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2019/20 crowd watch thread

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Thought I would start a thread here similar to the one in the NRL forum.

Here's a list of crowd attendances so far for this season for the test matches, T20 internationals and BBL.

Australia vs Sri Lanka T20 series:

Adelaide Oval: 16268
Gabba: 11986
MCG: 28568

Australia vs Pakistan T20 series:

SCG: 19176
Manuka Oval: 8848
Optus Stadium: 22628

Australia vs Pakistan test series:

Gabba: 13561, 13769, 13836, 4825
Adelaide Oval: 30878, 33943, 17006, 10052

Australia vs New Zealand test series:

Optus Stadium: 19081, 20018, 17107, 9334
Melbourne Cricket Ground: 80473, 59676, 43603, 19720
Sydney Cricket Ground: 36420, 31405, 32071, 14172

Big Bash League:

Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder: 26784
Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers: 13247
Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder: 8421
Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers: 1057
Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars: 11969
Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers: 5556
Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades: 23869
Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes: 6180
Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat: 14891
Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers: 28308
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades: 8865
Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers: 30247
Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers: 7421
Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder: 35296
Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers: 20089
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars: 8753
Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder: 41414
Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers: 20135
Sydney Thunders vs Melbourne Stars: 14435
Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers: 11903
Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat: 11861
Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades: 54478
Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers: 9834
Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes: 29919
Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat: 10896
Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers: 11568
Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Sixers: 18287
Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder: 21322
Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes: 29749
Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars: 30388
Sydney Thunder vs Hobart Hurricanes: 11454
Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat: 29321
Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades: 28271
Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers: 21556
Hobart Hurricanes vs Perth Scorchers: 10174
Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers: 19681
Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades: 9005
Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars: 25074
Sydney Sixers vs Hobart Hurricanes: 13338
Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane Heat: 18463
 
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TheParraboy said:
Pretty poor start overall tbh.

80k plus predicted for the 1st day of the MCG test
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I agree that it has been a poor start to the season so far.

With the exception of the opening BBL match, the other BBL attendances have been well below-par. It was pure greed on the behalf of CA to expand the comp to a full home-and-away format.

Hopefully the Boxing Day test will be the start of an upward trend in attendances.
 
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Another train of thought ,

There has been a lot of out of town matches scheduled early so far, maybe they knew it would on the quieter side, tail end of the school term. Time will tell. Bushfires and heat in some areas dont help either
 
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On the BBL- people aren't going to watch Clive Rose bowl to Jordan Silk every freakin game. They want a bit of quality .

And also, kids are pretty quick to move on to the next trend, it's peaked and it's all downhill from here.
 
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41k+ at Adelaide Oval last night, largest attendance in the BBL so far. But in saying that, there's not much to do in Adelaide in the first place.
 
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undertaker said:
Thought I would start a thread here similar to the one in the NRL forum.

Here's a list of crowd attendances so far for this season for the test matches, T20 internationals and BBL.

Australia vs Sri Lanka T20 series:

Adelaide Oval: 16268
Gabba: 11986
MCG: 28568

Australia vs Pakistan T20 series:

SCG: 19176
Manuka Oval: 8848
Optus Stadium: 22628

Australia vs Pakistan test series:

Gabba: 13561, 13769, 13836, 4825
Adelaide Oval: 30878, 33943, 17006, 10052

Australia vs New Zealand test series:

Optus Stadium: 19081, 20018, 17107, 9334
Melbourne Cricket Ground: 80473, 59676, 43603, 19720
Sydney Cricket Ground: 36420, 31405, 32071, 14172

Big Bash League:

Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder: 26784
Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers: 13247
Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder: 8421
Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers: 1057
Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars: 11969
Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers: 5556
Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades: 23869
Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes: 6180
Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat: 14891
Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers: 28308
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades: 8865
Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers: 30247
Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers: 7421
Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder: 35296
Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers: 20089
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars: 8753
Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder: 41414
Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers: 20135
Sydney Thunders vs Melbourne Stars: 14435
Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers: 11903
Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat: 11861
Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades: 54478
Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers: 9834
Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes: 29919
Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat: 10896
Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers: 11568
Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Sixers: 18287
Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder: 21322
Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes: 29749
Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars: 30388
Sydney Thunder vs Hobart Hurricanes: 11454
Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat: 29321
Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades: 28271
Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers: 21556
Hobart Hurricanes vs Perth Scorchers: 10174
Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers: 19681
Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades: 9005
Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars: 25074
Sydney Sixers vs Hobart Hurricanes: 13338
Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane Heat: 18463
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Some updated stats from the BBL:


Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers: 28042
Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers: 15476
Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers: 6181
Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades: 27524
Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars: 15643
Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunder: 18039
Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes: 12241
Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars: 23014
Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers: 26327
Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder: 8468
Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers: 29636
Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades: 23587
Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat: 27676
Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers: 9395
Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes: 27390
Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat: 14087

FINALS

Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder: 11031
Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers: 13275
Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder: 15963
Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder: 13067
Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars: 10121
 
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Got to hand it to the Queenslanders

turning up to see their side under perform time and time again

or maybe they just nothing else to do up there? :D
 
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Still waiting on a crowd figure for the match at Adelaide last night, but I will say that for a weekend (Saturday night), it looked well below par. It was only a few years ago the Adelaide Strikers got 53k sell-out and 48k for home semi-final matches there. Definitely looked less than half that amount last night.

