Men's Cricket ICC World Cup 2019

[Olympian1010 7,971]

2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

Again, British Empire is no longer the world. Hell, badminton is more popular than cricket but the numbers are skewed since these sports are popular in some of the most populous countries in the world. Cricket isn't a global sport, it's a big fish in a very, very small pond. Why would they reduce the number of teams taking part in World Cup in first place if it's so popular?

To benefit the countries with more money, like every major world sport. Cricket (even if I don’t personally like it) is a major world sport.

[Shravan Kumar 109]

3 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

Again, British Empire is no longer the world. Hell, badminton is more popular than cricket but the numbers are skewed since these sports are popular in some of the most populous countries in the world. Cricket isn't a global sport, it's a big fish in a very, very small pond. Why would they reduce the number of teams taking part in World Cup in first place if it's so popular?

Sorry but most populous countries?

I can agree with India , Pakistan and maybe Bangladesh. I don't see any other populous countries.

In that case badminton is popular in many most populous countries than cricket. China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, &Even India.

As a Indian I can say most people like badminton. It is may be the second or third biggest sport in viewership.

[heywoodu 15,135]

7 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

This should be called British Empire Games at best   The last true relict of the colonial era. Irrelevant sport nobody pays attention to IMO.

I agree with you about the "Cricket, booooooring" kind of opinion, but come on, this just sounds incredibly salty  

 

There are multiple Olympic sports much less people care about (in relative numbers I mean, so not just because India likes cricket with their 87 billion people).

[Dolby 735]

10 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Why is it called a World Cup anyway? There's nobody from outside the Commonwealth even playing this sport?

Same way Ice Hockey, Water Polo or Handball are Olympic sports even though nobody outside of Europe and USA/Canada play it. 

[heywoodu 15,135]

24 minutes ago, Dolby said:

Same way Ice Hockey, Water Polo or Handball are Olympic sports even though nobody outside of Europe and USA/Canada play it. 

China's and Australia's women's water polo teams do not like your attitude  

[Dunadan 1,103]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

China's and Australia's women's water polo teams do not like your attitude  

 

And South Korea and Brazil in handball...all recent World/Olympic medallists 

[Dolby 735]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

China's and Australia's women's water polo teams do not like your attitude  

Afghanistan/Netherlands were not part of British Empire but we are talking about emotions and perceptions not facts. 

[heywoodu 15,135]

1 minute ago, Dunadan said:

 

And South Korea and Brazil in handball...all recent World/Olympic medallists 

And South Korea's women's water polo team of course

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 minutes ago, Dolby said:

Afghanistan/Netherlands were not part of British Empire but we are talking about emotions and perceptions not facts. 

I'm missing the point of Afghanistan and the Netherlands in this  

[Dolby 735]

Just now, heywoodu said:

I'm missing the point of Afghanistan and the Netherlands in this  

Afghanistan and Netherlands are easily in top 15 teams in Cricket. If by some magic, ICC got some brains and we had a decent size WC of 16 teams, we would have more non-Commonwealth nations in WC.