Viewers stay tuned for Pakistan battering

Tim Burrowes

December 17, 2016 12:36

Australia’s dominant performance in the first test against Pakistan helped Nine win the ratings battle on Friday.

The evening session of the game, which is taking place at The Gabba in Brisbane, averaged 905,000 metro viewers, the second most watched program of the day.

Viewers watched Pakistan collapse from 43-1 to 67-8 during the memorable day’s play.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.