The recently concluded Cricket world cup created the buzz among big cricketing nations. The countries didn't like the fact US made "foldable stadiums" for the marquee events, imported the pitch from Australia, used hybrid turfs, poor playing conditions, etc. None of the top teams body, are happy with all these.
And then the news is looming that US cricketing body might receive suspension due to corruption as one of the issues.
USAC has been in breach of Associate Members Protocols on two counts - not having a fulltime CEO and not having recognition of the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee
m.cricbuzz.com
I play (played) many sports, hence will look into those events about which I have knowledge to decent extent.
But it is for sure that the Olympics doesn't extracts a lot of viewership w.r.t World Cups.
And another thing is that most individual events have straight fight between US, China and Australia because other countries don't have infrastructures to facilitate for their country in those sports, hence naturally most medals go to those three countries.
According to what I had seen, the viewers enjoy the team sport much more than the individual sports. Though I might be wrong, but this is what I had seen around me.
Still, watching and playing sports is among the few things which I like.