I think it's cultural thing. For the English, sport (or to be more exact, games -'sports' are traditionally hunting, shooting and fishing) are pastimes. Look at the culture of the amateur. Cricket was half and half until the 60s. Rugby Union was amateur (and some might say better) until the early 90s. Athletics the same. For Aussies sports are a way of life - be it Union, League, Aussie Rules (a contradiction if ever there was as there seem to be precious few rules in the game but it is a great way of teaching simultaneous equations ) or cricket depending on where you live. There is something of this in UK but on a smaller scale. I live in Wales and we've put up with Drakeford (spit) just 'doing the opposite of Boris because he wants to prove a point' throughout the pandemic. Now there s a chance of Wales' 6 Nations games being played either behind closed doors or in England there is a genuine anger. I'm not Welsh but I like living there. The Welsh are generally friendly, good natured and generous but they take their Rugby very, very seriously.
Anyway, nothing will change because the people that run cricket don't care about cricket. They only care about money. This is sad but true.
