Boxing Day Test
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The Boxing Day Test match is a cricket Test match hosted in Melbourne, Australia involving Australian cricket team and the opposition national team touring Australia that summer. It begins annually on Boxing Day (December 26), and is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
[edit] History
In 1950 the first ever Australian Boxing Day Test was hosted at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. No Boxing Day Tests were played in Melbourne between 1953 and 1967, and periodically the Australian Cricket Team played on Boxing Day in other nations. However in 1980 the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Australian cricket team secured the rights to play the match annually.
[edit] Other Boxing Day Tests
In New Zealand an annual Boxing Day Test Match was played at Basin Reserve in Wellington, involving the New Zealand cricket team as one of the competing sides. Over the past few years the Boxing day Test has been phased out for a one day international and Twenty20 matches involving New Zealand and the touring opposition national team.
In South Africa a Boxing Day Test is often played if another national team is touring to play the South African cricket team.
[edit] External links
- History of MCG Boxing Day Tests
- Boxing Day Test at Austadiums
