ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020: MCG Just Misses Out Record Attendance In A Women’s Sports Event

Mar 8, 2020 at 9:14 PM

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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020: MCG Just Misses Out Record Attendance In A Women’s Sports Event

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 broke some top attendances and viewers records. While the final of this tournament was surely one of the highest recorded attendances in a women’s sports event history as it broke many records, it just missed out to break the record of most attendance in a women’s sporting event globally.

Melbourne Cricket Ground (Melbourne) is still holding the record of most capacity among the international cricket stadiums. The stadium capacity is around 1,00,000 people. While the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 final was scheduled to be played at this iconic MCG, the cricket world was waiting for the new attendance record in women’s sporting event.

MCG, record attendance, ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020
MCG crowd during the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 (Image Credit: Twitter)

On Sunday (8th March), the hosts, defending champions and four-time WT20 WC winners Australia Women faced India Women in the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 at the MCG. Around 75,000 tickets were sold in advance of the match, so there was no doubt about the excitement.

Australia Women dominated in that final and beat the Indian Women by the big margin of 85 runs. While the hosts scored 184/4 (20 overs) in the first innings, India Women were bundled out for just 99 runs (19.1 overs).

Australia Women, ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020
Image Credit: Twitter

The final record of the attendance of this tournament final was 86,174. It was the record attendance in a women’s sporting event in Australia as well as in a women’s cricket match globally.

MCG failed to cross 90,185 attendances record

However, it just missed out to create the new record attendance in a women’s sports event history. While the official record is 90,185 attendances in the final of the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup between the USA and China PR at Rose Bowl (Pasadena) in the USA, the latest WT20 WC 2020 final at the MCG was short of just 4,011 people from that record.

Brandi Chastain celebration moment after winning the 1999 Women’s World Cup final (Image Credit: Twitter)

However, this small difference can’t deny the new glory in women’s cricket history as well as in women’s sports history.

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