Boxing Day Test
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Australian cricket
Boxing Day Test to be locked in at the MCG until 2031
Melbourne’s Boxing Day Test will be locked in for the next seven years, with Australia and England to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Test cricket in March 2027, as part of a complex web of deals between Cricket Australia and governments.
- by Daniel Brettig and Kieran Rooney
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Minister fails to guarantee Boxing Day Test at the MCG amid stand-off
Victoria’s major events minister has failed to guarantee the Ashes Boxing Day Test will be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground the summer after next amid a standoff between his government and Cricket Australia.
- by Broede Carmody
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Australian cricket
Boxing Day, women’s Tests in limbo amid stand-off with Allan government
A stand-off between Cricket Australia and the Victorian government has left the Ashes Boxing Day Test and next season’s women’s Test in limbo.
- by Malcolm Conn and Annika Smethurst
Beyond Boxing Day: MCG Test crowds targeted for growth
Melbourne’s Boxing Day Test has been identified alongside Perth as two of the most underperforming games on the cricket calendar - not because of bumper crowds on December 26, but for the sharp drop-off afterwards.
- by Daniel Brettig
Pakistan anger over ‘inconsistent’ calls and technology ‘curse’
In a fiery postscript to Australia’s series-sealing 79-run victory at the MCG, Pakistan coach Mohammad Hafeez said the tourists had been the better side and would have won if not for several line-ball calls that had fallen in Australia’s favour.
- by Andrew Wu
Analysis
Australian cricket
Cometh the hour, Cummins the man
Two modernising captains have set the tone for this series, but when the crunch came, it was a good cricketer succumbing to an all-time great.
- by Greg Baum
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Test cricket
Perfect 10: Proud Cummins joins exclusive 250 club with match-winning haul
Captain Pat Cummins led the way to victory for Australia in a thrilling 79-run win against a spirited Pakistan side in the second Test at the MCG.
- by Malcolm Conn
As it happened Australia v Pakistan: Pat Cummins takes 10 wickets as Australia beat Pakistan by 79 runs in Boxing Day Test, wins series 2-0
Follow along for all the major moments and reactions as Australia and Pakistan face off on day four of the Boxing Day Test from the MCG.
- by Roy Ward
Analysis
Analysis
Australia win a scrap – and the world’s best can still improve
The Australians triumphed in a scrap on the fourth evening at the MCG, and have room for improvement next year.
- by Daniel Brettig
Analysis
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The botched slips catch that said it all for Pakistan
Pakistan deal themselves into the Boxing Day Test, and out of it, and just possibly back in again, all in a typical Pakistan day.
- by Greg Baum
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Dad was a bundle of nerves, but bold Marsh revives Australia
He fell agonisingly short of a century, but it’s no easy thing to bat as courageously as Mitchell Marsh does for Australia - certainly not at 4-16
- by Daniel Brettig
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