One day cricket gives Nine massive win as Ten slumps without Big Bash
The tight finish to the one day international between India and Australia in the second game of the tri-series helped Channel Nine to a 31.1% audience share as 1.451m people tuned in to see James Faulkner steer the home side to victory.
Up against an assortment of repeats, re-runs and movies the first session of the match from 2pm got 991,000 viewers, while the pre-match was watched by 468,000 people.
Seven managed an audience share of 18.6% with Inside Queen Mary at 7pm its top non-news show, while Ten finished below ABC with a share of 8.2% compared to 12.2% as the absence of Big Bash cricket hurt the commercial station, with Eyewitness News at 5pm its top show.
Cricket also helped Nine to win Friday’s ratings battle as the most-watched show of the night with 1.07m viewers for the second session as Australia beat England, after 677,000 had tuned in for the afternoon giving the channel a 26.6% audience share.
