Ashes breaks Adelaide Oval crowd record

The second Ashes Test has set a cricket attendance record at Adelaide Oval.

Adelaide Oval crowd

Bumper crowds have filled Adelaide Oval in another endorsement for day-night Test cricket. (AAP)

More people have attended the second Ashes battle between Australia and England than any other Test match at Adelaide Oval.

The Adelaide crowds for the current Test have, within four days, surpassed the oval's previous Test-best aggregate of 172,361 in the infamous Bodyline Test of 1933.

More than 22,000 spectators are in the oval on Tuesday, taking the aggregate to more than 172,600 - and more fans are expected to attend the looming night session.

The opening day of the current Test attracted 55,317 spectators, a record for Test cricket at the venue.

That number eclipsed the previous high of 50,962 who watched day one of the 1933 Bodyline Test when Australian captain Bill Woodfull was struck in the chest by a Harold Larwood ball.

The record crowd at a sporting event at Adelaide Oval is 62,543 for the SANFL Australian Rules grand final in 1965.

The oval was developed and re-opened in 2014 with a capacity of 60,000 in the stadium precinct - that includes about 52,000 in seats and standing on the oval's hill, and a further 8,000 in hospitality areas with no direct view of the cricket.


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