WBBL: The audience in Perth for the final set a new record for a single WBBL game. As the league moves forward, a WBBL championship that drew a record audience and drew record TV ratings could signal a movement toward more evening matchups in the future.
The Perth Scorchers won the WBBL title on Saturday in front of 15,511 fans at Optus Stadium, setting a new record for a single WBBL match
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It also had the highest average broadcast audience in the competition’s history, with 535,000 viewers tuning in ahead of 2018-19 final, which took place on the same day as a men’s Test match.
This was the first season in which every match was shown on television, and according to CA, it was the most popular.
While Alistair Dobson, the general manager of the Big Bash Leagues, believes that weekend festivals, which feature multiple matches at the same location, will remain vital to the event, there will be a push to take advantage of more evening time slots.
Alistair Dobson said:
“Ultimately, our goal was to get every game on TV, and we were thrilled to be able to do so this year,”
“The next step is to optimize those blockbusters, and there’s a chance for us to look into more primetime matches, whether on Thursday or Friday evenings and work with our broadcasters to develop some large annual marquee matches which I think is the obvious next step for the competition.”
The new finals arrangement, which guaranteed direct participation to the final for the side that placed first in the regular season. Meant there was a week to promote the match in Perth.
Due to border restrictions in Australia, the season began in a Tasmanian hub. And with the exception of a brief lockdown in Hobart. Was played without incident, despite the fact that two key markets – Melbourne and Sydney – were unable to host games.
Harmanpreet Kaur was awarded player of the tournament. Although it was Beth Mooney and Amanda-Jade Wellington who topped the run-scoring and wicket-taking records, respectively.
Dobson explained:
“First and foremost, just being able to play and bringing all eight teams together in Tasmania was no small task,”
“But then there was the overall level of the cricket, the quality of the outside players. And it was incredible to have such a wonderful bunch of Indian players. Who added a whole new depth to the game, alongside all the other players.”
“A lot of the really large household names were easily matched by a number of players. We are all getting to know a lot better, thanks to Australia’s depth of talent.
“It cements the WBBL’s place as the No. 1 women’s cricket league, and it’s critical that we maintain that position in the future.”
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