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disturbing that these crowds are dominated by foreigners. im sure the ratio at BL academy was 3 to 1. there were a lot of english ppl.

CPL?

In reply to Jumpstart

I sure I saw many many locals.
You sure you not mistaking them BackToIndia crew for white folk?

The short answer is NO. There is no interest in cricket, especially the losing kind. These days people are attracted to a spectacle - to entertainment. So 95% of West Indians will not come for the cricket but they will come for the hype, the music, the dancing, the half-naked girls, the atmosphere and the drinking. The cricket will be the backdrop
CWI has no marketing strategy. They are lazy and stupid. They don't even have to re-invent the wheel. Just copy what the CPL is doing or ask Guyana's President Alli for help. I will paraphrase an English journalists many moons ago, writing about a test match in Antigua.... I came to the ARG for a party and a cricket match broke out.

In reply to Halliwell

. In TT, at least this has been my observation from years of going to the oval, ppl will come out if they feel the WI has a chance of doing well. I remember ducking university to watch the first day of an England WI test match a few years ago and the oval was almost sold out, it happened to be sold out of the saturday and sunday as well. The reason being WI had a 1-nil lead and it was the first time in 11 years that the WI had a chance to take the Wisden trophy(which we eventually did).


. There are also many indian expats working in TT and they are a cricket obsessed people everywhere(obsessed with indian cricket that is) anfd i know for sure they came out for the t20 series a few months ago. the few locals were actually quite noisy when WI were batting. they were deadly quiet during the 1st innings battering though. Tbh there was a radio host who was advocating for a boycott of the games because if the bravo issue. idk if that played a part.

on the back to india posse. its a give and take. i personally feel that that really does not occur in tt so much these days. Or else india wi tests in the oval would be full. but you can count on your fingers the amount of ppl who go to the oval to watch those games. because they're so uncompetitive. you may find it more in guyana where ethnic identities are more pronounced. not saying it does not happen here but its not as pronounced. and yuh can't come down on GT too much because they've taken the extremely progressive step to adopt the CCJ as their final court of appeal, something TT has yet to do and does not seem likely to do in the near future

In reply to Jumpstart

Even after supporting Boris , hairstyle et al..he tinks Rishi is a white Indian...

Living as A Brit in Hingland too long , me says...

In reply to Jumpstart

I am shocked that you are surprised by the level of interest. Judging from those that I know, and from what I see, interest in Barbados seems very low. Probably the same across the region.

The CPL has revived some interest, and I agree with poster Bobby's observations above.

Poor, deteriorating teams have played a significant part. How it got to this needs to be properly assessed.

In today's world, fans have the internet, cell phones and plenty other distractions. Coincidentally with the 5 picks on test team to Oz, I think the economic growth in Guyana could play a part in boosting cricket there and regionally. Guyanese love their cricket.

In reply to Jumpstart

It is the result of years of cultural decay and ably assisted by the dearth of leadership in cricket and society in general.

Why is it CPL can get out full stadiums, a drunken looking President marketing it as if it is his own country playing and his fans going nationalistic in the worse of ways.

No where else you see this gap. I remain worried.

In reply to Curtis

honestly the crowd makeup in barbados didn't surprise me much. its a very popular tourist destination among britons and they've been outnumbering the locals at the game since the late 90s. not really a result of WI performances but a result of the popularity of the island among tourists. but i agree. interests on the islands are very low. almost nonexistent in TT. yuh doh realize de few WI fans yuh saw in tarouba was a few small children and baby boomers hoping to see the side rise to the heights they reached during their 20s and 30s. i know with trinis, we like teams that win. its why when the soca warriors were playing between 2010 and 2015, there used to be virtually no one in the stadioum, while when the red force was playing t20s, a 3 hour game, the oval used to be sold out. and ppl used to openly say trinidad t20 side wins matches, the soca warriors don't

In reply to Jumpstart

Good for the forex situation in tittieland.

In reply to Narper

definitely.....or maybe we can start demanding repayment to all those CARICOM states we saved countless times from financial and its accompanying societal oblivion

Indeed