A good day of batting for Australia wins 837,000 cricket fans for Nine

Cricket fans made the first day of the second test of the Ashes series the most watched non-news program of the night with 837,000 metro viewers watching the third session on Channel Nine, preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam show.

The match in Adelaide started as a good batting day for Australia but ended with honours with even at 5/273 in the clash with England.

Nine also had the strongest programs in prime time viewing with A Current Affair winning the 7pm timeslot with 1.1m viewers as Better Homes and Gardens Summer special averaged 764,000 metro viewers on Seven.

Nine’s new episode of travel program Getaway also won its timeslot at 7.30pm ahead of How I Met Your Mother repeats on Seven and Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals, which averaged 440,000 for Ten.