Heading into the 2023-24 Summer season, Cricket found itself having to answer a number of questions – what is the BBLs place in the world with burgeoning developments in South Africa, and rumoured expansion of the IPL on the horizon. Can Test cricket remain relevant in the modern era of fast paced cricket and international…
Welcome to another big weekend in sports news as we head into the A-league finals, and NRL Magic Round. A-league Australian Professional Leagues (APL) today announced an official partnership with SEIKO, the global precision timepiece manufacturer. Discontent provides standard backdrop to Sydney derby laden with symbolism Eurosnobs will never believe it but the current A-League…
Cricket Australia have reported a deficit of 5.5m for 2021-2022, and a comprehensive loss of 10.655m on revenue of $391.004m. Notably there was a $51m drop in the media, broadcasting and marketing sector, while match income rose 25m. Sponsorship was up slightly to 69m. The BBL averaged 500,000 viewers per fixture, streaming not included. 44…
The biggest WBBL standalone crowd ever of 15,511 and the competition’s largest ever average broadcast audience of 535,000 witnessed a clinical performance as the Scorchers defeated the Adelaide Strikers by 12 runs in the Weber WBBL|07 Final. RATINGS The Weber WBBL|07 Final was the most-watched game in League history, with a combined average audience of 535,000…
NFL ESPN Cowboys/Raiders 30,000 Saints/Bills 23,000 WBBL Final – Scorchers v Strikers The 15,511 crowd at @OptusStadium for the @WBBL Final was the: – Biggest crowd at a standalone #WBBL match (prev 5650) Biggest crowd at a WBBL Finals match (prev 10,069) Fifth highest crowd in WBBL history Television 7mate 378,000 (+17% on 2020) Metro 228,000…
Attendances for Wednesday, Jan 30 BBL: Melbourne Renegades d Sydney Thunder. Crowd: 10,287 @ Marvel Stadium TV Ratings for Wednesday, Jan 30 BBL: Melbourne Renegades d Sydney Thunder – Fox (Exclusive) 207,000 & 223,000 A-league and Soccer News Two heavyweight international financiers behind Canberra’s A-League aspirations look set to withdraw their funding promise by June…
Cricket Australia reports that 135,861 fans attended the WBBL across the 59-game season – at an average of 2,384 per match, including a record 5,650 at Mackay’s Harrup Park which set a new record for the highest attendance at a standalone WBBL match. While the WBBL attendance record at Optus Stadium was also broken this season, as…