As we all know, soccer is the most popular sport in the world. But I’ve always wondered: what’s the closest second? You can bet the bank that the answer to that question is cricket. In case you don’t know, cricket is already the most popular sport in countries like Australia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, while it is emerging in places like England, some Caribbean countries and some select African nations. . You may be wondering then, why is an American interested in cricket? I mean, he should be sitting at a boring baseball game right now cheering on the New York Yankees while I eat a hot dog, right?
It’s actually quite simple: not long ago I had a girlfriend whose family was Indian. After watching hours of cricket matches with her brother and her father before our dates, I suddenly fell more in love with the sport than she did. Unfortunately, cricket is only offered on channels where you have to pay to watch every game or on Indian TV stations, which do not broadcast in real time. I was wondering if I could watch cricket online to make the games much easier to watch. I found many different websites offering more of the same using the pay per match system, which doesn’t work for me because I’m on a budget. That was until I found Satellite TV for PC, a program that finally allowed me to watch cricket on the Internet with no recurring fees. All you had to pay was a one-time start-up fee and that was it. No monthly fee like a cable company and I don’t have to pay to see each entry.
You may be wondering, what do you get when you watch cricket online? Do you only get the highlights? Can you only watch British matches? The answer to both is ‘No!’ You get everything you could ask for. I can watch India vs. Pakistan in its entirety. I can see every Cricket World Cup ticket if I wanted to. I’ve found that ever since I figured out how to watch cricket on the internet, I’ve become almost like a hermit or a recluse, only leaving my office to go to the bathroom and eat. Cricket has suddenly become my addiction, but it’s a good one. Then again, can you really blame me?
