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Reggie Dunlop · 12-26-2008, 09:21 PM

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus...0812251350.htm

Just as long as the Calgary entry beats the Edmonton entry...

krazycanuck · 12-26-2008, 09:29 PM

We should be able to get in two games each summer in Alberta before the snow falls. How exciting.

killer_carlson · 12-28-2008, 01:56 PM

I hope they have open try outs.

You Need a Thneed · 12-28-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by krazycanuck

We should be able to get in two games each summer in Alberta before the snow falls. How exciting.

I imagine a league would play simliar rules to the World Cup, which means that games are over in 3-4 hours. (50 overs - 300 balls pitched to each team)

Da_Chief · 12-29-2008, 08:16 AM

I would totally love this.

Cricket has a HUGE following in England, Pakistan, India, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Caribbean etc the full ICC members.

Canada being a multi-cultural hotbed it is, this can totally work.

I would start off with a 5 team league; 2 teams out of BC, Calgary, Edmonton, 2 out of Ontario, and expand from there.

oh, ill be there either watching or longshot playing if they have open tryouts but im gonna guess on them trying to lure other countries talent as well.

browna · 12-29-2008, 11:55 AM

While I enjoy the ambition, if pro or even semi pro soccer over the past 15-20 years, since the CSL had a good 5 or 6 year run from the late 80's into the early 90's disbanded couldn't make a go of it, not sure how Cricket could either. That is, if Cricket's planning things on a widespread scale from the staart (as it appears they are from the article, citing the NHL numerous times and having it to all elelmentry schools within the next couple years).

Cricket first has to be understood by enough people to be in demand as a spectator sport or on TV to drive sponsors, and if that's somehow accomplished, its also not the most fan friendly /tv spectator sport for the North American sport culture. Those are significant barriers that soccer and a national soccer league don't have, yet that sport couldn't create a league that would deliver any sort of financial return, for almost 2 decades.

GreenTeaFrapp · 12-29-2008, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Da_Chief

I would start off with a 5 team league; 2 teams out of BC, Calgary, Edmonton, 2 out of Ontario, and expand from there.

I'd start off with a math lesson.

Da_Chief · 12-29-2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp

I'd start off with a math lesson.

meh, im sure u get the point.

killer_carlson · 12-31-2008, 07:30 AM

With the migration tendencies of our immigrant populations, there will be at least one team in Montreal and Vancouver, and likely two in the Toronto area. It would not surprise me at all if the Toronto area ends up with three or four or more actually.

burn_baby_burn · 12-31-2008, 08:33 AM

I'm not sure if this would work or not. Obviously a large Indian, Pakistani population would support such a league. I was exposed to cricket when I lived in Australia. I really wondered why cricket wasn't well established in Canada like it is in the other British Colonies. Must be our proximity to the United States and the popularity of a similar,yet different sport.

octothorp · 12-31-2008, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by krazycanuck

We should be able to get in two games each summer in Alberta before the snow falls. How exciting.

Winter cricket is actually a great sport, and can be played in even the snowiest conditions. Here's a picture.

Love those white uniforms!!

jammies · 12-31-2008, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by octothorp

Winter cricket is actually a great sport, and can be played in even the snowiest conditions. Here's a picture.

All I see is a big white X?

Joborule · 12-31-2008, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Da_Chief

I would totally love this.

Cricket has a HUGE following in England, Pakistan, India, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Caribbean etc the full ICC members.

Canada being a multi-cultural hotbed it is, this can totally work.

I would start off with a 5 team league; 2 teams out of BC, Calgary, Edmonton, 2 out of Ontario, and expand from there.

oh, ill be there either watching or longshot playing if they have open tryouts but im gonna guess on them trying to lure other countries talent as well.

I can see this working out too. The environment should be healthy enough to make this be successful.

octothorp · 01-01-2009, 10:59 AM

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All I see is a big white X?

Ah, never mind. It was a joke that cricket players, in their white uniforms, playing in snowy conditions, would just be this completely blank, white scene. It failed completely.

Ducay · 01-01-2009, 12:22 PM

I could see something like 20/20 cricket working here.
When I moved to Australia, I had the same mental image of cricket as every other Canadian; ie "Its slow, the games go on for days, zzzzzzzzzz"
But when you are exposed to it and often forced to watch it, its actually a pretty cool and interesting sport.

If there were a league in Canada, Id suggest 2 or 3 teams from GVA, 3 or 4 from GTA, 2 from Montreal, and then go from there.

You Need a Thneed · 01-03-2009, 06:42 PM

IMO, Cricket would be far more interesting than watching baseball.

Da_Chief · 01-05-2009, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

IMO, Cricket would be far more interesting than watching baseball.

totally agreed, 20/20 matches are so exciting, its full action all the time.

Ronald Pagan · 01-05-2009, 01:59 PM

After living in South Asia for a summer...

Worst. Game. Ever.

Dion · 01-05-2009, 02:01 PM

icarus · 01-06-2009, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by browna

While I enjoy the ambition, if pro or even semi pro soccer over the past 15-20 years, since the CSL had a good 5 or 6 year run from the late 80's into the early 90's disbanded couldn't make a go of it, not sure how Cricket could either. That is, if Cricket's planning things on a widespread scale from the staart (as it appears they are from the article, citing the NHL numerous times and having it to all elelmentry schools within the next couple years).

Cricket first has to be understood by enough people to be in demand as a spectator sport or on TV to drive sponsors, and if that's somehow accomplished, its also not the most fan friendly /tv spectator sport for the North American sport culture. Those are significant barriers that soccer and a national soccer league don't have, yet that sport couldn't create a league that would deliver any sort of financial return, for almost 2 decades.

Agreed completely. And people actually play soccer in Canada.