Can cricket take off in America?

In the BBC news magazine, Tom Geoghegan looks at the efforts to spread cricket in the USA. He gets the views of Don Lockerbie, chief executive of the USA Cricket Association, and sports historian David Brooks to understand whether the game can take root in the sports-crazy country.

American sports fans can't stand a draw, or a tie as they call it, Brooks says. They always play until there's a winner, so the concept of playing five days and not having a result is completely alien.

Today's demographics also count against cricket taking off, because the fast-growing Latino community prefers soccer and baseball.

On the other hand, the sport has some things going for it - plenty of time for adverts and lots of statistics, which Americans love.