Chess isn't great in the spectator sport stakes either.
I'm with you on golf.
I guess there's lots of sports that can be lambasted for not being entertaining, I like watching snooker, but know people who can't stand it. People take pleasure in different things. One man's putting green is another's checkmate.
That'd spice up F1 a bit. Races normally last around 1.5 hours, so if Hollywood can entertain people with monster trucks for that long, then Bernie should be able to pull it off too.
I'm told (by fans of the game), that the joy is all in the figures. Batting averages, working out the best time to declare, ratio of overs to wickets taken.
I fucking love watching cricket. I don't mind watching a bit of golf too, slightly more than snooker certainly. I don't like watching F1 at all. There we go.
Cricket's a brilliant spectator sport. You spend a lot of the time drinking and snacking and appreciating things.
Actually being at an F1 race is great. I definitely enjoyed watching a cricket test match live, though that was at the 2nd attempt since the first one was rained off so I spent the day in Chester-Le-Street which isn't nice. I keep meaning to go and watch some live Darts. All can include drinking so that might be why.
See, on the surface it looks like that, but actually the cricket is intrinsic. A day-long duel between a bowler and on-form batsman. The long-form narrative of a five-day Test with all the momentum swings therein. The snacks and the drinks. All vital!
Many of my MTB-riding friends sneer at the idea of watching cricket or golf or playing either of 'em.
Hey, some friends of mine are in New York just now and went to a baseball game last night. Apparently in four hours, a total of two points were scored! Now that's rapid.
They are few and far between, but go and see a Twenty20 match and you will likely see some rowdy types drinking too much and singing bawdy tunes badly. Honestly, the best way to deal with that is to frown at them, this is a cricket match not some ribald hostelry.
Actual crowd violence is pretty rare in cricket. Apparently a world cup match in India was called off because of it back in 1996 though. They get pretty passionate about their cricket over there.
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