Cricket Australia says a new attendance record for domestic cricket is about to be set Bruce, Emily, Anthony and Joel in the crowd at the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. Picture: Tim Carrafa Source: News Limited THIS summer of domestic cricket is poised to set a new attendance record. With all forms of the game booming, Cricket Australia says it is confident it will smash the 2006-07 mark of 1.6 million people passing through major cricket grounds. So far this summer, more than 1.25 million spectators have attended elite cricket matches. The Cricket Australia ticketing department is confident that with three more one-day international matches and 10 Big Bash League games, the record is set to tumble. While one-day matches are attracting about 40,000 spectators, the Big Bash games get about 20,000 each. CA boss James Sutherland said his ­organisation had been overwhelmed by the numbers. The exceptional performance of the Australian team combined with the excitement of the BBL has really turbocharged interest in the game, and we appear to be on track for a record-breaking year. As the Aussies powered to a 5-0 drubbing of England in the summer Test series, other records were racked up. Melbourne's Boxing Day Test drew the biggest crowd in cricket history, 91,092. And on January 3, two stadiums were sold out on the same day for the first time - the SCG for the Sydney Test, and the WACA for Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder in the BBL. This was repeated two days later with the third day of the Sydney Test and the Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers match at the Adelaide Oval. "Perhaps the most pleasing thing is kids are being inspired to pick up a bat and ball," Mr Sutherland said. With what we've seen so far this summer, and with a home World Cup just around the corner, they're all good signs for the game.