Cricket thriller takes Nine to ratings win

Tim Burrowes

February 16, 2009 10:22

The dramatic last-ball conclusion to last night’s Twenty/20 cricket game helped Nine to a ratings win for the night following a winning first week.

The network won the first week of the official ratings season with 31.6% share of free households, it was revealed over the weekend. Seven followed with 27.5% with Ten on 20.4%. ABC took 15.5% and SBS 5%.

Last night, the start of the next ratings week, saw an average of 1.6m tune in for Nine’s cricket, according to the OzTam figures.

Seven had the top rated news show, while Ten’s So You Think You Can dance had a strongish performance of nearly 1.4m includign a 46.6% share of 16 to 39-year-olds.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.