Dead air another sign of the death of cricket?
The gradual decline of the popularity of cricket in the Caribbean is highlighted by an article on caribbeancricket.com which reports on how the game is now being ignored by local radio in the region, for years the main way people followed the
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
The gradual decline of the popularity of cricket in the Caribbean is highlighted by an article on caribbeancricket.com which reports on how the game is now being ignored by local radio in the region, for years the main way people followed the domestic game.
For the first time in memory, there is no coverage in Jamaica of that country's first class or limited overs matches. In Trinidad, former West Indies paceman Colin Croft commented that he had to search the airwaves to find the cricket, eventually finding coverage only on one weak station with poor reception. The situation doesn't seem to be much different in Barbados, where commentator Andrew Mason noted that the first round match between Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago came very close to not being broadcast because of a lack of sponsorship.
Martin Williamson is executive editor of ESPNcricinfo and managing editor of ESPN Digital Media in Europe, the Middle East and Africa