Espn.com covering cricket.

[cons]

Anyone else find it odd that cricket is the lead story on espn mobile right now? I'm wondering if I'm just that out of it? Do lots of people follow cricket now??

[chambers]

I think cricket is the most watched sport in the world other than soccer.
England and Pakistan/India subcontinental asia, Australia, South Africa and Africa, The caribbean and most former English colonies are die hard cricket watchers.
Probably because the world cup is on (once every 4 years) and India played last night.

[Greyman]

The World Cup is also one of the shorter, faster moving forms of the game. It has a limited number of overs (50 per side) and restrictions on fielding. Test matches are played over five days and are really for the die hard fanatics. World Cup games are played in a day and have conditions which encourage batsmen to hit big shots more often. They are more exciting for the novice. There is also a super fast 20/20 version of the game, becoming increasingly popular. Test matches are still considerd the highest form of the game.

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

T20 is where the money is. You've got some players making close to 2 million USD for 6 week's works in the IPL

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

Speaking of which,  as a long term cricket fan, T20s impact has made the game as a whole so much more fast paced and, pyrotechnic. There's no room for games to just drift like they used to

[Greyman]

I know it worries the purists, but with T20 and one dayers, the time and interest for 5 day test matches will wane.