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

[Teen Wolf]

One year, to try and reverse a trend, but still against smaller opposition. Adelaide gets the D/N Test, Melbourne get Boxing Day, Sydney get New Year. If Perth got any of those, people would turn out.

Breaking news: venues with most favourable fixturing make more money.

Like I said, hiding behind scheduling is pretty weak when you look at the actual differences between Perth and Adelaide:

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).

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Like I said, hiding behind scheduling is pretty weak when you look at the actual differences between Perth and Adelaide:

It is comparing apples with oranges, two D/N tests (which most people in Perth want) with day tests especially one just before Christmas. How is that even fair to compare? Give Perth a D/N and you'd have a much bigger crowd, funny that as people can go after work or after their shopping etc. People have a stack of expenses just before Xmas as it is, and they don't have an endless supply of holidays especially at December usually.

 

[Teen Wolf]

It is comparing apples with oranges, two D/N tests (which most people in Perth want) with day tests especially one just before Christmas. How is that even fair to compare? Give Perth a D/N and you'd have a much bigger crowd, funny that as people can go after work or after their shopping etc. People have a stack of expenses just before Xmas as it is, and they don't have an endless supply of holidays especially at December usually.

Read it again, mate. Particularly this part: "Australia v New Zealand at Perth Stadium (2019) - D/N"

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Read it again, mate. Particularly this part: "Australia v New Zealand at Perth Stadium (2019) - D/N"

Fair, sorry read it quickly whilst watching the NFL. Take out day 4 (as it was over basically) and it's high 18k average that's good and shows you people want D/N. Hate to be blunt but day tests before Christmas is asking for trouble. There's a simple solution there.

 

[The Lobbster]

Read it again, mate. Particularly this part: "Australia v New Zealand at Perth Stadium (2019) - D/N"

Has the fact that this test was mostly played in a heatwave been completely forgotten here?

Edit: High temps for Perth on the test days

Day 1: 39
Day 2: 40
Day 3: 41
Day 4: 41

 

[JackOutback]

Adelaide is starting on a Wednesday this year.

You don't think that being in the school holidays might help? Thursday was the last day of school here. Perth crowds will be fine for the next two summers and people can stop obsessing about the crowds.

Anyway, playing devil's advocate for a moment, maybe Perth people do prefer shortened versions of the game to five days in what is traditionally a hotter place (I've been to a day of each of the last three Test series and two of them were over 36 degrees). Perhaps rather than trying to come up with new gimmicks for the Tests, I wonder if Perth could try to brand itself as the home of one-day cricket, get Australia to play a three-game series in Perth, present a trophy to winner and try to revive ODIs, which appear to be dying.

Hell, didn't Melbourne get 10,000 to an ODI against England last summer. Don't recall people demanding cricket be taken off Melbourne.

 

[frankrizzo]

Adelaide didnt want the day/night test this year from what i read, pity still think Adelaide pitch is pretty boring when it doesnt have day night movement to spice it up and feels like overkill having day night here in brisbane as pitch does enough anyway.

 

[Great8]

Perth crowds will be fine for the next two summers and people can stop obsessing about the crowds.

Cool. We have established that Perth crowds will only turn up for India and England so when other teams come here there is no need to schedule them a test. Sounds great

 

[Westend]

We had to pay otherwise CA would gift the slot to WA each year and they still wouldn’t get a decent crowd.
WA folk have to stop blaming everyone else for their fickle fans woeful turnout

Gift slot ??

the test last year in Perth against WI was scheduled to start on a Wednesday in Nov to accomodate the Adelaide test the following week

 

[Westend]

Cool. We have established that Perth crowds will only turn up for India and England so when other teams come here there is no need to schedule them a test. Sounds great

no we have established that you won't stop whinging about Perth crowds for some reason

 

[Westend]

Cool. We have established that Perth crowds will only turn up for India and England so when other teams come here there is no need to schedule them a test. Sounds great

no the plan has always been to accomodate the low pulling test nations at the WACA

 

[PhatBoy]

Man I thought I engaged in some pointless semantic debates

 

[JackOutback]

Cool. We have established that Perth crowds will only turn up for India and England so when other teams come here there is no need to schedule them a test. Sounds great

I look forward to the bumper 40,000 crowd for the Test against the West Indies coming up.

 

[Voice of the G]

War

Weather should be fine for the rest of the week now, at least the humidity has dropped off.

And now jumpers on in Melbourne for me.

 

[JimmyBC]

Man I thought I engaged in some pointless semantic debates

You do.

 

[PhatBoy]

You do.

Not at this level.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

And now jumpers on in Melbourne for me.

Yeah, that breeze is nippy. Still, rest of the week looks fine

 

[HirdsTheWord]

no we have established that you won't stop whinging about Perth crowds for some reason

First game should have been the Gabba and then give Perth a test when we are already in peak holiday period.

If Perth can't fill the joint when its holidays, then IMO they shouldn't get it.

2 weeks before Christmas against Pakistan isn't the best measure IMO

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Neither the pitch nor attendance were up to standard.

Two Tests for Melbourne next season.

Vastly increased crowds and a decent pitch.

Perth can have all their BaBeL games at home as compo. It is what they care about.

 

[Westend]

Neither the pitch nor attendance were up to standard.

Two Tests for Melbourne next season.

Vastly increased crowds and a decent pitch.

Perth can have all their BaBeL games at home as compo. It is what they care about.

But Mitch marsh might play Horace

 

[Cmarsh]

Neither the pitch nor attendance were up to standard.

Two Tests for Melbourne next season.

Vastly increased crowds and a decent pitch.

Perth can have all their BaBeL games at home as compo. It is what they care about.

What was wrong with the pitch?

 

[Westend]

What was wrong with the pitch?

Horace didn’t like it because marsh got MOM

 

[freo_leo29]

Has the fact that this test was mostly played in a heatwave been completely forgotten here?

Edit: High temps for Perth on the test days

Day 1: 39
Day 2: 40
Day 3: 41
Day 4: 41

I remember melting at the ground but smith taking an absolute screamer got me back up and about

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

What was wrong with the pitch?

Road then cracks appeared in the bitumen from late D3. Close to dangerous during D4.

 

[010203]

Looking a lot better this year, mind you we badly need some rain to be honest been stinking hot here

So instead of 8-9 rain delays durinng the Sydney test, we may only get 1 or 2.