Here is a look at the official crowds/attendance numbers for the first test between Australia and India at the Optus Stadium in Perth. The 1st day crowd was a record for the city of Perth, beating the previous record of 24,268 achieved at the WACA in 2006/07 (v England in the Ashes). The first day record crowd number set was again broken on the second day!
Australia vs India Perth Test 2024 attendance
Day 1 Attendance November 22, 2024: 31,302 (Friday)
Day 2 Attendance November 23, 2024: 32,368 (Saturday)
Day 3 Attendance November 24, 2024: 26,166 (Sunday)
Day 4 Perth Test Attendance Nov 25, 2024: 6,627 (Monday)
Total cumulative attendance for Perth test cricket match (AUS v IND) is 96,463. This falls marginally short of the 100K cumulative record set at the Ashes before.
The Perth metropolitan area has a population of around 2 million.
