 The 2015 Cricket World Cup final was played in front of 93,013 spectators, a record crowd for a day of cricket in Australia.BBL in its sixth season in 2016–17, drew an average crowd in excess of 30,000 for the first time in history, with overall count crossing 1 million for 35 matches.It is now placed sixth in the list of most attended sports leagues with respect to average crowd per match.0

Media coverage of Australian sport and athletes predates 1876.