The Indian Premier League has announced plans to bring cricket to the US. But could the home of baseball ever take cricket to its heart?
There are plenty of English people who find it hard to understand the joy of cricket.
But could the United States, the home of brash, all-action sports like American football and basketball, ever embrace a sport steeped in etiquette and played by gentlemen in white trousers?
The Indian Premier League, the new powerhouse in world cricket, certainly hopes so.
This week it promised to take its competition Stateside. Regional Indian sides could be competing in the Twenty20 competition by next year, according to Lalit Modi, the vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
So could cricket take hold in the American imagination?
Cricket to be brought to the USA
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The first international cricket match was between the USA and Canada......so anything is possible.
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It makes no sense. American sports are bad enough as it is without bringing in foreign muck.
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Do not belittle attempts to bring civilization to the savages.Animavore wrote:It makes no sense. American sports are bad enough as it is without bringing in foreign muck.
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Clinton Huxley wrote:Do not belittle attempts ot bring civilization ot the savages.Animavore wrote:It makes no sense. American sports are bad enough as it is without bringing in foreign muck.
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notFBM wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:Do not belittle attempts ot bring civilization ot the savages.Animavore wrote:It makes no sense. American sports are bad enough as it is without bringing in foreign muck.
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No.
Cricket involves playing and watching for more than twenty minutes straight without a break for some cheerleaders or a marching band. In fact there are neither of those things... ever. (I know, it's hard to believe, but I've seen it, trust me!)
Cricket involves playing and watching for more than twenty minutes straight without a break for some cheerleaders or a marching band. In fact there are neither of those things... ever. (I know, it's hard to believe, but I've seen it, trust me!)
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Elessarina wrote:notFBM wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:Do not belittle attempts ot bring civilization ot the savages.Animavore wrote:It makes no sense. American sports are bad enough as it is without bringing in foreign muck.
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This is on topic.
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I completely agree with the 7th comment after the article 
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Why not sell them by the gram ?
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They sell them by the dozen to buyers, so weight is not a factor. They want X crickets for inventory purposes.Feck wrote:Why not sell them by the gram ?
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Elessarina wrote:I completely agree with the 7th comment after the article
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notFBM wrote:Elessarina wrote:I completely agree with the 7th comment after the article
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I think this will work well for one simple reason - you can fit fucking thousands of adverts in a 5 day test match.
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