricket it is football season in Australia and the interest in the WC will be minimal, only the cricket crazies will be following the WC.

By the looks of this and the declining audience for cricket in last summer, can we conclude that cricket is declining in Australia too?

 

[Ronaldo7]

Is this WC the last stand of cricket in UK? If it fails to revive cricket and subsequently/consequently the 'hundred' fails, will cricket become more niche than it already is?

For the betterment of cricket, England needs to win this wc. Not a guarentee that it would increase the viewing or support but if they lose then definitely people will start prioritising football over cricket in England even more than they already do.

 

[Ronaldo7]

By the looks of this and the declining audience for cricket in last summer, can we conclude that cricket is declining in Australia too?

Are people more interested in Rugby and Football?
It is quite evident when looking at the averages of batsmen in the Sheffield shield.

 

[MenInG]

Stay on topic

 

[HGhazanfar]

I know Pakistani fans are not hyped because of terrible selection. We will have to watch Malik, out of form Amir, Rizwan, Haris Sohail, Imam.

 

[Salman]

I know Pakistani fans are not hyped because of terrible selection. We will have to watch Malik, out of form Amir, Rizwan, Haris Sohail, Imam.

That's actually a good thing, i remember the team we had in the 2003 WC in SA, Both W's, Akthar, Gul, Inzi, Afridi, Razzak etc...what a car crash that was!

 

[IMMY69]

Arsenal's fight for top four takes precedence for me.
Also, some extremely enjoyable Champions League fixtures in the offing, starting with tonight and then some top games in the PL to come too.

Let all this finish then we can start to think about the World Cup.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Arsenal's fight for top four takes precedence for me.
Also, some extremely enjoyable Champions League fixtures in the offing, starting with tonight and then some top games in the PL to come too.

Let all this finish then we can start to think about the World Cup.

Is that how low it is on your To Do list?

 

[silentkiller187]

Let England put on a few good performances and they will be singing "its coming home" In all seriousness Cricket has never been that popular in England, apart from a few months during the 05 ashes season. I do fondly remember a few weeks during the 1999 campaign, when Pakistani team had a buzz around it, all the white kids around my area wanted to be Moin Khan or Wasim Akram and even played Cricket for a bit, but unfortunately once the tournament is finished we go back to Football and no one talks about cricket again

 

[ar2020]

As if this is a new revelation? Cricket was never anywhere near Football so what is the point of comparing? One is a global phenomena the other is barely played by 10 nations of which 5 are from the Indian subcontinent only.

Not only mostly subcontinent but pretty much all countries were/are associated with British/Commonwealth:

WI,
India,
Pakistan,
Bangladesh,
Australia,
NZ,
SA...

 

[IMMY69]

Is that how low it is on your To Do list?

It is at the moment.
I'm a massive football fan as are many people here in England so it's only natural.
Plus there aren't any international games at the moment and the weather here isn't exactly conducive to Cricket YET, although today is beautiful day in London.

Give it time and the hype will start to build up..

 

[Ronaldo7]

It is at the moment.
I'm a massive football fan as are many people here in England so it's only natural.
Plus there aren't any international games at the moment and the weather here isn't exactly conducive to Cricket YET, although today is beautiful day in London.

Give it time and the hype will start to build up..

Fair enough

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Cricket has no resonance with the mass of the UK population. To put it simply nobody cares.

Cricket doesn't really have much of a following around the world. It's a game played by former British colonies, at it's height, you had powerful teams from the Caribbean and Pakistan to compliment India, SA and Australia, but with the rise of the IPL T20 format, the West Indian team has fractured. Pakistan was the other potential powerhouse that could have driven the game forward, but their own incompetence allied to Indian govt hostility towards the country has dealt a blow to the game as well.

The game needs a strong Pakistan side and healthy competition between the major subcontinental teams, but with the BCCI short-sighted policy, you can't blame if people switch to other sports instead.

 

[JattMaula]

Cricket doesn't really have much of a following around the world. It's a game played by former British colonies, at it's height, you had powerful teams from the Caribbean and Pakistan to compliment India, SA and Australia, but with the rise of the IPL T20 format, the West Indian team has fractured. Pakistan was the other potential powerhouse that could have driven the game forward, but their own incompetence allied to Indian govt hostility towards the country has dealt a blow to the game as well.

The game needs a strong Pakistan side and healthy competition between the major subcontinental teams, but with the BCCI short-sighted policy, you can't blame if people switch to other sports instead.

Very sad that popularity of cricket in Pakistan has gone downhill due to Indian gov. My guess is next big sport in Pakistan will be football.

 

[hadi123]

I reckon hype will kick in after football season

 

[USaqaf]

I read that it's mostly older people and Asian transplants who care about .
Ordinary Brits probably don't care.

 

[todfod 11]

Not really- the Ashes in 05 was the only time the mass of the country were into Cricket. Cricket is dying in the UK and there is no real way to arrest the decline.

Cricket is dying everywhere... U can see that when india plays in NZ or Aus or England... stadium are full of Indian supporters. Simply white folks dont care about ut any more and then with IPL and other leagues there is so much corruption in the game.
Last and most important ICC is a weak organisation.

 

[Slog]

I’ve yet to meet ONE white British person who has more than passing knowledge about cricket

 

[Bigbb]

I’ve yet to meet ONE white British person who has more than passing knowledge about cricket

Agree. Vast majority of the UK population might not even recognise Joe Root or Jimmy Anderson if they walked on streets.

