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Cricket was invented in 1600s and since then it has evolved very much in every sense except for having roof-covered stadiums. We have all wondered at some point in our lives as cricket fans how cricket would have been a sport if it were played indoors under a roof without the threat of rain.
After all covered sports facilities aren’t uncommon in international sports. Football stadiums have roofs, and many tennis facilities are covered, but cricket stadiums don’t have roofs.
and today we are gonna give you some reasons as to why we think cricket stadiums don’t have roofs. We have tried to cover most of those in this video.
1) Cost: It’s certainly possible but ask the experts and they will tell you that it’s not feasible. At least not yet. That’s because cricket despite all its growth in recent times has brought money but to very few countries. Some cricket boards don’t even have average stadium facilities like floodlights and Stands spectators sometimes sit on the grass. So a roof over a cricket stadium is the least of their worries. With the growth of cricket leagues like IPL, BBL and The Hundred Some cricket boards like BCCI, Cricket Australia, and England Cricket Board might be able to do it in the next 10-15 years.
2) Size: Cricket Stadiums have a diameter of 120-140m and a height of approximately 35-40m. Building a roof for these dimensions will cost a lot of money. well, someone might make the argument that football stadiums also take up this much space why do they have roofs? well, that’s because Football is much more richer and popular than cricket. Take for example, the top 10 richest Football clubs in the world, all of them are worth more than 2.5 billion dollars with Real Madrid being the richest at 5.1 billion dollars, BCCI is the only cricket board that has a net worth of the billions at 2.2 billion dollars the 2nd second richest cricket board CA’s net worth is 350 million dollars (you see the difference). For Cricket to afford Roofed Stadiums it needs to go more global than the Current 10-15 teams that play International cricket actively. In Australia, there is the Docklands stadium which is primarily used for AFL football matches but has been used for internationals and big bash games. The roof is 38m high and the ground seats around 50K. This is a major problem with most cricket stadiums. Even if stadiums try to build a roof, it will be too big and is close to impossible.
3) Batting Issues: Unlike football, in cricket, sometimes batters can hit a ball that can rise up to or above the level of the roof above. Eg when the batter is trying to hit a big six or when there's a high-rising catch and This has already Happened. In 2005 in a Game between ICC XI and Australia, Micheal Hussey Scored a high-rising shot and it hit the roof and was called a dead ball he was not happy with the decision. So Yeah the roof can sometimes be a big obstruction to the path of the ball.
