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351,000… and counting: bumper Boxing Day Test breaks record for cricket crowd in Australia

A record 351,000+ people have attended the Boxing Day TestAttendance beats 1937 record in which Bradman scored 270 at MCGBoxing Day Test: live updates from Australia vs India at the MCG

Not even the great Don Bradman drew such a crowd. At the MCG on Monday, more than 50,000 fans had walked through the turnstiles by lunchtime, making the total attendance of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and India more than 351,000.

The five-day attendance tally, which was still growing during Monday afternoon’s play, is now the largest attendance for any Test in Australia. It eclipsed the 350,534 who watched the six-day Test between Australia and England at the MCG in 1937, where Bradman scored 270 in one of the performances of his career.

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