I don't like Cricket

Turning Japanese

According to its chief executive, Malcolm Speed, the ICC intends to concentrate on China, Japan and the USA as growth areas in the popularity of cricket over the next few years.

Is he having a laugh?

Okay, i can just about see the argument for China (although there's clearly more people eating Crickets there than playing it)

The US? Okay maybe they can generate interest through the various and large ex-pat communities there. (In fact there's actually a US Cricket Association. )

But Japan??? No doubt this is based on some market research but does anyone play cricket in Japan...? I am happy to be proved wrong, but can anyone see Cricket rivaling Sumo and Endurance TV Shows in the affections of the Japanese?



'Sumo' Hughes, Japan's new cricker ambassador?

posted by cov @ 12:40 pm