Okay: it's Friday afternoon... TGIF! Yaaa! :D
and truth be said: I also tried looking up the old threads on cricket that I could piggy back on and continue further this discussion I wanted to have here (and even found one that Deswalji had started that touches on the same; unfortunately it's locked now!)... and so starting this one about one of the sports that i like and feel has been thrashed around on this site by many a lot!
Okay: here's what I am trying to do - gauge a good discussion on the merits of sports in general and the game of cricket in particular!
• Does Cricket make for a bad sport (physical element of it)?
• What about the skills involved? (Are they easily acquired, easy to stay with... maintain over time, and consistency!)
• Is it a sport that needs too much infrastructure (or even kit etc.) for it not be a poor-man's sport?
• It's status as a national sport (not the official one, of course) but as the most popular one!
• On the same lines; it's popularity in the world (do only the commonwealth nations recognize and follow it?)
• Lastly; the new format of the game; T-20 in particular... does it have the power and possibility to bring the game to a more recognized international status?
• What are the things that attract us to the game? (For cricket lovers)
• What are the things that make us hate it? (For Cricket haters)
I must have proabably missed a few other angles of (positive) discussion... so please feel free to add that input...