Parent Questionnaire Results
Place of birth |
South Asia |
8 |
England |
2 |
Q1. At what age did you start playing cricket? |
Age 5 |
1 |
Age 6 |
1 |
Age 7 |
3 |
Age 8 |
4 |
Over 8 yrs |
1 |
Q2. Who introduced you to play cricket? |
Parent/Guardian |
4 |
Brother |
2 |
Sister |
0 |
Friend |
4 |
Other |
0 |
Q3. Did your friends play cricket? |
Yes |
8 |
No |
2 |
Q4. Did India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka playing test cricket increase your interest in cricket? |
Yes |
9 |
No |
1 |
Q5. Do you think cricket is more popular amongst asain people in Pakistan/India/Sri Lanka or here in England? |
South Asia |
10 |
England |
0 |
Q6. Why did they think it is popular in South Asia ?
(could answer more than one reason) |
It is the national sport |
6 |
Relatively cheap to play |
2 |
Good role models |
3 |
Way out of poverty |
2 |
Q7. Did they think asian youngsters were as interested in cricket as they were? |
Yes |
4 |
No |
6 |
Q8. Why did they think cricket was important to asian people |
It is a national sport |
Have national teams and people want to play for them |
Lot of coverage on media |
Brought up with the sport from a young age |
Q9. Any other comments |
Cricket has been played longer than most sports in south asia. |
Passion still strong in this country, you can see it when India play Pakistan. |