Test cricket isn't ready to make way for the juggernaut that is the Big Bash League just yet, with a healthy crowd of 30,000 making its way through the turnstiles on the first day of the SCG Test on Sunday.
The crowd exceeds the 29,104 fans that filed into the iconic venue for Sydney Stars BBL match against Melbourne Stars on December 27 and the sellout 21,500 crowd posted a night later as Sydney Thunder hosted Adelaide Strikers at Spotless Stadium.
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat and enjoyed their best session of the summer so far as they moved to 1-92 at lunch.
SCG officials told AAP 30,000 fans had entered the ground by the luncheon interval.
The last time West Indies played a Test in 2001, 40,880 fans attended the first day.
Last summer the first day of the SCG Test against India attracted 30,161 fans, the year before against England a figure of 45,352 was posted.
