Australian Cricket - TV Ratings & Crowds

[Beaussie]

Big Bash League Final: Seven
Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars (metro – not yet time corrected)
Session 1: 347,000
Session 2: 606,000

Big Bash League Final: Fox Cricket
Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars (national – not yet time corrected)
Session 1: 131,000
Session 2: 312,000

Women’s T20 Tri-Series: Australia v India
Seven: 67,000/116,000 (metro)
Fox Cricket: 32,000 (national)

https://www.mediaweek.com.au/tv-ratings ... ry-8-2020/

[leagueiscrap]

The crowds and ratings for the extended version of the bbl has really taken a dive...but no doubt CA Money men have run their numbers and worked out it’s the most money is to be made this way

[leeroy*NRL*]

This Season of Big Bash was quite different to previous years.

1. more matches were played
2. different final serials.
3. games were played monday to friday in afternoon
4. Bush fires affected games.
5. more games were washed out or affected than any other season (including the Final)
6. more games at smaller / regional centers
7. the final was actually a sell out but only 10k turned up> and somehow game was played. 80mins delayed and shorten

all this considering.. ratings and crowds held up well.

[Beaussie]

Seven’s Big Bash coverage dominates in Friday clash of the codes

Seven’s coverage of the first BBL final dominated TV ratings Friday. Nine’s tennis from Adelaide failed to make the top 20 with 211,000 watching on Nine and GEM.

SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – THE ELIMINATOR S2 7mate, Channel 7 451,000
SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – THE ELIMINATOR S1 7mate, Channel 7 419,000
SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – THE ELIMINATOR INN BRK 7mate, Channel 7 416,000
SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – THE ELIMINATOR PRE GAME 7mate, Channel 7 260,000

Big Bash League
BBL 10 Eliminator
Brisbane Heat v Adelaide Strikers 922/977k
Seven 703/719k (Metro 419/451k Regional 284/268k)
Fox Sports 219/258k

https://www.mediaweek.com.au/weekend-tv ... y-29-2021/

[Fred]

I think tennis needs a version of 20/20. Games are way too long.

Some ideas : get rid of the double fault. Two points for an Ace...go from from 15 to 40 for instance. Power play where the serve square box is enlarged ... maybe different coloured lines for power play . Maybe even teams .... where you have 4 players on each team max two sets each but you can rotate players in the team ....

Copyright. Fredinc 2021

[leeroy*NRL*]

can be alot of commitment to watch a big match up that goes for 5 sets i do agree.

[Beaussie]

Big Bash League - Grand Final
Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers

SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – GRAND FINAL S2 Seven Network 640,000 159,000 158,000 126,000 54,000 144,000
SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – GRAND FINAL S1 Seven Network 611,000 172,000 145,000 99,000 63,000 132,000
SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – GRAND FINAL INN BRK Seven Network 601,000 171,000 152,000 100,000 61,000 117,000
SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – GRAND FINAL POST GAME Seven Network 398,000 117,000 99,000 70,000 27,000 84,000
SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – GRAND FINAL PRE GAME Seven Network 398,000 112,000 112,000 30,000 62,000 81,000

2021 AUSTRALIA CRICKET AWARDS Seven Network 221,000 76,000 99,000 18,000 1,000 26,000


LIVE: BBL: FINAL SIXERS V SCORCHERS FOX CRICKET 352,000
LIVE: BBL: FINAL SIXERS V SCORCHERS FOX CRICKET 336,000
LIVE: BETWEEN THE INNINGS FOX CRICKET 330,000
LIVE: BBL POST GAME FOX CRICKET 281,000
LIVE: B4 THE BASH! FOX CRICKET 98,000
FOX CRICKET CLASSICS BBL FOX CRICKET 77,000

https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/saturd ... -2021.html

[leeroy*NRL*]

overall good ratings this BBL which was All over the place sometimes.

Ratings increased year on year..

Channel 7 lost some viewers and fox gained some viewers

I really hope Cricket Australia win the court battle,
which reminds me of what ch9 did to the NRL what the ch7 are doing to the cricket.

