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After 8 yrs in North America I am slowly losing interest in cricket.
The problem is staying connected with cricket. Looking at CI and
trolling in rsc is hardly a way to enjoy the game. These days I
hardly follow any series seriously except looking at the scorecard.

I knew something was wrong when Shariq mentioned in rsc about Pak-RSA
test series in 2003. My mind drew blank. I could not recollect when
that series happened, let alone remembering some memorable performance.
I had to look it up in CI to find out that it happened just before the
WC 2003 in RSA and much to my pleasure Pak was walloped 0-2 by RSA :-)

There was a time in India when I use to follow Pak NZ test series.
Now I hardly feel motivated to follow indian series, like the current
Ind NZ series. The last series I was following p***ionately was 1999
Ind Pak series. And then 2001 Ind Aus series.

taking my level of interest in India as the base, I would rate my
current level of interest to 3 (out of 10). How much is your level
of interest as compared to when u were living in India.

thanks.

rk-

..ur.. ..t..

I would say it would be 7/10 but then I have been here only for a year. I
think to hold ones interest, one has to have visual glimpses of matches.
But not only is cash the problem here but also the fact that the time
difference makes watching most matches painful. How can one watch the
match the whole night and then continue work the next day as though
everything is normal (I couldnt do it during thw WC)...

Anurag

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, rkusenet wrote:

> After 8 yrs in North America I am slowly losing interest in cricket.
> The problem is staying connected with cricket. Looking at CI and
> trolling in rsc is hardly a way to enjoy the game. These days I
> hardly follow any series seriously except looking at the scorecard.
>
> I knew something was wrong when Shariq mentioned in rsc about Pak-RSA
> test series in 2003. My mind drew blank. I could not recollect when
> that series happened, let alone remembering some memorable performance.
> I had to look it up in CI to find out that it happened just before the
> WC 2003 in RSA and much to my pleasure Pak was walloped 0-2 by RSA :-)
>
> There was a time in India when I use to follow Pak NZ test series.
> Now I hardly feel motivated to follow indian series, like the current
> Ind NZ series. The last series I was following p***ionately was 1999
> Ind Pak series. And then 2001 Ind Aus series.
>
> taking my level of interest in India as the base, I would rate my
> current level of interest to 3 (out of 10). How much is your level
> of interest as compared to when u were living in India.
>
> thanks.
>
> rk-
>
>
>
>

..ripat.. ..ma..

"rkusenet" <rkusenet@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> After 8 yrs in North America I am slowly losing interest in cricket.
> The problem is staying connected with cricket. Looking at CI and
> trolling in rsc is hardly a way to enjoy the game. These days I
> hardly follow any series seriously except looking at the scorecard.
>
> I knew something was wrong when Shariq mentioned in rsc about Pak-RSA
> test series in 2003. My mind drew blank.


Ok, that's a different problem. Remember, memory is the second thing to go
:-)

> I could not recollect when
> that series happened, let alone remembering some memorable performance.
> I had to look it up in CI to find out that it happened just before the
> WC 2003 in RSA and much to my pleasure Pak was walloped 0-2 by RSA :-)
>
> There was a time in India when I use to follow Pak NZ test series.
> Now I hardly feel motivated to follow indian series, like the current
> Ind NZ series. The last series I was following p***ionately was 1999
> Ind Pak series. And then 2001 Ind Aus series.
>
> taking my level of interest in India as the base, I would rate my
> current level of interest to 3 (out of 10). How much is your level
> of interest as compared to when u were living in India.
>

10 being what is was in India, it is about 4 or 5 right now (PwC adjusted
for decay). Largely because my close friends have no interest in it, my
family has no interest in it, and more importantly, they have interest in
other things. As a comparison, basketball is at 8, football (if the
Dolphins do well) is at 4.

I too find that it is too hard to keep up, inconvenient, and costly to
follow. But I like that people here provide different views--be they
opinionated, biased, objective, whatever--which often makes up for not being
able to follow it.

A time sink? Yes, but to me, for now, it is the next best thing.


Does your family and circle of friends have interest in cricket?

--
Shripathi Kamath

..spre..

"rkusenet" <rkusenet@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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<snipped>
You can answer this question for yourself by asking whether you have lost
interest in other things that you were very interested in as a child. If so
then living in N. America is not a factor. Is age one? Probably. How about
going through the same topics again and again? Perhaps.

Maybe in order to rekindle your interest in cricket, you need a break. Start
following curling for a while. Maybe it'll help :-) .

..l3..

rkusenet wrote:

> After 8 yrs in North America I am slowly losing interest in cricket.
> The problem is staying connected with cricket. Looking at CI and
> trolling in rsc is hardly a way to enjoy the game. These days I
> hardly follow any series seriously except looking at the scorecard.

