Audiences slightly down for second cricket test as Australia struggle against India

The start of the the second test match between Australia and India was the most watched non-news program yesterday, with 736,000 tuning in for session three of the opening day’s play.

This was down on session three of day one of the first test which had an audience of 843,000, with sessions one and two also down on the first test. Session two of yesterday’s match in Brisbane drew a metro audience of 590,000 compared to 637,000 for the first test, which took place in Adelaide.

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It wasn’t enough for Nine to secure a ratings win over Seven, with Nine settling for a share of 17.6 per cent while Seven won the night with a share of 19.4 per cent. Ten came in third with 14.6 per cent while the ABC managed 12.7 per cent.