Get An Insight Between Cricket v/s Football

Posted by sportsbox360 on July 5th, 2013

Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world after football. Both the games have gained huge popularity and have a large fan base across the world. Everyday thousands of people visit SportsBox360 to get updates on recent cricket news and football news. Both the games are worshipped like religions all over the world. So, let’s find out which game wins in the comparison below:

• Higher dose of entertainment

Even the shortest version of cricket is twice as longer than any football match, thus providing entertainment for longer duration of time.

• Number of teams involved

In cricket world cup just 14-16 countries participate, while in football world cup there are 32 countries involved. Moreover, football is played and followed in more countries all over the world than cricket.

• More reasons to cheer

In football you have to wait for 90 minutes for a goal, which may or may not happen. Cricket on the other hand takes you on a virtual roller coaster ride wherethere is some action-a six, four, bowled, run out- on virtually every ball.

• Multiple dimensions

From wrist spin to finger spin, from traditional swing to reverse swing, cricket has many finer points to appreciate.

• The cost

To play football, one needs just two posts, a football, and some appropriate footwear (trainers or boots) but to play cricket you will need a proper cricket ball, a couple of bats, some stumps, some pads and a helmet. So, it can be an expensive pastime.

• No discrimination against weaker physique

Football demands more agility. Footballers often complain that size and strength are becoming too great a factor, especially in the English Premier League. Even legends like Maradona have struggled against physically imposing defenders, while in cricket , men as tall as Joel Garner, or as short as Sachin Tendulkar have found their places as legends of the game.

• Television coverage

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was watched by an estimated television audience of 700 million people around the globe compared to a meagre 65.6 million people who watched the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Well, at the end of the day it may just boil down to a case of “to each his own”. Everybody has their own favourites and it is beyond doubt that both the games are great and unite millions of people all over the world. While cricket is known as the ‘gentlemen’s game’, football is known as the ‘beautiful game’. Therefore, we come to the conclusion that both games are wonderful in their own respect.

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