Australia regains The Ashes in front of 937,000 viewers

December 18, 2013 10:56

Cricket Australia tweeted victory at 4.46pm

Less than 1m people were recorded as watching when Australia regained the Ashes in the final session of the third test yesterday afternoon.

The cricket live from Perth until 4.45pm averaged 937,000 metro viewers according to OzTam, However, those numbers do not record people watching out of home, in offices, bars and cafes.

The early finish meant Nine ran repeats of The Big Bang Theory from 7.30pm to 9pm, taking the lead over Seven’s repeat of Dynamo: Magician Impossible, which averaged 497,000 in all cities but Melbourne which has been split out of the OzTam ratings.

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Megan Reynolds

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