A new attendance record for a Test match in Australia has been set with more than 373,691 passing through the gates at the MCG across the five days of the fourth Test between Australia and India, surpassing the previous mark of 350,

Cricket Australia confirmed that the ongoing Test at the MCG will break the 87-year record of the highest attended Test match in Australia.

Australia have taken seven wickets in the final session to defeat India by 184 runs in a classic MCG Test and go 2-1 up in the Border-Gavaskar series.

Melbourne: The all-time attendance record at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was smashed on Monday when the total attendance of the fourth Test touched an unprecedented 350,700. The presence of 51,371 spectators at lunch time meant the overall turnout had surpassed the previous high of 350,