I love cricket, but can understand how it appears boring to some.
It is a game of strategy and is best enjoyed when one knows the finer points of the game. Also not for those with a short attention span.
Each to his own.....
Actually, I've played cricket. Several decades ago, the Indian students in my PhD program got me to try it under the pretense that it was "just baseball." Well, no; no more than the fact that there's a paddle makes it "just ping-pong." I thought it was great fun actually, but it has no potential as a spectator sport. It's also pretty difficult to round up the kids in the neighborhood for a pick-up game, at least in State College, PA, USA.