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By Situation Theatre 9/3/2020
They all agreed it was a boring waste of time.
For the record-breaking crowd jammed into the MCG last night for the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup Final who all covered their eyes for the duration of the match, the wisdom of the proverb “nobody watches women’s sport” was on full display.
The 86,174 fans who watched Alyssa Healy smash 75 off 39 ballls against India last night, the 1.2 million New Zealanders who watched their national netball team become world champions in July last year, and the 15 million Americans who watched their national soccer team defeat The Netherlands in the same month, all joined in consensus that watching women’s sport is the worst.
No wonder Channel Nine relegated the historic event to its second channel in favour of Married at First Sight. Who wants to watch incredible female Australian athletes compete for the world title in a biennial sporting event when you can watch the seventh season of a daily reality show in which Josh friendzones Cathy at the commitment ceremony?