Two of the key cricket attendance milestones reached at the MCG could be trumped by Sunday's World Cup final.

Australia's inability to reach the finals in 1992, the preceding time they co-hosted the tournament, proved no impediment to drawing a crowd of 87,182 for the final between Pakistan and England.

The first day of the Boxing Day Test attracted 91,112 to the MCG, the biggest Test crowd ever. Credit:Reuters

That was well in excess of the crowd that attended the 1987 final at the sprawling Eden Gardens in Kolkata, which was estimated at 70,000.

The other most notable record achieved at the MCG came 15 months ago when the first day of the Boxing Day Test attracted 91,112, the biggest recorded crowd for a day of Test cricket.