21-07-2020, 00:05
(20-07-2020, 23:39)St Charles Owl Wrote: The problem with introducing cricket into a country that has never played it before is finding a place to play the game. Soccer over here can be played in NFL or Baseball stadiums but it still took years to develop at grass roots, and grass roots cricket is going to struggle because of the size of the field.
Matt, most of the Caribean, South American and Central American countries play baseball, as do a number of countries in Asia. Interestingly the first Baseball World Champions were the UK!!
There is a cricket stadium in America, Central Broward Regional Park, in Lauderhill, Florida. They could use Baseball stadiums to play cricket in.
I did not know that the Caribbean, South America play Baseball. I always thought it was America, Japan and Taiwan, you learn something new everyday. Like you say the problem is grassroots. Grassroots is the problem in most sports. The only way you are getting to get Americans interested in Cricket is going to be the one day matches or the T20 matches.
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