The Day/Night Ashes Test that took place in Adelaide garnered an average national audience of 440,000 across the streaming platforms of Foxtel Group and the Foxtel-owned streaming service, Kayo.
The commercial-free match between Australia and England achieved the highest rating for a Test match. The Day/Night Test match broke the record of the 2020/21 Boxing Day Test between India and Australia, improving the rating significantly up by 11 per cent.
Adding to the game’s achievement, Day 4 of this fierce duel became the highest performing Test day of all time as Australia gave England’s batting unit the last chance to battle as it gained a national average of 481,000 audiences across the three sessions. These numbers are compiled from the streaming services of Foxtel, Foxtel Go, Foxtel Now and Kayo.
Foxtel Group started broadcasting three years ago and also provide coverage for other major leagues such as Big Bash League and Women’s Big Bash League while having exclusive rights to home One-Day and T20 Internationals
Australia gained the lead of 2-0 of the five-match Ashes Test series after beating the visitors by 275 runs in the second Test.