Why America doesn't play cricket?
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THEY ARE FEARING ABOUT CRICKET.IF THEY PLAY,\n\nCRICKET WILL BE FAMILIARISED AND THEIR UNIQUE GAME-BASE BALL WILL LOOSE ITS ATTRACTION.
850743
Here are two really good pages to explain it for an American. The second is good and uses baseball as a comparison, so you can compare it to something you know.\nhttp://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ABOUT_CRICKET/EXPLANATION/CRICKET_EXPLAINED_AMERICAN.html\n\nhttp://members.tripod.com/~sccwa/crick.html
460328
ok, this is simple, New Jersey happens to be the Arm pit of america, which is where the most indians live (and cricket is a big indian sport),  so you go to Jersey City, where a lot of indians live, walk up to any middle aged indian, and ask him where do the indians play their cricket, and he will tell you, then you go to anywhere it is, and play ball.
675869
mainly because of media. media has given so much importance to cricket .no other sport in india get better coverage than cricket. also it is the only in which india stands firm with rest of the world unlike football and hockey in  which indian team is far behind than rest of the world
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The main reason is the Pitches in Sub-continent is slow and batsmen can go for big shots easily because of that. So, bowling department get more relaxed and don't bother about how the score or what will be the score. Then there is tremendous ground support as well. When you have played a lot of cricket in sub-continent pitches and then you go to play in conditions like west indies or australia, the batsmen will automatically go for defensive shots and do a lot of mistakes, because the ball comes very quick with lot of movements. Indian bowlers are doing a pretty good job now, but they or not getting good support from the batting side while playing abroad. \n\nIndia have to produce more pacy pitches, that will help definitely for Indian batsmen as well as the bowlers.
541026
Yes there is a huge cricket crazy population in USA. Although we are not on the cricket map currently we play in many leagues here. Examples of one great league my team plays in is http://americancricket.us
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BASEBALL IS NOT ENTERTAINING.\nYOU HAVE TO WAIT ALL THE DAY TO WATCH A HOME RUN..\nTIRING BOWLING AND MISSING GAME..\nTHE GUYS PLAY AGAIN AND AGAIN TO DECIDE A WIN.\nBUT CRICKET HAS THE THRILL,SUSPENSE,UNPREDICTION.\nCRICKET IS CLEARLY ENTERTAINING.
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Baseball has its origins from Cricket. Baseball was infact first belived to be played in Boston outside a regular cricket grounds. While the lucky few who managed to get into the cricket team played cricket, those who could not invented this new game and played it outside the cricket grounds.\n\nI would tend to say that cricket is the more popular game worldwide. However, in the United States Baseball is probably the most popular game along with American Football.
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No it should not.Till now it is played only in a few countries and is recent.20/20 has still not been played in major cricket playing nations.\nCricket is played seriously in over 15 countries hence not an Olympic sport.
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Tell me you people are joking  !!!!   You really have no idea do you ?????   Of course baseball is played in Europe.  Are you seriously comparing baseball to cricket ??\nBaseball is played in England, Holland, Belgium, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Sweeden, Greece, Croatia, Ukraine, and Russia.\nI guess most of you are Americans, wake up guys !!! there is somewhere called  " THE  REST  OF  THE  WORLD"    You really need learn that there are countries in the world other than the good old USA !!!!!
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well it is hard ti find that is for sure since cricket is not a popular game in u.s so i would recommend buying it instead of downloading it from some where because it will take a lot time to find the game itself and deprive yourself of having the game when you can buy it
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NOTHING WILL HAPPEN IF THEY DIDN'T WANT CRICKET.\nTHEY CAN ADOPT INDIVIDUALS LIKE TENNIS PLAYERS..\nBUT..\nCANT AFFORD ENTIRE TEAM OF CRICKETERS..!
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India doesn't play soccer. They are too hooked to cricket.
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Beekess- we dont care if american cares or not\n                 but there are people who cares cricket, no one is   carrying about American Football but still Amerca is playing, i dont even know if this game is played outside US.\n\nindia is the playing next the mini world cup in india on october with all test palying nations
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Its because we don't have a chance for it to grow on us. America is a culture that relies on the media heavily. Soccer isn't made for tv. It would be impossible to show commercials or anything like that. All of the other sports in America actually make breaks so that they can show commercials. Soccer just wouldn't fit in with what most people are used to. Therefore no big network would risk it.
572016
Kenya is the only one which is going to be considered in the next five or so years. Even if countries like Holland and UAE continue to perform well in ODI they will not be considered for test cricket for a while due to Zimbabwe and Bangladesh's slow progress since elevation. All the existing test nations get a vote, and most are reticent to allow more minnows to clog up the already heavy schedule. What is more likely is that more of the associate nations will play more and more official ODI series and competitions against leading nations. I believe Australia are going to play Holland soon, and the West Indies have a series against Canada and the USA....\ntype "Beyond the Test World" into google, follow the link and get the latest on the subject....
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Depends on what level of cricket you're looking for. The USACA (USA Cricket Association) has a website with the following mission satement:\n"To promote the game of Cricket at all levels in the United States of America, develop national teams that will be competitive and successful in international competitions and to become the symbol of excellence in sports throughout the world."\nCheck it out. Cool stuff...\nhttp://www.usaca.org/