1st Test Australia v Pakistan Dec 14-18 1250hrs @ Perth Stadium

[Billy ray]

Why'd they all plan for a big Monday but none show up on the weekend?!

Maybe people’s leave started from today?

 

[Billy ray]

I think the bbl (all night games other than perth) should be all pre xmas. And the tests series all from boxing day onwards.

 

[Iceman!]

I actually thought Pakistan were pretty competitive.

Other than their 2nd inns collapse when it was hard to bat they bowled quite well but just couldn't back it up.



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I think that is pretty generous, they dug in but they got thumped for 500 in the first innings and never looked like getting close to that when batting. After the new ball in the second innings Australia cruised for the most part and ended up blowing through them in what like a session and a half?

 

[Iceman!]

I think the bbl (all night games other than perth) should be all pre xmas. And the tests series all from boxing day onwards.

Even just getting one test before Christmas sucks, i don't want to wait until boxing day for test cricket to start.

 

[Billy ray]

Even just getting one test before Christmas sucks, i don't want to wait until boxing day for test cricket to start.

Make it day night then

 

[big_e]

Unlucky for WA fans and the WACA. Would have been a huge boost to crowd numbers.

If people can't tell that old mate is taking the piss, that says more about you than you realise....

 

[big_e]

Friday will be good. Lots of sports clubs going and many corporate facilities are selling well. Opening day should be good but I do worry about the Thursday

Oh, so fixturing plays a role in how many people attend?

And here I am thinking that Adelaide people just love test cricket more than anyone else.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

I think that is pretty generous, they dug in but they got thumped for 500 in the first innings and never looked like getting close to that when batting. After the new ball in the second innings Australia cruised for the most part and ended up blowing through them in what like a session and a half?

I think Australia capitalised on their poor sessions very well, and Cummins in particular bowled extremely well in the second dig. I think they’ll be able to take some positives from that, and I personally agree they weren’t terrible, just outclassed when it mattered

 

[Jim Prideaux]

Did you see the end of the game? Was as dog s**t boring a game as expected

Almost like it went for 3 days before that

 

[Great8]

Oh, so fixturing plays a role in how many people attend?

And here I am thinking that Adelaide people just love test cricket more than anyone else.

Of course fixturing plays a part but Perth copped a beauty and we copped a shit sandwich and will still probably get more through the gate than Perth.
You give us that first test against Pakistan and we get 80k to the 4 days

 

[PhatBoy]

I think that is pretty generous, they dug in but they got thumped for 500 in the first innings and never looked like getting close to that when batting. After the new ball in the second innings Australia cruised for the most part and ended up blowing through them in what like a session and a half?

Problems were I thought, these:

Australia absolutely romped the bookends of the game - first session where they blew Pakistan away and obviously the last. Though even at the start Pakistan were a fraction unlucky, they got a lot of nicks from Warner and Khawaja.

The problem then and the moments in between was almost relentlessly that Pakistan blinked. When they had done all that hard work to get Australia to 5-300 which is ALMOST a manageable score if you clean the tail up- they blinked and Marsh went on a tear.

Then when they cleaned it up eventually for under 500 which is better than what it could have been, dug in and got to 70-80 for no wicket and set a platform for a big opening stand, they blinked.

Got to 1-125 just before stumps, they did it again. It kept happening every time they got their foot in the door.

 

[JimmyBC]

No one wants the same opposition two years in a row it's not that fukcin' hard.

 

[Rabish Binney]

I reckon we will get 20-25k on Wednesday, low 20k on Thursday and push high 20k on Friday. Who knows if we get to the weekend or not but expect us to exceed Perth’s crowds by day 3

We'd get more if it started on Thursday (or even better on the Friday).

Starting on a Wednesday is f**** stupid. Hard to take 3 days off work to see it but I have to get my SACA membership moneys worth.