Crowd at Hobart was very good for a Thursday night. Well done to the Tassies who turned out on a school night that finished at nearly 11pm.

Crowd at the MCG was absolutely pathetic. Especially with a spot in the Final up for grabs. Very bad look on tv, reminded me a lot of several NRL matches at ANZ Stadium. Melbourne, sporting capital of the world MY ARSE. With the exception of the Melbourne derby, the MCG crowds have left a lot to be desired this season, and that is with a winning side and their two key players (Maxwell and Stoinis) available for the duration of this season's BBL due to not being selected for the Australian ODI squad.

This season definitely has been a wakeup call for Cricket Australia, and they have to make big changes next season for the long-term future of the tournament:

- Go back to the previous schedule during 2012/13 to 2016/17 before it got expanded to a full home-and-away season when Fox/Ch7 got the tv rights. 8 games each side, 4 home and 4 away. A reduction from the current 61 games/season down to 36. 32 games in regular season + 4 finals matches (I'll explain finals below)

- Get rid of the 4 vs 5 wildcard elimination match in the finals. It devalues the tournament when you have more than half the amount of teams qualifying for the finals. Should be the IPL finals format: 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4, loser of (1 vs 2) vs winner of 3 vs 4 plays the winner of 1 v 2 in the final.

- Marquee rivalries should always be on FTA. It's a joke that Fox got exclusive rights to a match from both the Sydney and Melbourne derbies.

- Scheduling of matches must improve. Having games at 1:15pm in 40+ degree heat in Alice Springs is a joke. I'd only have day games on the weekends and public holidays such as New Year's Day, not during the week (even in the school holiday period), and in places outside of the 5 major test match venues that aren't prone to regular extreme heat (e.g. Hobart, Launceston, Geelong).

- Start on Boxing Day (in Perth), finish on Australia Day weekend. 5 weeks is enough time to finish the tournament during the school holidays.

- Must increase the number of foreign players allowed in each squad. This is crucial for the future of the tournament. During the Ch10 era, the BBL had several high-profiled marquee players: Muralitharan, Sangakkara, Gayle, Kallis, Bravo, Pietersen, Flintoff etc. Now, the BBL has to compete against the T20 tournament in Bangladesh. Viewers aren't going to continue turning on the tele or flocking to the ground in droves to watch Australian club cricketers battle it out.
 
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undertaker said:
- Go back to the previous schedule during 2012/13 to 2016/17 before it got expanded to a full home-and-away season when Fox/Ch7 got the tv rights. 8 games each side, 4 home and 4 away. A reduction from the current 61 games/season down to 36. 32 games in regular season + 4 finals matches (I'll explain finals below)

- Get rid of the 4 vs 5 wildcard elimination match in the finals. It devalues the tournament when you have more than half the amount of teams qualifying for the finals. Should be the IPL finals format: 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4, loser of (1 vs 2) vs winner of 3 vs 4 plays the winner of 1 v 2 in the final.

- Marquee rivalries should always be on FTA. It's a joke that Fox got exclusive rights to a match from both the Sydney and Melbourne derbies.

- Scheduling of matches must improve. Having games at 1:15pm in 40+ degree heat in Alice Springs is a joke. I'd only have day games on the weekends and public holidays such as New Year's Day, not during the week (even in the school holiday period), and in places outside of the 5 major test match venues that aren't prone to regular extreme heat (e.g. Hobart, Launceston, Geelong).

- Start on Boxing Day (in Perth), finish on Australia Day weekend. 5 weeks is enough time to finish the tournament during the school holidays.

- Must increase the number of foreign players allowed in each squad. This is crucial for the future of the tournament. During the Ch10 era, the BBL had several high-profiled marquee players: Muralitharan, Sangakkara, Gayle, Kallis, Bravo, Pietersen, Flintoff etc. Now, the BBL has to compete against the T20 tournament in Bangladesh. Viewers aren't going to continue turning on the tele or flocking to the ground in droves to watch Australian club cricketers battle it out.
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Agree with everything here, especially import players. The calibre of internationals to come out here in the past couple of seasons has been a major disappointment.
Similar to you I think it's ridiculous that the finals aren't wrapped up before the end of the school holidays. Doesn't make any sense.

I would rather the season wasn't shortened by too much though. I'd rather have something to watch each night than nothing. If it is shortened we need more International matches this time of year to make up for it.
 
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