There is two side to popularity of Cricket declining in Caribbeans . a . NBA and lure of other sports b . Decline of Test Cricket . Test cricket is supposed to be heart and soul of cricket . That is the place where every player sharpens hisher skills . There was a video of past players Viv Richards maybe talking about decline of Cricket . Will post it later on . My point is Football is by far more popular in most countries geographically . Even those where Cricket is popular , other sports , specially Football is gaining . And will do so . Popularity of Cricket is limited . Though not by numbers . Same is not true for Football . <| sep |> You have a lot more time to judge the characteristics when things arent soaring by at race speeds .