Why didn't the US choose to play Cricket?

Question

Criket is a sport played by many countries. The countries even compete against each other and every year a country is given a trophy to show that they are the champions for that year.

Answer 1

Other countries play baseball too, like the U.S.has leagues that play cricket it's just that not many people know about it

Answer 2

I guess after the War of Independence in America, Americans wanted to disassociate themselves as much a possible from the rest of the world. It continues to this day, except where oil supplies may be affected.

Answer 3

people from us have their own games like baseball and ice hockey in the last world cup the us team came to play but there were many indians in the team
in the future they may come out with china

Answer 4

as an aussie why would you yanks want to learn how to play cricket at world level?It would take years to bring you up to a competitive standard and even then you would not beat zimbabwe or bangladesh.You would still run a poor last.So i would suggest you leave "the gentlemens game" to us the english,the indians the srilankans etc etc etc

Answer 5

Cricket is the sport of snobs

Answer 6

US never thought of anything that was beyond their country......not then, not now...i wonder if kids in the US know that there is a geography beyond the americas.....

Answer 7

cause we have a better sport called baseball

Answer 8

THEY SCARING AT CRICKET.
IF CRICKET GET FAMILIARIZED, THE BASE BALL WOULD LOOSE ITS CHARM.
THATS THE MAIN THREAT TO US PEOPLE.

Answer 9

i cant type..sorry

Answer 10

I DONT KNOW.