The summer that cricket gave the game away

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Opinion: This summer, it can safely be said that cricket peaked in mid-winter.

was the 2019-20 summer of Australian cricket?

Cricket Australia was prepared for this scheduling black hole, caused in part but not entirely by the national team touring India for a three-match ODI series in January. Warnings were sounded, and heard, in the springtime when the timetable was announced. But, like climate change or national debt, warnings only go so far. It wasn’t until people were in it that they felt the pain.

On Friday, News Corp attributed a decline in subscribers to Foxtel and its sports streaming service, Kayo, to "international cricket tours which reduced local interest". Nobody really knows if this means a lack of interest in the tours or a lack of interesting tours; if viewers were turned off by too much cricket, not enough cricket, or not enough good cricket.

The BBL, sadly, began to resemble the Coyote after he’s gone off the cliff, still defying gravity, legs still pumping, but you know he’s about to plummet. The competition has been a stunning success in its nine years, but by now it’s more stunned than success. TV and live audiences are down again . It’s still an amazing sight to see major stadiums chock-a-block with spectators to watch grade cricketers. But nobody can deny the trend.

 

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This cheat will always be know has the instigator of the worse act of cheating in the history of Australian cricket. He should of been suspended for life.

It went exactly as predicted - bad fixtures + garbage broadcasting. Cricket Australia have destroyed the game's accessibility simply for 💰

Flying to adelaide to watch the pathetic performance of the paki's was the low for me. Get some decent teams over here!

I’m like most of my friends - don’t be watching until the cheats retire.

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