Australia’s cricket defeat hurts ratings for Nine

Sri Lanka’s defeat of Australia to force a decider in the one-day cricket last night did not help Nine’s ratings in another night dominated by Seven – which claimed about 30% share of TV viewing.

The second session of the second cricket final pulled in 728,000, and was 10th most popular TV period of the night. The first session – which started at 6.30pm – drew an audience of 574,000 for Nine, preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam suggest.

Nine claimed 17.8% share, with Ten not far behind with 16.4%.

Though 100,000 viewers down on last Tuesday’s ratings, My Kitchen Rules won the night for Seven with 1.828m. Packed to the Rafters, which followed MKR in the 8.30pm slot, pulled in 1.548m.