Travis Head pulled up one of the best-ever and most authoritative knocks, if not the most, in the Ashes history. Thanks to Usman Khawaja’s golf session, Head came to open the innings. All he did was to play his natural game and the demolition act of England was done. By the time England saw Head walk out with debutant Jake Weatherald, they were done. After the months of hype, the first Ashes Test in Perth was over in a mere two days.
While England would take a few days just to recover from their nightmares of Head, the Adelaide-born striker may have caused some troubles to Cricket Australia (CA) as well. Well, due to Head’s heroics and some awful batting collapses in the game, the match ended in six sessions, estimating a loss of more than $3 million to the hosts. It approximates to over Rs 17 crore, as the Day 3 tickets were almost sold out. Day 4 wasn’t too far. But the action was.
Record-breaker Ashes opener makes history
Despite India’s huge diaspora in Australia, the first Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 at the same venue has fallen short in comparison to the Ashes opener. The India vs Australia battle that saw centuries from Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal saw a total attendance of 96,463 spread across four days of cricket. But just in two days alone, the Ashes Test surpassed it with the total attendance tally recording 101,514 viewers attending the weirdest Test match ever.
According to the AAP, the final session, where Head bazballed the Poms, was seen by 2.97 million Australians, while Channel 7plus also recorded its highest-ever cricket audience of 245,000 viewers. Cricket Australia’s CEO, Todd Greenberg, jokingly expressed concerns that the Test match might not last beyond day three, even before Australia’s first innings was complete.
“It’s difficult for a number of different groups,” Greenberg told SEN when discussing the financial impact of a match finishing early. “Our broadcasters first of all. Certainly us, on ticket sales and our partners and sponsors. There’s a big economic impact on this series.“
The first day of the Test match smashed some more viewership records! Foxtel’s broadcast was the most-watched first day of a first Test in their history, while The Seven Network also saw impressive ratings for their coverage.
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