{"id":164422,"date":"2025-01-06T14:17:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T04:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=164422"},"modified":"2025-01-06T14:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T04:18:15","slug":"highest-attended-test-series-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=164422","title":{"rendered":"Highest attended Test Series in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The highest series attendances for men\u2019s Test cricket in Australia over the past 10 years typically feature the marquee series involving India<\/strong> and England<\/strong> due to their large fan bases and historical rivalries. Based on available information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Series Attendances in the Past 10 Years<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia vs. India)<\/strong>\n
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    • Total attendance:\u00a0451,264<\/strong>\u00a0across four Tests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • This series saw record crowds for matches in Melbourne (Boxing Day Test) and Sydney.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2017-18 Ashes Series (Australia vs. England)<\/strong>\n
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      • Total attendance:\u00a0865,000+<\/strong>\u00a0across five Tests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • This series is among the highest-attended in history, with over 88,000 attending the first day of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 2021-22 Ashes Series (Australia vs. England)<\/strong>\n
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        • Total attendance:\u00a0500,000+<\/strong>\u00a0(approx.), with COVID-19 restrictions impacting crowd numbers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Despite reduced capacities, the Ashes remained a strong draw.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2022-23 Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia vs. India)<\/strong>\n
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          • Total attendance: Approximately\u00a0420,000+<\/strong>\u00a0across four Tests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The Boxing Day Test in Melbourne drew significant crowds despite competing with other events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            Notable Patterns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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            • The\u00a0Ashes<\/strong>\u00a0series (vs. England) consistently draws the largest total crowds, particularly when held over five Tests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • The\u00a0Border-Gavaskar Trophy<\/strong>\u00a0(vs. India) follows, with large attendances over four-Test series, often featuring massive Boxing Day Test crowds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              The Ashes series in Australia remains the largest overall Test series attraction, particularly when it spans five matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              The\u00a0Ashes\u00a0series (vs. England) consistently draws the largest total crowds, particularly when held over five Tests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":164423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,14934,1023,553],"tags":[472,14935,8469,14936],"class_list":["post-164422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-cricket","category-england","category-india","tag-australian","tag-cricket-australia","tag-mcg","tag-scg"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164424,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164422\/revisions\/164424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/164423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}