{"id":355735,"date":"2023-12-26T21:07:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T22:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=355735"},"modified":"2023-12-26T23:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T23:02:37","slug":"go-back-to-sleep-perth-mayor-whacked-over-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=355735","title":{"rendered":"'Go back to sleep': Perth mayor whacked over tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"

P\ufefferth's lord mayor Basil Zempilas has ignited an interstate stink regarding Test cricket<\/a> crowds.<\/p>\n

The Perth Stadium \ufeffattendances were roundly criticised as Australia won the first match easily against Pakistan<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n

But while the massive stadium looked largely empty during play, the \ufeff59,125 people who showed up across the four days was decent enough given the opposition.<\/p>\n

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However Melbourne beat that in one day, with \ufeff62,167 people attending Tuesday's action despite awful weather predictions which ended up washing out almost an entire session.<\/p>\n

\"Basil<\/p>\n

The MCG did look largely empty during the first session and Zempilas took to X to ask, "what's their excuse? Not like you can go to the beach?".<\/p>\n

The comment was either a dig at Melbourne's inferior coast line or the gloomy weather associated with the Victorian capital.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Either way, the sledge was somewhat bizarre given Melbourne beat Perth's entire match attendance in a single day.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Monash councillor Stuart James pointed this out to Zempilas.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrStuartJames\/status\/1739529140074914002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkGottlieb\/status\/1739544358029062335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n

"More people turned up to the MCG with heavy rain forecast than can fit into Optus (Perth) Stadium," James tweeted.<\/p>\n

"Also more people at day one (than) attended the entire four days of the Perth Test.<\/p>\n

"Go back to sleep Basil."\ufeff<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Perth recorded its biggest home and away BBL crowd on Tuesday night, with 42,226 people filing into Perth Stadium to watch the match against the Renegades.<\/p>\n

It suggests Western Australians now enjoy Twenty20 more than the game's purest form.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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