Cricket Popularity Quotes

T20 is fast-paced and a wonderful vehicle to attract wider audience. On a technical level, it probably has impacted Test cricket.

Test cricket is still important, so are ODIs, but T20 should be there too because of the crowd factor.

I am like the huge percentage of Indians who follow majorly cricket when it comes to sports.

There has been a positive change with people being aware about women's cricket of late. It's still far from what it needs to be, but women are slowly getting the right recognition for this game.

When I first started playing cricket for England, there was hardly any coverage.

I don't think cricket will ever have the same sort of money as football.

I think T20 cricket has become the flagship spectacle for women's cricket.

T20 is the vehicle to make cricket a truly global game.

It's not that there has never been a keen following for women's cricket in India.

I feel that World Cup cricket should be played like football in which all the 160 countries take part. If only a handful of countries are going to keep on playing in the World Cup without making the game popular, I will be a sad man.

If we broaden the audience for cricket, more people will be interested in all forms, then TV rights and sponsors and crowds will follow.

I do enjoy cricket, but the game is over hyped.

I think every Indian knows how to play cricket.

My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit harsh. But generally I've been amazed at how many people have come up to me here in Scotland and said: 'I've never really watched cricket before, but I was hooked all summer.' It's great.

The more you win, the brand of women's cricket will go higher.

I think Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Mumbai have very loyal fans. That's the beauty of franchise cricket.

Well, all cricket invites attention.

When I came to America in 1978, I was a huge sports fan - the problem was, my sport was cricket. Shockingly enough, no one wanted to talk cricket with me!

No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.

People complain about too much T20. But the only recognised T20 in Europe is the Blast so if we are going to grow the game outside the U.K. it has to be everywhere.

I know hockey is not as popular as cricket in India, but I hope in future, every renowned hockey player should be given a fitting farewell rather than ignoring them.

I think all versions of limited-overs cricket have attracted more people to the game.

There is an amazing craze for cricket in India.

There is a real danger that kids won't engage with cricket when there are so many other opportunities to use their time in other sports, not to mention video-gaming, and generally long-form cricket doesn't turn them on.

England is leading the way in women's cricket.