SICK of cricket – and more cricket?

Loads of Australians love it and there are also loads that hate it. Surely there is another sport that can make its mark during the summer months in Aussie land.

A-League soccer has made an early impression but will take time to blossom into a dominant country sport.

While the NBL basketball has fallen away in interest and maybe should have spent the season on the sidelines to research its biggest marketing tools and sell it to the country the year after.

The Australian Open tennis begins in January but for a little over two weeks only.

It will be A-League soccer that will provide the real competition to cricket over the coming years, particularly if the West Indies don’t provide a competitive performance against the Aussies - which is expected to happen this summer.

A-League has the potential to push its competition further and enhance its prospects further in the country with a potential home for the World Cup.

NBL needs to find its rhythm again that steered it to the brink of summer popularity during the 90s.

A rejuvenation of the league can be obtained by copying the path of what soccer has done from the National Soccer League to the A-League.

Same game; new league.