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