Tonight's crowd at the MCG

[srv23]

I saw it as 90% Sri Lankan. Great atmosphere. Don't get me wrong, I'm 100% an Australian fan but us Sri Lankans know how to party haha.

Damn straight we do.

I think the problem is that any side series that is played over the same summer as the Ashes is generally considered fairly irrelevant by both media and supporters in this country. The selectors have probably just viewed this series as purely a warm up for the Ashes. They probably thought smashing the Sri Lankans in some ODI's would be great as a warm up and to build some confidence prior to the Ashes.

There has been virtually no publicity about this series. Sri Lankan supporters will turn up in droves to see their side play anyway and with Melbourne having the highest number of Sri Lankans in 1 city in the world outside of Sri Lanka there were always going to be piles of Lankans there. But the average Aussie cricket supporter only really cares about the Ashes this summer. Not to mention playing it the day after the Melbourne Cup, in Melbourne is just ridiculous scheduling. Should have started the series Friday night at the G and it would have been much better.

 

[Xtreme]

I think North Melbourne could have had a bigger crowd turn up..... however that could be proven wrong

 

[OzBomber]

It was a pretty good game though Sean. I reckon another 20,000 people and it would have been off the chain.

It was okay when we bowled buy our Barton was just so boring. I think Hussey it one boundary and we went 20 or 25 overs without hitting a boundary at one stage.

 

[Paddy_Mac]

I think North Melbourne could have had a bigger crowd turn up..... however that could be proven wrong

Hawthorn would've drawn no more than 10,000 due to their proven bandwagoner status.

 

[mcgarnacle]

a) It's the day after melbourne cup
b) Average weather
c) Ashes/a long summer of cricket is coming soon, so people dont feel the desire to jump on just yet
d) Most students who are old enough to go the cricket without their parents are in the middle of exams
e) Everyone else has to work/be at school

come up with any excuses you want, australia got owned on the field and in the stands...............in australia's sporting capital nonetheless. sydney is going to be a disaster.

has there ever been such a circumstance in any sport where fans for the home country have been comprehensively out-supported by fans from the away country? such a situation should never happen, particularly of the scale as last night.

 

[trevorbyers]

It really sounded as if it was being played in Colombo last night. was strange to see the support so one sided

 

[Gazza_11]

Yeah bar the pitch it was effectively a Sri Lankan home game. Even that wasn't too bouncy yesterday.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

For a match on a working Wednesday in very early November the crowd wasn't that bad. I doubt the crowd would have been better in any other city.

What were the TV ratings like?

 

[Gavin Excell]

A reflection on the fact 50 over cricket is dead

I am surprised after the debacle of last years 50 over summer that the ACB continue to schedule these nothign affiars.

imagine if this city didn't have a Sri Lankan population. Would have struggled to top 8,000.

This form of the game is no longer sustainable.

 

[Big John]

Who's idea was it to schedule a match between the Melbourne Cup and Oaks Day? Almost as bewildering as our selection policy.