{"id":392419,"date":"2026-01-05T04:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/392419\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T04:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:39:08","slug":"bbl-records-smashed-in-epic-day-of-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/392419\/","title":{"rendered":"BBL records smashed in epic day of cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"

The KFC Big Bash League delivered a landmark day yesterday, smashing attendance expectations across Australia in an epic day of cricket.<\/p>\n

A total of 105,767 fans packed into the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Optus Stadium to watch BBL|15 action, breaking a decade-long attendance record.<\/p>\n

At the MCG, the Melbourne Renegades edged a thrilling victory, chasing down a target of 174 with just one ball to spare, giving fans one of the matches of the season.<\/p>\n

The win made the Renegades the first team to raise the Melbourne Mace in the competition\u2019s history, igniting the city\u2019s rivalry.<\/p>\n

MORE: BBL results and standings<\/a><\/p>\n

A crowd of 68,124 attended the Melbourne clash, marking the highest single-match attendance at the venue and a historic milestone for the league.<\/p>\n

\"Melbourne<\/p>\n

Over in Perth, the Scorchers defeated the Adelaide Strikers by 33 runs in front of 37,643 fans at Optus Stadium, contributing to one of the best starts to a season the BBL has seen.<\/p>\n

Both matches combined to shatter the previous single-day attendance record set in BBL|05 a decade ago, highlighting the continued growth and popularity of the Big Bash League across the country.<\/p>\n

BBL|15 has also seen consistently strong crowds, with total attendance across the first 23 games already the highest since BBL|07 and on track to be one of the greatest seasons attendance wise.<\/p>\n

Smashing the attendance records is a huge win for the BBL and caps off a strong summer of cricket for Australian fans, who also witnessed the national team\u2019s Ashes victory over England.<\/p>\n

If current interest is any indication, this new record may not last long, with Australia set for a bumper BBL season ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The KFC Big Bash League delivered a landmark day yesterday, smashing attendance expectations across Australia in an epic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-392419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}