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CHA hires PR firms in three countries to help sell their plan and the franchises. http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/1154907/cricket-holdings-america-brings-pr-help-launch-t20-us/ My suggestion is to lower the franchise fee first. Cricket has enough fans in this country to have a successful...

Good to see ESPN's investment in Cricinfo (and cricket in general) starting to pay off in some ways. Their recent press release: And the US continues to be the 2nd biggest contributors in global cricket (this time for the world's #1 ranked cricket site)...

ESPN3 Schedule for the Champions League T20 (all time Eastern)

Oops. That's the title of file I've saved on a notepad..forgot to remove it after copy/pasting here. From an article on DreamCricket, http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=16751&ntid=4 My guess would be .. two Chris Gayle type players (top, expensive stars), 4...

bigsoccer post about maxwell interview I've read a lot of articles over the last 12 months about this upcoming T20 league but some were confusing with different writers interpreting the words of the top officials differently. A quote on a topic sounded one way one day and different the next in...

I wonder what happened there (ESPN2 didn't show it live). Last night, I kept a screenshot of their TV schedule from WatchESPN which showed both ESPN2 and ESPN3 at 9 AM (and again at 1 PM). http://img278.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=629194408_Cricketonespn2_122_420lo.jpg I've also filtered...

Update: The WatchESPN site says the World T20 final will be on both ESPN2 and ESPN3 live at 9 AM. It will be replayed on ESPN2 4 hours later.

From the image of a newspaper article Cricket Holdings America posted on their Facebook page couple hours ago.. [img=http://img40.imagevenue.com/loc237/th_500298123_404162_285406154892840_1357018353_n_122_237lo.jpg] Other interesting tidbits: - They have talked to "over 200 top...

Cross-posted from BigSoccer's cricket section .. Interesting article on the front page of ESPN.com. The new CEO of Cricket Holdings America is saying all the right things (or the things I wanted to hear anyway ;) ). http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/cricket/news/story?id=8456148 The...

From an year old article.. http://www.chattanoogan.com/2011/8/15/207030/SoCon-ESPN3.com-Announce-Agreement.aspx I think few Caribbean countries have access to it, not sure where else. Well, looks like ESPN is trying a little. World Twenty20 was featured on the front page of ESPN.com among...

ICC World Twenty20 9/18 -- 9:45 AM EDT -- Sri Lanka vs. Zimbabwe 9/19 -- 5:45 AM EDT -- Australia vs. Ireland 9/19 -- 9:45 AM EDT -- India vs. Afghanistan 9/20 -- 9:45 AM EDT -- South Africa vs. Zimbabwe 9/21 -- 5:45 AM EDT -- New Zealand vs. Bangladesh 9/21 -- 9:45 AM EDT -- England vs...

One of the factors for cricket not being popular in this country is lack of exposure on cable TV. While pay-per-view and subscription-based specialty channels are enough to keep the hardcore fans in the game, it does nothing for growing the game (significantly). So I was ecstatic to learn that...

Cross-posted from the other forum.. One of the biggest factors for cricket not being more popular in this country is lack of suitable stadiums to hold games. Vast majority of the stadiums here are much too narrow for cricket. Niche sports like soccer, rugby, and lacrosse all were able to get...

Cricket is nearly non-existent among this demographic. But that's where the ICC/CLT20-ESPN deals and investments from Cricket Holdings/NZCricket and their investors come in. It has to start somewhere. I expect all involved to lose money for few years, maybe even a decade but with a...

In the past, it was mainly because cricket games lasted too long. Most American team sports last 3 hours per game. The sports fans here are not conditioned to watch 8 hours or more for a single result. Second reason was a lack of investment which is very much tied to the first reason I gave. The...

Re: Speculation over NZ vs Pakistan matches to be held in USA I have no problem with the long ODI games but I don't think Americans would have the patience for it or the networks would spend 7-8 hours per cricket broadcast. Maybe in the distant future ODI will gain in popularity after...

Re: Speculation over NZ vs Pakistan matches to be held in USA Looked like the stadium was half full from the few crowd shots I've seen but with the small screen low-quality feed I'm not sure. Don't know the exact and official numbers.

Re: Speculation over NZ vs Pakistan matches to be held in USA Well, ESPN would be a no-brainer IF you can get a deal with them. The problem is, a very popular network like that already has its plate full with more popular sports/contents. Every sport wants to be on it; some are even willing to...

Re: Speculation over NZ vs Pakistan matches to be held in USA The games weren't that bad, would've been enough to win some fans if they were on TV. Most of the people that were at the stadium or followed on ESPN3.com I think were already fans of the game (at least casual) so not much gains to...

Re: Speculation over NZ vs Pakistan matches to be held in USA I did find a way to watch the NZ vs SL game on ESPN3.com (online broadcast) but it needed to be on TV. Without TV cricket will never grow.