BLOG | by Charlie Dundas ... The 2021/22 Ashes series is being broadcast on BT Sport, marking a departure from the Sky Sports coverage which English cricket fans have become used to. The broadcaster snapped up the Ashes rights as part of a four-year deal with Cricket Australia.
BLOG | by YouGov Sport ... As the 2021 T20 World Cup approaches the business end, we look at data in YouGov Global Fan Profiles to explore the fan following for the event in five key markets.
BLOG | by Charlie Dundas ... With most sports back in full swing, we’re looking this week at how common betting is among different sports fan bases in the United Kingdom. So, which group is most likely to be making a bet? We found a little more than a quarterof UK adults who follow football have placed a bet in the last 12 months, but how about the other types of sports fans?
BLOG | by Charlie Dundas ... The Six Nations Rugby Championship – in stasis since the start of the pandemic lockdowns in March – finally returned in October, offering British fans an escape to a pre-COVID world, just as they faced a second wave of shutdowns.
BLOG | by Joseph Eapen ... For all its rivals, the IPL remains the noisiest and most colourful T20 tournament in the world. To follow up on our blog from January, we thought we’d look at how the property is performing as the clock ticks down to the first ball of its new season in just a couple of weeks.
BLOG | by Joseph Eapen ... Our data gives a resounding ‘yes’. The pre-Christmas Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction fires the pistol for the start of a season which is still three months away. Truth be told, interest in the league is never far beneath the surface of India’s sporting conversation.
BLOG | by Ted Harwood ... New data has revealed that the proportion of Brits who tuned in to at least part of the ICC Cricket World Cup grew by two-thirds by the end of the tournament – at least partly thanks to Sky’s decision to make the final available free-to-air.
NEWS | by YouGov Sport ... Ahead of this week’s Cricket World Cup, a new poll of more than 6,500 people world wide reveals English cricket fans as among the least likely in the world to believe their national team upholds the highest standards of fair play.
BLOG | by Joseph Eapen ... With the VIVO IPL now well underway, we thought it was time to start looking at its performance for sponsors. Let’s take a quick look at some of the data we’ve collected around the tournament based on what we’ve seen so far.
DATA INSIGHTS | by YouGov ... In India cricket is not just a sport but a shared public sentiment. It comes as no surprise that cricket is the most watched sport in the country and the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League is eagerly awaited by fans. As the nation prepares for the new IPL season starting March 23rd, YouGov India ran a survey to gauge the excitement levels of people.
