86,174 fans attend, just 4,641 short of the world recordChannel Nine show match on secondary channel GemAttendance records tumbled at the Women’s Twenty20
World Cup final, with 86,174 fans turning up to watch Australia beat
India and win their fifth title at the Melbourne
Cricket Ground, but the decision by Channel Nine to broadcast such a momentous match on its secondary channel prompted criticism in some quarters.
The concerted marketing campaign to #FilltheMCG on International Women’s Day paid off as numerous milestones were reached at the stadium, although the figure fell agonisingly short of the world record for a women’s sporting event.