Half a million Aussies stayed up all night for cricket and tennis thrillers, TV ratings reveal
More than half a million Australians stayed up virtually all night on Sunday to watch two of the most thrilling moments in recent sporting history unfold in London.
OzTam’s overnight ratings, which became available this morning, showed a collective 276,000 regional and metro viewers tuned in to Seven for the Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. The five set thriller, which went to a 12-all tie in the final set before Djokovic won the tie breaker, ran for nearly five hours, the longest Wimbledon singles final in history. The match ran until after 4am on Monday morning, Australian east coast time.
Meanwhile, England’s epic Cricket World Cup final battle with New Zealand – which went to a tie breaking “super over” and then a boundary countback after both teams scored 241 in 50 overs – also went on well after 4am.
An average of 199,000 watched the final stages of the cricket on Nine, while a further 54,000 tuned in on subscription channel Fox Cricket.
So you reckon “after both teams scored 241-8 in 50 overs”.
Well one team (the one that lost the trophy) scored 241-8 in 50 overs, while the other team (the one that won the trophy scored 241-10.
One would think that if the ‘Super Over’ couldn’t split them and they were equal on runs, that the team that took the most wickets would be the more deserved winner.
That’s a good point, BBTD.
Having watched every ball (with metaphorical matchsticks in my eyes), I should have known better.
(The mistake came in my news editing, not Hannah’s writing, by the way. Now fixed!
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
Amazing what happens when you show interesting content rather than shitty reality formats
England didn’t win the World Cup, they were awarded it.
Under the circumstances,I think the Kiwis were treated harshly.
Watched every ball and wanted England to win. However the Kiwis have every right to feel hard done by especially those six over throws that should have actually been five. Other way round I’d be gutted.
Re the number of wickets lost, the rules are set before the game.
Wonder how many of those left the TV on in the bedroom while they were sleeping..