Australia vs ICC World XI: match 1

[Maranello]

Originally Posted by Notts Exile

The crowd at the first one was hardly huge.

It wasn't huge at all, and the stadium looked empty, but still 18,435 people turned up on a weekday - not bad at all, that's equal to the full capacity of many international grounds in England, New Zealand and the West Indies!

[Orchid]

Originally Posted by Maranello

It wasn't huge at all, and the stadium looked empty, but still 18,435 people turned up on a weekday - not bad at all, that's equal to the full capacity of many international grounds in England, New Zealand and the West Indies!

But it's Melbourne we are talking about. A city that used to have capacity crowds for sporting events that was not even played much in Victoria; or any musical concert for that matter, that's why it's surprising. Let's just hope that being a weekday was the main reason for a low turnout by Melbourne standards and not some of the reasons mentioned by Sambit Bal in his writeup.

[SAfro]

Inzi should be in there for sure - as captain..