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11-03-2025
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- Yahoo
MCG to host a night match between Australia and England to mark 150 years of test cricket
The 150th anniversary test between Australia and England will be held under lights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from March 11-15, 2027. Cricket Australia announced Tuesday that the historic match will be the first day-night men's test at the MCG. The famous stadium on the edge of downtown Melbourne hosted the first cricket test in 1877 and the centenary test between Australia and England in 1977. Australia won by a 45-run margin in both of those matches. 'The 150th anniversary test at the MCG will be one of the great cricket events, and playing under lights will be a fantastic way to celebrate both our game's rich heritage and test cricket's modern evolution,' Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg said. 'It will also help ensure more people are able to attend and watch what will be a fantastic occasion. 'The Centenary Test created many iconic performances, including David Hookes' five consecutive boundaries off Tony Greig, Rick McCosker batting with a broken jaw and Derek Randall's defiant century, and I'm sure the 150th test will create its own lifelong memories.' Australia is hosting the 2025-26 Ashes series against England starting in November. The Australian men's team, coming off a semifinal run at the Champions Trophy, is set to defend its World Test Championship title in a final against South Africa in England in June. Australia has won 12 of the 13 day-night test matches — which are played with a pink ball and have day and night sessions daily — it has contested at home since introducing the concept in 2015. Eight of those tests have been in Adelaide, and none has started later than Jan. 25. ___ AP cricket: Melbourne,Australia, The Associated Press
Associated Press
11-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
MCG to host a night match between Australia and England to mark 150 years of test cricket
The 150th anniversary test between Australia and England will be held under lights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from March 11-15, 2027. Cricket Australia announced Tuesday that the historic match will be the first day-night men's test at the MCG. The famous stadium on the edge of downtown Melbourne hosted the first cricket test in 1877 and the centenary test between Australia and England in 1977. Australia won by a 45-run margin in both of those matches. 'The 150th anniversary test at the MCG will be one of the great cricket events, and playing under lights will be a fantastic way to celebrate both our game's rich heritage and test cricket's modern evolution,' Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg said. 'It will also help ensure more people are able to attend and watch what will be a fantastic occasion. 'The Centenary Test created many iconic performances, including David Hookes' five consecutive boundaries off Tony Greig, Rick McCosker batting with a broken jaw and Derek Randall's defiant century, and I'm sure the 150th test will create its own lifelong memories.' The Australian men's team, coming off a semifinal run at the Champions Trophy, is set to defend its World Test Championship title in a final against South Africa in England in June. Australia has won 12 of the 13 day-night test matches — which are played with a pink ball and have day and night sessions daily — it has contested at home since introducing the concept in 2015. Eight of those tests have been in Adelaide, and none has started later than Jan. 25. ___
The Guardian
11-03-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Australia and England set for day-night Test at MCG for 150th Ashes anniversary
The historic 150th anniversary Ashes Test at the MCG in 2027 will be staged as a day-night match. Long locked in for 11 to 15 March, Cricket Australia confirmed – exactly two years out – Australia's one-off match against England would be the first men's pink-ball Test at the venue. Remarkably, the first Test in 1877 and the Centenary Test in 1977 both resulted in Australia winning by 45 runs. CA insisted staging the Test as a day-night match would allow bigger crowds to attend, given it will be played in March, outside of the school holiday period. It will be the latest a men's Test has been staged in a summer since Australia hosted Pakistan in 1978-79. CA still holds contractual rights to the MCG until the end of March each summer, though the AFL has recently started playing matches at the ground well before the end of the month. 'The 150th Anniversary Test at the MCG will be one of the great cricket events and playing under lights will be a fantastic way to celebrate both our game's rich heritage and Test cricket's modern evolution,' new CA boss Todd Greenberg said. 'It will also help ensure more people are able to attend and watch what will be a fantastic occasion. 'The Centenary Test created many iconic performances, including David Hookes' five consecutive boundaries off Tony Greig, Rick McCosker batting with a broken jaw and Derek Randall's defiant century, and I'm sure the 150th Test will create its own lifelong memories.' Sign up to The Spin Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week's action after newsletter promotion It is scheduled to be the second day-night Test at the MCG following Australia's women's crushing victory over England at the venue in February. Pat Cummins' team will host England next summer in a five-Test series as they seek to retain the urn they have held since 2017-18.
