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From: Sven Mischkies on 26 Jul 2010 04:53
Jellore <jellore(a)bigpond.com> wrote:

> On Jul 24, 4:22 pm, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Quoting Mehdi in rec.sport.soccer:
> >
> > >Cricket is huge in the Indian
> > >subcontinent, Australia & New Zealand, The West Indies, South Africa and
> > >England. That's five continents, not one.
> >
> > No, that's < 10 countries. Thank you for playing.
> >
> > This is also a reply to some other post(er)s:
> >
> > That's the problem with sports like Cricket and Rugby.
> >
> > - They are very big where they are big, plus
> > - They are very big in (some) high profile countries;
> > those countries have large populations and/or of
> > "UK origin".
> >
> > That still doesn't make them world sports.
> >
> > A world sport should be defined as a sport that most, if not practically
> > ALL, able-bodied humans have played themselves at some times of their lives
> > (at least during the school period), and/or is a quite normal subject of
> > discussion in the media almost every day.
> >
> > A sport that is big in the UK, Australia, India and South Africa isn't
> > bigger than one that is big in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland,
> > although I'm sure all subjects of the Queen _think_ it _should_ be
> > considered more important.
> >
> > I think the only true World (Ball) Sports are football/soccer, basketball
> > and volleyball.
> >
> > The rest are all more or less (sub)regional or (sub)cultural.
> >
> > --
> > Manchester United FC
> > Champions latest: England/2009, UEFA/2008, World/2009
>
> So if they are not world sports just what are they?
>
> Certainly not regional.


Cricket is a Commenwealth sport. There are members outside of the
Commonwealth, but if you take a look at the players and officials you
will find that they are mainly if not exclusively Commonwealth expats.
Cricket outside of the Commonwealth is treated as a curiousity, not as a
sport.


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From: Sven Mischkies on 28 Jul 2010 03:33
Futbolmetrix <futbolmetrix(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Jul 27, 1:28 pm, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Cricket isn't even affiliated with the Swedish Sports Federation (and I'd
> > like to mention that two of the ~70 sports that are, are frisbee and
> > casting...). And have a look at the names of the 72 members of "Swedish
> > Cricket" at facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=134768920413.
>
> Well, there's a Gunnar Carlson and a something Kristofersson, so it's
> not bad. As for the others, they don't sound much less Swedish than,
> say, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Behrang Safari
> or Dusan Djuric.


Even the players of the Swedish football NT have a more diverse
background than Cricket! ;)


> Or do you subscribe to the LoW worldview?


Bad, Daniele, bad. Should there be a new law, or is this just another
increment of Godwin's? :P


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