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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 is The Most Watched in Tournament’s History

The ICC has said the Women's T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia clocked 89m unique audience, massive 131 per cent over the previous edition.

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 has become one of the most watched women’s sporting events in history as the sport continues to set new benchmarks on and off the field. (Credit: ICC)


The event had already clocked up 1.1 billion video views via ICC digital channels, which is more than 20 times the video views delivered in the previous edition played in the West Indies in 2018 and 10 times the previous most successful women’s cricket event, which was the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in 2017. (Credit: ICC)


In Australia, live viewing hours were 13.45m which is 473% higher than the 2018 tournament, driven by their hosting and an increase in coverage on the free-to-air channels. The final played between the hosts and India recorded an average audience of 1.2m viewers, making it the most watched women’s cricket match in Australian broadcast history. (Credit: ICC)


Despite the time zone challenge, UK live viewing hours were only 8% lower (at 5.32m) than the 2018 tournament, where England made it to the final. England’s opening group match against South Africa was the most watched match with 259,000 average audience. This is the highest UK audience for a group stage match at an ICC women’s Event on record. (Credit: ICC)


India’s success in making it to the final boosted audience interest, with total viewership for the knockout stages recorded at 423% higher than 2018. India live viewing hours were 86.15m which is 152% higher than the 2018 tournament. (Credit: ICC)


ICC Chairman Manu Sawhney said, “We are delighted with these outstanding global viewership numbers that demonstrate the power of women’s cricket to attract huge audiences across the globe. It reinforces our belief that there is a significant opportunity around the women’s game and collectively we must promote it further so more fans can enjoy it, more kids are inspired by it and sponsors and broadcasters want to be a part of it.” (Credit: ICC)


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