 According to the National Cricket Census, a record 1,311,184 people played Cricket across Australia in 2015–16, an 8.5 percent increase on 2014–15 – placing cricket at No.1 as the current top participation sport in Australia.Women participation also reached record figures in 2015–16, growing nine percent to 314,936 players.Club and community participation jumped 9.5 percent to 454,657 during the same period, with juniors aged 5‐12 years making up 59.4 percent of all 2015‐16 participants.