Boxing Day Test to be locked in at the MCG until 2031
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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.

  • byDaniel Brettig andKieran Rooney

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Minister fails to guarantee Boxing Day Test at the MCG amid stand-off
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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.

  • byBroede Carmody
Boxing Day,women’s Tests in limbo amid stand-off with Allan government
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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.

  • byMalcolm Conn andAnnika Smethurst
Beyond Boxing Day:MCG Test crowds targeted for growth
Australian cricket

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.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Pakistan anger over ‘inconsistent’ calls and technology ‘curse’
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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.

  • byAndrew Wu
Cometh the hour,Cummins the man
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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.

  • byGreg Baum
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Perfect 10:Proud Cummins joins exclusive 250 club with match-winning haul
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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.

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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
Australian cricket

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.

  • byRoy Ward
Australia win a scrap – and the world’s best can still improve
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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.

  • byDaniel Brettig
The botched slips catch that said it all for Pakistan
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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.

  • byGreg Baum
Dad was a bundle of nerves,but bold Marsh revives Australia
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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

  • byDaniel Brettig