The line graph illustrates the number of adults participating in different major sports in one particular area in 1997 and 2017.
Overall, the popularity for tennis, basketball, football, and rugby has increased in two decades, whereas that for cricket has sharply declined.
In the course of two decades, there was a slight increase in number of tennis players. It rose from fifty thousand to almost fifty five thousand. Similarly, the number of basketball players almost tripled reaching around twenty two thousand from eight thousand. Football and rugby also saw massive increases in number of players. Almost fifteen thousand increase was seen in both the sports than previous time.
The popularity for cricket declined over the years. It saw a sharp decline from around twenty five thousand to around eight thousand by the year 2007. The number of adults participating in golf remained stable in both the years. Likewise, swimming also saw no major changes and stayed steady at around thirty five thousand participants.