After just 3 years I am losing interest. But I am quite sure I will
follow all the cricket I can when I go back to India (permanently or on
vacation) or once I get a job here. It is hard for a grad student to
pony up money to watch cricket on PPV.

>
> I knew something was wrong when Shariq mentioned in rsc about Pak-RSA
> test series in 2003. My mind drew blank. I could not recollect when
> that series happened, let alone remembering some memorable performance.
> I had to look it up in CI to find out that it happened just before the
> WC 2003 in RSA and much to my pleasure Pak was walloped 0-2 by RSA :-)

I have no idea what happened in the Wi-Ind series which India apparently
lost 2-1. I can remember details of games I watched or followed on radio
10-15 years back but have no freaking idea who did what in a series last
year. I hate it is this way but I can't help it.

>
> There was a time in India when I use to follow Pak NZ test series.
> Now I hardly feel motivated to follow indian series, like the current
> Ind NZ series. The last series I was following p***ionately was 1999
> Ind Pak series. And then 2001 Ind Aus series.
>
> taking my level of interest in India as the base, I would rate my
> current level of interest to 3 (out of 10). How much is your level
> of interest as compared to when u were living in India.


I would say it 5/10 for Ind-NZ. It would be 9/10 for a WI vs
(IND,Aus,SA,Eng,Pak) if bcl plays, otherwise 2-3/10. Ind-Aus will
probably be 10/10 (Hopefully I can watch some matches atleats).

> thanks.
>
> rk-

Rajagopal
--
"Being right is the only thing. Everthing else is ****."

- Frank Barone, Noted turn of the (20th) century philosopher and American.

..sh.. ..wak..

To the top posting police, since I use Google I like if people top
post. That way when I'm going through a thread I dont have to go
through the same drivel again. Don't even get me started on the "Read
rest of the message" link, which completely forgets where I was in the
thread.

Now on topic,
A lot of factors contribute to the fact that we lose interest in
cricket. Obviously when you are in college you have boatloads of time
and plenty of friends to discuss. Then work takes over, family and
kids and you have very little to spare for cricket. In US the problem
doubles because we don't have visuals, which usually stays in memory
for long than a scorecard. Also the fact that lot of friends have also
lost interest in cricket.

Finally, if cricket doesn't undergo some drastic changes, it would be
very difficult for kids (non-indian) to take interest in cricket. If
other nations lose interest in cricket than even Indian cricket will
suffer

Roshan
"rkusenet" <rkusenet@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<bmhd7t$mm5n9$1@ID-75254.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> After 8 yrs in North America I am slowly losing interest in cricket.
> The problem is staying connected with cricket. Looking at CI and
> trolling in rsc is hardly a way to enjoy the game. These days I
> hardly follow any series seriously except looking at the scorecard.
>
> I knew something was wrong when Shariq mentioned in rsc about Pak-RSA
> test series in 2003. My mind drew blank. I could not recollect when
> that series happened, let alone remembering some memorable performance.
> I had to look it up in CI to find out that it happened just before the
> WC 2003 in RSA and much to my pleasure Pak was walloped 0-2 by RSA :-)
>
> There was a time in India when I use to follow Pak NZ test series.
> Now I hardly feel motivated to follow indian series, like the current
> Ind NZ series. The last series I was following p***ionately was 1999
> Ind Pak series. And then 2001 Ind Aus series.
>
> taking my level of interest in India as the base, I would rate my
> current level of interest to 3 (out of 10). How much is your level
> of interest as compared to when u were living in India.
>
> thanks.
>
> rk-

..g.. ..tl..

rkusenet wrote:
> After 8 yrs in North America I am slowly losing interest in cricket.
> The problem is staying connected with cricket. Looking at CI and
> trolling in rsc is hardly a way to enjoy the game. These days I
> hardly follow any series seriously except looking at the scorecard.
>
> I knew something was wrong when Shariq mentioned in rsc about Pak-RSA
> test series in 2003. My mind drew blank. I could not recollect when
> that series happened, let alone remembering some memorable
> performance. I had to look it up in CI to find out that it happened
> just before the WC 2003 in RSA and much to my pleasure Pak was
> walloped 0-2 by RSA :-)
>
> There was a time in India when I use to follow Pak NZ test series.
> Now I hardly feel motivated to follow indian series, like the current
> Ind NZ series. The last series I was following p***ionately was 1999
> Ind Pak series. And then 2001 Ind Aus series.
>
> taking my level of interest in India as the base, I would rate my
> current level of interest to 3 (out of 10). How much is your level
> of interest as compared to when u were living in India.

My interest is as much as it was when I was in India - maybe more.

My interest in matches involving India remains the same, I think.
My interest in matches not involving India has increased, I think.

