Three Sheffield Shield matches are being played around Australia and a total of less than 1000 people attended on day one.
They got that many to a three hour baseball final at Gosnells in Perth last weekend.
Play starts around 10-11 in the morning in Shield Matches, when no one can get there. They finish at 5-6 in the afternoon when anyone can get there.
I went to the WACA to watch WA play Tasmania. Truly, if there were 50 people including the gatekeepers I would be surprised.
The sad part is so many people missed a great first day by WA. If the game had started at 3PM and gone til 10PM? I’m sure they could market that time slot better than 10.30AM to 5.30PM.
We’ll never know – well, at least not this season.
Even at the Centurion Test match in South Africa there looked to be less than 5000 paying spectators. The school kids don’t count in terms of money, although they count a lot in terms of South African cricket’s future viability.
This is the world’s number one team for goodness sakes. The World Champions of cricket and they draw less than 5000 spectators. It is laughable.
Meantime WA’s Warriors knocked Tasmania over for just 248 on a perfect batting strip, located in the middle of a huge bowling green, encircled by empty seats.
You could land a small plane there. Certainly you wouldn’t have hit anyone.
Michael Hogan can’t continue to be ignored. 4/55 in 17 for him and he was again the best.
Nathan Coulter-Nile had 0/50 at tea, and 3/60 when the innings ended. You do the math.
Marcus North and Cameron Bancroft tamed all the quicks with the exception of Sam Rainbird, then Bancroft went LBW to Xavier Doherty last thing.
1/59 on a belter is a very good foundation and the Warriors must post 400.
SA’s Redbacks gave Queensland captain James Hopes nightmares after he sent the Redbacks in at the Gabba.
SA were 4/278 at stumps. Tom Cooper’s unbeaten 156, after they were 2/13, was fabulous and selectors will take note if he gets to 200.
Johan Botha is unbeaten on 54 and can give Hopes a migraine if he sticks.
Victoria continued their dismal batting from pre-Xmas, totalling 218 in just 50 overs of misery.
Glenn Maxwell got a timely 94 but the rest struggled as Trent Copeland (3/50), Sean Abbott (3/44) and Doug Bollinger (2/41) were overpowering.
NSW are 2/128 with Nic Maddinson a notable failure, out for just four to Scott Boland.
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