The test might be finished by Friday which is another factor to think about.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Australia v Pakistan at Perth Stadium (2023)
Thursday 14 December: 16,259
Friday 15 December: 17,666
Saturday 16 December: 15,956
Sunday 17 December: 9,244
Average attendance: 14,781

Australia v West Indies at Adelaide Oval (2022) - D/N
Thursday 8 December: 24,449
Friday 9 December: 27,490
Saturday 10 December: 24,889
Sunday 11 December: 9,789
Average attendance: 21,654

Australia v New Zealand at Perth Stadium (2019) - D/N
Thursday 12 December: 19,081
Friday 13 December: 20,018
Saturday 14 December: 17,107
Sunday 15 December: 9,334
Average attendance: 16,385

Blaming Perth crowds on scheduling is pretty weak.

Day 4 is comparable, before considering WI were already 4 down heading in, whereas the other 2 matches had a lot more to play out (plus yesterday had the lure of Lyon creating history).

 

[Rabish Binney]

Friday will be good. Lots of sports clubs going and many corporate facilities are selling well. Opening day should be good but I do worry about the Thursday

Might be over by Friday.......

 

[Gough]

No one wants the same opposition two years in a row it's not that fukcin' hard.

People will still turn up though, it's an event and it's that sort of culture that they need to create in Perth for their Test. How is the more difficult question.

 

[Rabish Binney]

Australia v Pakistan at Perth Stadium (2023)
Thursday 14 December: 16,259
Friday 15 December: 17,666
Saturday 16 December: 15,956
Sunday 17 December: 9,244
Average attendance: 14,781

Australia v West Indies at Adelaide Oval (2022) - D/N
Thursday 8 December: 24,449
Friday 9 December: 27,490
Saturday 10 December: 24,889
Sunday 11 December: 9,789
Average attendance: 21,654

Australia v New Zealand at Perth Stadium (2019) - D/N
Thursday 12 December: 19,081
Friday 13 December: 20,018
Saturday 14 December: 17,107
Sunday 15 December: 9,334
Average attendance: 16,385

Blaming Perth crowds on scheduling is pretty weak.

Day 4 is comparable, before considering WI were already 4 down heading in, whereas the other 2 matches had a lot more to play out (plus yesterday had the lure of Lyon creating history).

Interesting numbers there.

Of the 8 days of cricket in Perth, only once did they exceed a 20K crowd whilst 4 out of the 5 days of the Adelaide test were 20K plus.

And lets remember that the 2 Perth tests listed hosted better opposition than what Adelaide had against the Windies. .

 

[Around the Wicket]

Lets face it, there is probably only 1 summer that is decent now aday and its Australia v India, every other side sucks in Australia.

 

[JimmyBC]

People will still turn up though, it's an event and it's that sort of culture that they need to create in Perth for their Test. How is the more difficult question.

AO has the set that go every year to get plastered out the back and never see a ball bowled I guess that's part of it, hard to replicate at the more closed in concrete bowl stadiums.

 

[Juddernaut08]

I actually thought Pakistan were pretty competitive.

Other than their 2nd inns collapse when it was hard to bat they bowled quite well but just couldn't back it up.



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I think the effort was mostly there throughout the game, but I wouldn't say they bowled well. The best 3 fast bowlers in the match were Australian. The difference in class was there to see.

 

[Gough]

AO has the set that go every year to get plastered out the back and never see a ball bowled I guess that's part of it, hard to replicate at the more closed in concrete bowl stadiums.

We should appreciate how lucky we are really, an AO membership costs about the same as a premium ticket for one day at Lords.

 

[swingdog]

Tests should be free.

 

[burge13]

AO has the set that go every year to get plastered out the back and never see a ball bowled I guess that's part of it, hard to replicate at the more closed in concrete bowl stadiums.

Yep the members is the best set-up in Australian sport unless you manage to get a top tier MCC ticket.

Our crowds will always be strong but don't audit who's actually watching. That number won't look good!

 

[Great8]

Yep the members is the best set-up in Australian sport unless you manage to get a top tier MCC ticket.

Our crowds will always be strong but don't audit who's actually watching. That number won't look good!

The 5-10k out in the Pimms tent that don’t see a ball bowled all day.
I have mates come over from Sydney and Melbourne for it every year and never see a ball live. They come over just to all catch up and it’s a party atmosphere

 

[Cuzz09]

Yeah I meant Pakistan had a crack and weren't total garbage.

They're bowlers looked dangerous despite our decent scores

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