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you lucky souls. Last year cricket was so massive here, my dad was saying it hadnt been as prominant in the national consciousness in 20 years. But now going to Sky, even if we win this series cricket wont capitalise on the boom from last year. Just cos so many people dont have Sky.
The analogy i look at is boxing. Someone like Joe Calzaghe could (some might say should) have been a massive star for years over here. But his fights have not been on free to air TV. Nor Ricky Hatton. when you compare it with 15 or so years ago when we had Eubank Vs Benn - They were national superstars, as big as the most famous footballers. And their big fights were on free to air TV. when the BBC lost Cricket and it went to Channel Four (free TV) people were worried, but the C4 coverage turned out to be better than ever, attracting more and more people to the game by the way it was promoted and presented whilst still being true to what cricket was about.
In my opinion, we have all these awful footballers whining to the ref on every decision made. Whereas in cricket we have a sport where the rules are respected and sportsmanship is most important.
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