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The Boxing Day Test has cultural significance and often draws large crowds, [3] although increased competition from Twenty20 fixtures in the Big Bash League has led to variances in attendance; the MCG hosted its largest Boxing Day crowd in 2013, the fourth Test of the 2013–14 Ashes series against England. [3]
The first modern Boxing Day Test was held at St George's Park Cricket Ground in Port Elizabeth in 1992. [1] Two years later, in 1994, the venue shifted to Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban. Durban's Kingsmead remained the predominant venue for the event until 2011, when the Test was hosted at Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town. [4]
Australia’s 19-year-old set to create history in Boxing Day Test against India. Chris Wilson. December 24, 2024 at 4:42 AM. Konstas has been called up to replace Nathan McSweeney (Getty Images)
The inaugural Boxing Day Test took place in 1998 at Basin Reserve, featuring a match against India and highlighted by Simon Doull's bowling figures of 7-65. [2] [3]In 1999, New Zealand faced the West Indies in a Boxing Day Test, with Matthew Sinclair scoring a double century on his Test debut.
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Boxing Day is celebrated in Great Britain and some Commonwealth countries, especially Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, according to Encylopedia Britannica. Boxing Day falls on Dec. 26. Origins ...
Until 1979, the ground almost always hosted its match or one of its matches over the New Year, with the first day's play falling somewhere between 29 December and 1 January; in most years since 1980 and every year since 1995, its test has begun on Boxing Day, and it is now a standard fixture in the Australian cricket calendar and is known as ...
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