Boxing Day Test

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The Boxing Day Test match is a cricket Test match hosted in Melbourne, Victoria, 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Other Boxing Day Tests 3 List of Boxing Day Test matches 4 External links

[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] List of Boxing Day Test matches

Year	Opposition team	Result
1950	England	Australia win by 28 runs
1952	South Africa	South Africa win
1968	West Indies	Australia win
1974	England	Draw
1975	West Indies	Australia won by 8 wickets
1980	New Zealand	Draw
1981	West Indies	Australia win by 58 runs
1982	England	England win by 3 runs
1983	Pakistan	Draw
1984[1]	West Indies	Draw
1985	India	India win
1986	England	England win
1987	New Zealand	Draw
1988	West Indies	West Indies win by 258 runs
1990	England	England win by 9 wickets
1991	India	Australia win
1992	West Indies	Australia win
1993	South Africa	Draw
1994	England	Australia win by 295 runs
1995	Sri Lanka	Australia win by 10 wickets
1996	West Indies	West Indies win
1997	South Africa	Draw
1998	England	England win by 12 runs
1999	India	Australia win by 180 runs
2000	West Indies	Australia win by 352 runs
2001	South Africa	Australia win by 9 wickets
2002	England	Australia win by 5 wickets
2003	India	Australia win by 9 wickets
2004	Pakistan	Australia win by 9 wickets
2005	South Africa	Australia win by 184 runs
2006	England	Australia won by an innings and 99 runs
2007	India	Australia win by 337 runs

^  In 1984, Boxing Day was the fourth day of the test match.

[edit] External links

• History of MCG Boxing Day Tests

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