Back in India, I wouldn't follow other teams so much if
India wasn't playing. Mainly because you there are only few sources of
info - the newspaper report or some articles in magazines. Was always aware
of
what series is happening around the world & what are results & who scored a
100 etc
etc, but not to the extent I am now. The increased interest is mainly
because of
Cricinfo & RSC.

I think because of RSC, I have more of an interest in non-Indian cricket -
i.e. I want
to know if Flintoff will take a wicket sometime in this match or if Lee will
do better than
Bichel. Because existing RSC flame wars etc.

Previously the interest in cricket not involving India was more detached.

Of course, I saw some cricket in the last 4 years or so, which probably
helped
keep the interest alive.

1) Saw all the tests in the Ind-WI series in WI
2) Saw all the tests in the Ind-Eng series in Eng
3) Saw parts of the Ind-Eng series in India
4) Parts of the Aus-RSA series in RSA
5) Saw Highlights of the Ind-Aus series in India
6) Saw some of the Ind-Zim ODI's.

....

"rkusenet" <rkusenet@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<bmhd7t$mm5n9$1@ID-75254.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> After 8 yrs in North America I am slowly losing interest in cricket.
> The problem is staying connected with cricket. Looking at CI and
> trolling in rsc is hardly a way to enjoy the game. These days I
> hardly follow any series seriously except looking at the scorecard.
>
> I knew something was wrong when Shariq mentioned in rsc about Pak-RSA
> test series in 2003. My mind drew blank. I could not recollect when
> that series happened, let alone remembering some memorable performance.
> I had to look it up in CI to find out that it happened just before the
> WC 2003 in RSA and much to my pleasure Pak was walloped 0-2 by RSA :-)
>
> There was a time in India when I use to follow Pak NZ test series.
> Now I hardly feel motivated to follow indian series, like the current
> Ind NZ series. The last series I was following p***ionately was 1999
> Ind Pak series. And then 2001 Ind Aus series.
>
> taking my level of interest in India as the base, I would rate my
> current level of interest to 3 (out of 10). How much is your level
> of interest as compared to when u were living in India.
>
> thanks.
>
> rk-


I would put mine at 7/10. -3 , bcos I do not follow cricket when India
is not playing anymore. Other than that ,intensity for india matches
remain same.

yes, I could watch and enjoy a dead test cricket match betn NZ and
Zim. Not anymore.

I think loss of intrest is a function of age too.

-Murali

..it.. ..sr..

"Roshan Diwakar" <RoshanCat6@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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<snip>
> Finally, if cricket doesn't undergo some drastic changes, it would be
> very difficult for kids (non-indian) to take interest in cricket. If
> other nations lose interest in cricket than even Indian cricket will
> suffer
>

I'd cl*** myself as a "non-indian" kid (I'm now 20, so I wouldn't say I'm
*that* old). I've never lived in India. When my family was in the middle
east, until the late 1980s, I was too young to follow Cricket. I never took
an interest until I was about 13, and just watched a few games then. I
played a bit when I was about 7 or 8, but never understood what was going
on. The first series I watched was Australia-WI in Australia, where
Australia retained the Frank Worrell Trophy 3-2, Ian Healy hit 161 at the
Gabba, Matt Hayden scored his first ton, and Lara played himself back into
form.

But since then, I've been mad about the game. I horde books on Cricket, I
watch matches whenever I can - even go to the ground for dull first-cl***
games - and spend long tracts of time on rsc. I prefer tests to One Day
Internationals by a large margin, and often don't watch ODIs (unless they're
India-Pakistan, or NZ-Australia, or Australia is playing). I have friends
with whom I talk Cricket a lot of the time, but I often find that they don't
think through it as much as I do, or the pundits on rsc do. When I try and
explain reverse-swing, overspin, and the problems with the current ICC
contract negotiations, they draw a blank. Perhaps this is just my circle of
friends.

I wouldn't consider myself especially knowledgeable. I just love the game
and everything to do with it. But what I want to know is: am I *that*
atypical? I'm sure there are others in NZ who are as p***ionate about the
game as I am - or are there? I'm almost certain that there are Australians
in their late teens and early 20s who live and breathe the game. Or is my
interest in Cricket a function of being Indian? Do rsc'ers with kids who are
coming up to adolescence find that their children are interested in the
game? Or are they more interested in other things?

Aditya [Hoping I'm not alone ...] Basrur

..ripat.. ..ma..

"Aditya Basrur" <aditya_basrur@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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<snip>

> Aditya [Hoping I'm not alone ...] Basrur
>
>

You are, so go right ahead.


BTW, are you rooting for the Kiwis or the Indians in the 2nd test?

--
Shripathi Kamath

When did New Zealand become part of North America anyway?