Cricket: Making A Come-back in the US
September 24, 2006 by Sasha Manuel
Filed under Sports Rumors
Well, here’s an interesting bit of trivia: Once upon a time, Cricket was the national sport of the US. Teehee.
It was once the national game and the annual fixture against Canada, which was first played in the 1840s. It is the oldest international sporting event in the modern world, predating today’s Olympic Games by nearly 50 years.
Like it said in the article, it’s now being listed as one of the fastest growing sports to date in the US. Why is it such a big deal? Well, as cited, it’s been around for a long time but for some reason, it almost got dropped from the country’s roster of sports played. Two primary reasons that can be attributed to its decline was the occurence of war and the existence of Baseball. Now, we know how popular the latter is! And the former is not exactly the cause but what was behind it — or, better yet, who — the Brits.
For Americans, Cricket equates to anything British — and they didn’t want to associate themselves with the Brits then. Heehee. Anyway, you can just read the article for more historical bits about the early American Cricket.
Gah. American Cricket? Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to utter those words. Together. I wonder how’d they fare against my Australian Cricket Team [who I am expecting to win The Ashes. Heehee]. Should we expect them to participate in the Test Matches anytime soon? What will we call the ODI Series when it includes the US competing? Now, that’ll definitely be news-worthy.
Ah, well. They admitted to still needing a decent Cricket field, though, and I gathered that they need to convince some of the American people that Cricket is not “way too complicated for Americans” or too slow.
For now, there’s no sense in getting our knickers in a twist. Teehee.
It would be very nice for the promtoion of cricket if it makes comeback to us.
It’s true, Anjali. One thing I also noticed is that there’s a common misconception that Cricket’s a difficult sport to understand. Perhaps this also contributes to its lack of a global following? It’s not that hard, is it? Hehe. ;)