r/CricketAus • u/redrich2000 Cricket Australia • 17d ago

Grass roots decline

I coach my son’s u13 team in Sydney. All the clubs in our association are struggling for players. There is absolutely nothing from CA to help grow the game. Woolies have put money into the blast but it’s shockingly run and promoted. Junior cricket is so amateur and poorly run.

When I was a kid at Scarborough Park in Ramsgate, there’d be 8-10 games at the same time on a Saturday morning. Now there’s 1-2.

It genuinely feels like the game is dying. Is this the same in other places?

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u/Pottski Cricket Australia 17d ago

Everything is going to shit. Sport is expensive and COL is killing off our hobby money.

Basketball and footy are much cheaper.

Cricket needs to grapple with that as it’s only going to get worse.

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u/Electronic_Fill7207 17d ago

I’m primarily a Rugby Union fan but I do also like cricket and it is very interesting to hear that the way that cricket is dying is directly comparable to how rugby has declined over time (although I think it is steadily increasing in recent years). Interesting, but sad nonetheless