[Beaussie]

TV ratings: Fourth Ashes Test

Day One Sydney (Wednesday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session Total: 871,000
Seven: 661,000 (Metro 436,000 Regional 225,000) Fox 210,000
Second session Total: 890,000
Seven: 661,000 (Metro 421,000 Regional 240,000) Fox 229,000
Third session Total: 1,070,000
Seven: 827,000 (Metro 559,000 Regional 268,000) Fox 243,000

Day Two Sydney (Thursday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session Total: 858,000
Seven: 646,000 (Metro 451,000 Regional 195,000) Fox 212,000
Second session Total: 1,154,000
Seven: 886,000 (Metro 621,000 Regional 265,000) Fox 268,000
Third session Total: 1,504,000
Seven: 1,171,000 (Metro 789,000 Regional 382,000) Fox 333,000

Day Three Sydney (Friday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session Total: 940,000
Seven: 807,000 (Metro 550,000 Regional 257,000) Fox 133,000
Second session Total: 1,319,000
Seven: 1,030,000 (Metro 714,000 Regional 316,000) Fox 289,000
Third session Total: 1,553,000
Seven: 1,212,000 (Metro 830,000 Regional 382,000) Fox 341,000

Day Four Sydney (Saturday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session Total: 1,036,000
Seven: 799,000 (Metro 528,000 Regional 271,000) Fox 237,000
Second session Total: 1,312,000
Seven: 1,024,000 (Metro 688,000 Regional 336,000) Fox 288,000
Third session Total: 1,647,000
Seven: 1,290,000 (Metro 859,000 Regional 431,000) Fox 357,000

https://www.mediaweek.com.au/weekend-tv ... ry-8-2022/

[leeroy*NRL*]

Day Five Sydney (Sunday)
Seven and Fox Cricket
First session Total: 1,092,000
Seven: 845,000 (Metro 574,000 Regional 271,000) Fox 247,000
Second session Total: 1,429,000
Seven: 1,056,000 (Metro 660,000 Regional 336,000) Fox 373,000
Third session Total: 1,695,000
Seven: 1,347,000 (Metro 901,000 Regional 446,000) Fox 348,000

[leeroy*NRL*]

nice figures for the ASHES>
that last session was Great viewing

[leeroy*NRL*]

The Seven Network recorded an average free-to-air audience of 1.56 million viewers nationally for Sunday afternoon’s third session, the biggest audience ever for a cricket session on Seven.

Data obtained exclusively by TV Blackbox reveals the FOX Cricket commercial-free coverage from the SCG also delivered even more massive viewing numbers than the previous four days.

The Foxtel Group achieved a national average audience peak of 758K across Foxtel and Kayo in the final session of play on Day 5.

Across the full day of play, the FOX Cricket coverage averaged 459K across the platforms of Foxtel and Kayo, the highest ratings day overall.

[Beaussie]

Test Cricket is not dead. Big Bash also doing well.

[azif]

These figures are misleading & do not truly represent the state of cricket , certainly internationally with the sports strength lying with really only 3 nations, albeit one of them ... India ... a nation of 1.5 billion essentially holding the entire sport together atm.

But after them , the sport in Australia & England is doing .. okayish overall , very good when they're playing each other or India , poorly when its anyone else.
under them..
the state of cricket is in dire shape ... to such an extent , that the 3 big nations want to be split from the rest so they can make more money.

If this is allowed to happen , i hold grave fears for the rest of the cricket world

[WookieReturns]

The NRMA Insurance Five Test series between Australia and India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was the most watched Test series of all-time across Foxtel Group platforms Foxtel, Kayo Sports, Foxtel Go and Foxtel Now.

The series was up 47% on the 2023/24 ‘Summer of Cricket’ Tests, and up 20% on the last Australia-India Test series in Australia in 2020/21.

The growth was driven by the New Years Test in Sydney which was the most watched individual Test of all-time, as well as record streaming audiences which were up 73% on the 2023/24 ‘Summer of Cricket’ Tests and 121% up on the 2020/21 series vs India.

Across the 2024/25 Test series, more than 1.4 billion minutes were streamed on Kayo Sports, Foxtel Go and Foxtel Now, making it the most streamed of all time.

Other record-breaking highlights from the series include:

Most watched individual Test Day ever – Day 3 of the Sydney Test
Most streamed Test Day ever – Melbourne Test Day 1
Most watched session ever – Sydney Test Day 3 Session 2
Most streamed session ever – Sydney Test Day 3 Session 2
Four of the Top 5 most watched sessions ever