But what baffles me is that even with such limited support, England attracts jam packed crowds in test matches at home at every venue. Even when they play abroad, you can see large number of English supporters. Recently in Sri Lanka, the whole ground in Galle was filled with Brits . You could barely find a Sri Lankan fan. May be the barmy army gets paid by the ECB

 

[Captain caveman]

The womens fifa world cup is getting more media attention in the uk than ICC mens cricket world cup!

More coverage on sports news channels and newspapers of the fifa womens world cup than the ICC mens cricket world cup.
Theres even a google doodle about it.
What does this say about cricket outside the sub-continent?

 

[Strike!]

Just says that cricket has lower popularity in the UK. That's all.

 

[Captain caveman]

Just says that cricket has lower popularity in the UK. That's all.

Yes i realise that .
Mens cricket is lower in the hierarchary than womens football(which is a relatively new professional sport), does that not worry you about the future of cricket outside the subcontinent?

 

[Itachi]

Yes i realise that .
Mens cricket is lower in the hierarchary than womens football(which is a relatively new professional sport), does that not worry you about the future of cricket outside the subcontinent?

Are you linking it to male chauvinist perspective?

 

[Captain caveman]

Are you linking it to male chauvinist perspective?

No. Im linking it to a relatively new sport which is holding its world cup at the same time as an established sport and is having significantly greater coverage in the uk than the cricket world cup is getting.

 

[Markhor]

There's plenty of coverage - BBC are doing podcasts every day of the tournament, C4 are showing daily highlights, the sports segments of BBC and Sky News lead with the World Cup.

Maybe the newspapers are different, football after all is the national religion. But the atmosphere at every ground has been tremendous so far so people are engaging with the event.

 

[Executioner]

Cricket outside Subcontinent is seen only as a "meh" sport. There is no real craze.

Cricket is losing it's popularity in the Subcontinent as well

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Every sport has its weight, doesn't matter much even if women's football wc gets more coverage. Test Cricket is national sport of England, it will never die.

 

[Captain caveman]

There's plenty of coverage - BBC are doing podcasts every day of the tournament, C4 are showing daily highlights, the sports segments of BBC and Sky News lead with the World Cup.

Maybe the newspapers are different, football after all is the national religion. But the atmosphere at every ground has been tremendous so far so people are engaging with the event.

Only when england play. Other times there have been leading with the football.

 

[Hasan2K8]

Just goes to show how cricket has fallen in the UK. Hence, more reasons why I want England to win the Cricket world cup. It will bring new crowds to the game and the game will be back to where it should be. Cricket popularity has been lost since sky bought the rights and it went away from free channels. Before Channel 4 used to show England’s test matches!

 

[Captain caveman]

Every sport has its weight, doesn't matter much even if women's football wc gets more coverage. Test Cricket is national sport of England, it will never die.

Test cricket is not the national sport of england, its the summer sport. Football is the national sport.
I reckon if the under 21 football wc was held at the same time as the cricket world cup, that would get greater media coverage.

 

[Captain caveman]

Just goes to show how cricket has fallen in the UK. Hence, more reasons why I want England to win the Cricket world cup. It will bring new crowds to the game and the game will be back to where it should be. Cricket popularity has been lost since sky bought the rights and it went away from free channels. Before Channel 4 used to show England’s test matches!

You maybe right, my friend

 

[Captain caveman]

Cricket outside Subcontinent is seen only as a "meh" sport. There is no real craze.

Cricket is losing it's popularity in the Subcontinent as well

Is it ? I know in pak it definetly is, but elsewhere as well, i didnt know this.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Is it ? I know in pak it definetly is, but elsewhere as well, i didnt know this.

The newer generation Bangladeshis are not interested in cricket. I was talking to some of my younger brother's friends, they are more interested in football.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Cricket is losing it's popularity in the Subcontinent as well

That's probably because there are only 3-4 top test playing nations across the globe and only 1 from the sub continent. Imagine! Naturally the continuous failures have turned fans away from the sport.

 

[BreadPakoda]

The newer generation Bangladeshis are not interested in cricket. I was talking to some of my younger brother's friends, they are more interested in football.

20 years of cricket as test playing nation and Bangladesh has achieved very little - dare I say, almost nothing. New generation fans are losing interest and I don't blame them.

 

[Sarwar89]

Football is an easier game than technical cricket. As for following. How many competitive countries are there in football. Around 15 at max. rest are followers. I mean china usa etc do not care much about football.

Cricket also has 8-9 competitive nations. it evens out the support. in terms of following, cricket already has over 2 billion followers world wide who participate in this sport.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

The newer generation Bangladeshis are not interested in cricket. I was talking to some of my younger brother's friends, they are more interested in football.

Nothing new, Bangladesh always played football very much alongside cricket. Infact desh n afg are the only nations which have improved in cricket from football.

 

[Captain caveman]

The newer generation Bangladeshis are not interested in cricket. I was talking to some of my younger brother's friends, they are more interested in football.

Same with my cousins in pak. More interested in social media than sports.

 

[Captain caveman]

Football is an easier game than technical cricket. As for following. How many competitive countries are there in football. Around 15 at max. rest are followers. I mean china usa etc do not care much about football.

Cricket also has 8-9 competitive nations. it evens out the support. in terms of following, cricket already has over 2 billion followers world wide who participate in this sport.

Mostly fom subcontinent and india predominantly.

 

[Xoib]

Cricket loosing its top status in UK is overstated. The matches even including the neutral sides have been full and with great atmosphere while test matches in England are still the most well attended tests in the world even in India tests are not that well attended. Yes compared to football it may not be that big in fact even look minor sport but it does gets its due share of importance close to I would say Rugby, tennis formula 1 etc and will continue to do so.