LiveLaughLoath t1_iw91x62 wrote on November 13, 2022 at 9:47 PM

Reply to comment by Patchipoo in England wins the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. by nerdy_subha

Playing against Pakistan is playing against ourselves? It's probably the most widely played sport across the world after football.

Patchipoo t1_iwb1a1v wrote on November 14, 2022 at 8:30 AM

Well, if the right to play wasn't locked behind being part of the commonwealth until 1970 maybe the sport would have a better presence on the international scene. And yes, pakistan was a part of the British empire. India counts for more then half of the total of cricket fans in the world, so yeah outside the old British empire, no one knows it.

LiveLaughLoath t1_iwb49od wrote on November 14, 2022 at 9:16 AM

Okay, strange that the Netherlands also competed in the world cup then if apparently no one knows of it there but regardless, what does it matter if it's most widely known amongst previous members of the British Empire? That's still a significant portion of the world, enough to make it the second most popular sport after football. It's nice to share a love of a sport and compete with countries that don't play football as much.

I think you've gotten confused with the common criticism of America calling their baseball tournament "the world series" when in that case literally no where but America and Japan play it seriously. That criticism doesn't apply to cricket because it's so widespread globally.