Ground officials announced an updated first-day attendance of 91,092 and the biggest single-day crowd for a cricket Test match. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/dec/26mcg1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 321px;" /> That&rsquo;s a record: u00a0A general view of the crowd of 91,092 spectators, a new world record during Day One of the fourth Ashes Test at MCG yesterday. Pic/Getty Images The massive Boxing Day turnout eclipsed the previous single-day crowd record at the MCG of 90,800 set in the 1961 Test between Australia and the West Indies. &ldquo;The boys in the team room are so pumped to have played in front of that many people,&rdquo; Australia paceman Ryan Harris said. &ldquo;The noise at the end of the day when Mitchell Johnson was charging in was tremendous.&rdquo; Australia have already claimed the Ashes urn off England with an unassailable 3-0 series lead after huge Test victories in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.u00a0

The opening day of the fourth Australia-England Ashes Test set a new world record crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday

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