Packing them in at Headingley
Headingley opened the gates to 59,000 supporters for Yorkshire’s back-to-back Championship success – an increase of 19,099 compared to 2014.
The erection of floodlights and later start times for the NatWest T20 Blast competition brought in an all-time high of 55,655, a 19 per cent increase on the previous year. Including a sell-out for the Roses T20, the seven home matches staged at Headingley saw average attendances increase from 6,664 in 2014 – though the Roses game then was washed out – to 8,417.
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Hide AdRoyal London One-Day Cup attendances also rose from 11,473 to 21,436 and the Leeds Test in May, when England hosted New Zealand, saw an aggregate total of 44,522 – an increase of 8,223 on the previous year when England entertained Sri Lanka.
Headingley’s one-day international, this time between England nd Australia, witnessed a full-house of 16,500 to match that for the game against India 12 months earlier.