Do you recognize these persons? I hope most of you do.
In case you don’t
On the left, it is John Cena, the WWE star.
On the right, it is Alastair Cook (England batsman and former Captain, and also the leading run scorer for England)
Once the popularity of Alastair Cook in England was challenged with that of John Cena. A survey in 14 different cities was conducted to find who is more popular among the two.
And do you know what was the result of the Survey? Any guesses?
Most Englishmen don’t even know Alastair Cook. And here we are talking about the person who is the leading run scorer for England, and who captained the team to win the Ashes two times.
While most Englishmen could identify John Cena, even though he is an American.
If the former captain and the leading run scorer of England cannot be recognized by majority of Englishmen, then you can understand how “crazy” are English people about Cricket.
In other words, cricket in England is as popular as Hockey in India, where majority of Indians don’t know Manpreet Singh, Ohh….let me google to find who he is.
The situation is even worse among the kids of age below 15. In 2014, ECB conducted a survey where children between age of 6–15 were asked to tell their favourite sport. And guess what? Only 2% of them called Cricket as their favourite sport. Yes sir, just 2% of the kids. Which means most of cricket followers in England are adults. You can see the “bright” future of Cricket in England.
Infact, I won’t be surprised if the English Cricket team (after say, 20 years) will consist only of ethnic South Asians, or South Africans.
The most popular sport in England is the Football, particularly the Premier League which is the third most attended sports leagues of the world. It attracts a crowd of 35000+ per match. Even the average English footballers are more popular than the best English Cricketers.
Barring Indian subcontinent, Cricket is as popular as dart games in rest of the nations. It's high time that in India too, other sports get the attention they deserve from the public. Cricket is hardly played in 10–12 nations and not more than 4–5 nations take it seriously.
On the left, it is John Cena, the WWE star.
On the right, it is Alastair Cook (England batsman and former Captain, and also the leading run scorer for England)
Once the popularity of Alastair Cook in England was challenged with that of John Cena. A survey in 14 different cities was conducted to find who is more popular among the two.
And do you know what was the result of the Survey? Any guesses?
Most Englishmen don’t even know Alastair Cook. And here we are talking about the person who is the leading run scorer for England, and who captained the team to win the Ashes two times.
While most Englishmen could identify John Cena, even though he is an American.
If the former captain and the leading run scorer of England cannot be recognized by majority of Englishmen, then you can understand how “crazy” are English people about Cricket.
In other words, cricket in England is as popular as Hockey in India, where majority of Indians don’t know Manpreet Singh, Ohh….let me google to find who he is.
The situation is even worse among the kids of age below 15. In 2014, ECB conducted a survey where children between age of 6–15 were asked to tell their favourite sport. And guess what? Only 2% of them called Cricket as their favourite sport. Yes sir, just 2% of the kids. Which means most of cricket followers in England are adults. You can see the “bright” future of Cricket in England.
Infact, I won’t be surprised if the English Cricket team (after say, 20 years) will consist only of ethnic South Asians, or South Africans.
The most popular sport in England is the Football, particularly the Premier League which is the third most attended sports leagues of the world. It attracts a crowd of 35000+ per match. Even the average English footballers are more popular than the best English Cricketers.
Barring Indian subcontinent, Cricket is as popular as dart games in rest of the nations. It's high time that in India too, other sports get the attention they deserve from the public. Cricket is hardly played in 10–12 nations and not more than 4–5 nations take it seriously.
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