The domestic downslide
Hamish McDouall in his blog Googlies and Grass Stains recalls watching the 1993 Shell Cup final in Carisbrook, and lists three reasons why domestic cricket in New Zealand is currently on the decline - television, the lack of international stars,
Judhajit
25-Feb-2013
Hamish McDouall in his blog Googlies and Grass Stains recalls watching the 1993 Shell Cup final in Carisbrook, and lists three reasons why domestic cricket in New Zealand is currently on the decline - television, the lack of international stars, and the poor scheduling by NZC.
The first is obviously television. New Zealand is among the highest TV watchers in the world, and for the ordinary bloke in Caversham, a cricket dilettante who might wander down to the Brook in ordinary circumstances in 1993 might prefer to stay at home in 2009 and watch a movie on Sky, or the A1 GP qualifying, or some tissue-strength documentary like When Monks Go Bad.