Do you think Women's cricket should be brought up to a par with the men's game?

Question

The womens game lags far behind the mens. Initially this would have been due to women being treated as second class citizens, but as we (allegedly) now live in more enlightened times than our Victorian ancestors, the womens game is still played on a predominantly amateur basis, and is often seen as a bit of a joke.

Cricket Australia have recently announced plans to attract more women to the game:

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/350220.html

The hope is, that by attracting more women as spectators, more women will take up the game.

Should it remain a bastion of male supremacy? Or should women be allowed to take the game seriously, rather than just a student game? By becoming more professional, it would attract a wider spectrum of society to play the game, which would raise standards, this would in turn raise spectator levels, raising revenue, and attracting more sponsorship.

I would like to see womens cricket raised to a higher level.

Would you?

Answer 1

h**l no.

I love watching them playing Tennis,hockey,basketball etc but cricket is just not for women.

No offense to female cricketers.I respect them.

When women play cricket,it seems to me that they are pretending to be men.

I don't feel that when i see them playing tennis or hockey.

When they will start playing cricket in skirts then they will get my vote.LOL.

I didn't watch the FA cup final.KooKer was watching it.I know.

I like them playing soccer too.

Women + Cricket = 6+(-6) = 0 = What the h**l?

Basically we want to see 'QUALITY CRICKET'.

We all know the standard of Women cricket.

India's under 15 boys cricket team will easily defeat our Senior women's team.

That's not the case in Tennis.

Our top female Tennis player Sania Mirza is good enough to defeat some of our top ranked male players.

Answer 2

It can attempted but it will never work.

To be fair womens cricket is at a poor standard, the women can barely score over 220 in an ODI!!. The womens game has no entertainment value unless the boundaries are drastically moved in and if the womens game finds a s**y but talented player who can attract new fans (male and female).

Simple really, the game will never be on par with the mens game because simply the mens game is more entertaining to watch.

Oh yeah if they attempted a drastic new move to increase the popularity of the womens game and it failed then the board would have lost a lot money, in advertising and researching!

Answer 3

yes very much so and why do woman's sports always have the rough end of things

Answer 4

We know sports like cricket & soccer require a lot of stamina. Though Womens' cricket can develop further & it will be great but to say that they can match with the mens' game in skill & popularity doesn't seem to be.

Answer 5

the favourite gamesof women is saas bahu and sajeesH

and not cricket

Answer 6

I saw a program a few weeks back and it was about 20/20 cricket and the way the game was going and that 20/20 was the way forward for the paying customer and ladies cricket did get a mention along those lines.

like you i hope so

Monti did you see the Ladies FA Cup final

Answer 7

In a dream world. But not in reality.

Women are at a disadvantage playing cricket.  Cricket requires exceptional spacial skills which the majority of women don't have.  Women anatomically have problems with bowling, they will sufffer more injuries as they are worked harder.

There are general problems for women's sport. The majority of women don't like sport and those who do prefer to watch men.  Men will usually only watch womens sport if they are wearing skimpy costumes.  I can't see women playing cricket in bikinis somehow.

Answer 8

no no never... i think women are killing the game of cricket although i myself am a woman! women's cricket is lame...

Answer 9

I belive Women's cricket is getting higher all the time, more and more girls/women are playing the game, i belive more countries will follow suit.