Boxing Day Test

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The Melbourne Cricket Ground during the first day of the 2015 Boxing Day Test match
StatusActive
GenreSporting event
Begins26 December
EndsOn or before 30 December
FrequencyAnnual
VenueMelbourne Cricket Ground
LocationTemplate:Pluralize from textMelbourne, Victoria
CountryAustralia
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The Boxing Day Test match is a cricket Test match held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, involving the Australia national cricket team and an opposing national team that is touring Australia during the southern summer. It begins annually on Boxing Day (26 December) and is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

History

Cricket crowd at the Boxing Day Test in 2007

By long tradition, a Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and New South Wales had been played at the MCG over the Christmas period dating back as far as 1865.[1] It included Boxing Day as one of the scheduled days of play, much to the chagrin of the NSW players who missed spending Christmas with their families as a result. The Melbourne Test was usually held over the New Year period, often starting on 1 January.

During the 1950–51 Ashes series, the Melbourne Test was played from 22 to 27 December, with the fourth day's play being on Boxing Day, but no Test matches were played on Boxing Day in Melbourne between 1953 and 1967. Because there were six Tests in the 1974–75 Ashes series, in order to fit them all in to the overall schedule, the Third Test at Melbourne was scheduled to start on Boxing Day.

That was the origin of the modern tradition, although it was not until 1980 that it was formalised by the Australian Cricket Board, alongside the recent acquisition of its television rights by the Nine Network, and Melbourne emphasising its hosting of major sporting events (such as the AFL Grand Final and Australian Open) to offset the decline of its manufacturing industry.[2]

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 2025, the fourth Test of the 2025–26 Ashes series against England.[3]

Individual awards

Since 1975, there has been an official Player of the Match named in each Boxing Day Test. Since 2020, the man of the match has received the Mullagh Medal, named in honour of Indigenous Australian cricketer Johnny Mullagh.[4][5]

A panorama of the MCG for day one of the 2024 Boxing Day Test.

List of Boxing Day Test matches

Year Opposition team Result Boxing Day Crowd Total Attendance Player of the Match: Mullagh Medal
1968 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by an innings and 30 runs 18,766 113,376
1974 Template:Cr Draw 77,167 250,750[6]
1975 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 8 wickets 85,661 222,755[6] Template:Flagicon Jeff Thomson
1980 Template:Cr Draw 28,671 82,745 Template:Flagicon Richard Hadlee
1981 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 58 runs 39,982 134,081[6] Template:Flagicon Kim Hughes
1982 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 3 runs 63,900 214,882[6] Template:Flagicon Norman Cowans
1983 Template:Cr Draw 40,277 111,611[6] Template:Flagicon Graham Yallop
1985 Template:Cr Draw 18,146 77,715[6] Template:Flagicon Allan Border
1986 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by an innings and 14 runs 58,203 107,817[6] Template:Flagicon Gladstone Small
1987 Template:Cr Draw 51,807 127,184[6] Template:Flagicon Richard Hadlee
1990 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 9 wickets 49,763 129,530[6] Template:Flagicon Bruce Reid
1991 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 8 wickets 42,494 89,369[6] Template:Flagicon Bruce Reid
1992 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 139 runs 28,397 83,320[6] Template:Flagicon Shane Warne
1993 Template:Cr Draw 15,604[a] 48,565[6] Template:Flagicon Mark Taylor
1995 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 10 wickets 55,239 105,388[6] Template:Flagicon Glenn McGrath
1996 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 6 wickets 72,891 131,671[6] Template:Flagicon Curtly Ambrose
1997 Template:Cr Draw 73,812 160,182[6] Template:Flagicon Jacques Kallis
1998 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 12 runs 61,580 159,031[6] Template:Flagicon Dean Headley
1999 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 180 runs 49,082[a] 134,554[6] Template:Flagicon Sachin Tendulkar
2000 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 352 runs 73,233 133,299[6] Template:Flagicon Steve Waugh
2001 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 9 wickets 61,796 153,025[6] Template:Flagicon Matthew Hayden
2002 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 5 wickets 64,189[b] 177,658[6] Template:Flagicon Justin Langer
2003 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 9 wickets 62,613[b] 179,662[6] Template:Flagicon Ricky Ponting
2004 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 9 wickets 61,552[b] 129,079[6] Template:Flagicon Damien Martyn
2005 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 184 runs 71,910[b] 192,338[6] Template:Flagicon Michael Hussey
2006 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by an innings and 99 runs 89,155[7] 244,351[6] Template:Flagicon Shane Warne
2007 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 337 runs 68,465[8] 166,663[8] Template:Flagicon Matthew Hayden
2008 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 9 wickets 63,263[8] 174,246[8] Template:Flagicon Dale Steyn
2009 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 170 runs 59,206[8] 156,267[8] Template:Flagicon Shane Watson
2010 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by an innings and 157 runs 84,345[8] 240,156[8] Template:Flagicon Jonathan Trott
2011 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 122 runs[9] 70,068[8] 189,347[9] Template:Flagicon James Pattinson
2012 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by an innings and 201 runs 67,138[8] 137,455[8] Template:Flagicon Mitchell Johnson
2013 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 8 wickets 91,112[8] 271,865[8] Template:Flagicon Mitchell Johnson
2014 Template:Cr Draw 69,993 194,481 Template:Flagicon Ryan Harris
2015 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 177 runs 53,389 127,069[10][11][12][13] Template:Flagicon Nathan Lyon
2016 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by an innings and 18 runs 63,478[a] 142,188[14][15][16][17][18] Template:Flagicon Steve Smith
2017 Template:Cr Draw 88,173 261,335 Template:Flagicon Alastair Cook
2018 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 137 runs[19] 73,516 176,539 Template:Flagicon Jasprit Bumrah
2019 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 247 runs 80,473[20] 203,472[21] Template:Flagicon Travis Head
2020 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 8 wickets 27,615[c] 89,472[23] Template:Flagicon Ajinkya Rahane
2021 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by an innings and 14 runs 57,100 140,671 Template:Flagicon Scott Boland
2022 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by an innings and 182 runs 64,876 155,714 Template:Flagicon David Warner
2023 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 79 runs 62,167 164,835 Template:Flagicon Pat Cummins
2024 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 184 runs 87,242 373,691 Template:Flagicon Pat Cummins
2025 Template:Cr Template:Cr won by 4 wickets 94,119 186,244 Template:Flagicon Josh Tongue
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  • In 1989, instead of a Test match, a One Day International was held on 26 December at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and Sri Lanka. Australia won by 30 runs in front of a crowd of 45,012.[24]

Overall Record — Australia vs Visitors

Beer cup snake during the 2021 Boxing Day Test
Opposition Team GP W D L Win % Recent Test
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See also

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c It rained on Boxing Day.
  2. ^ a b c d Capacity of ground reduced due to redevelopment for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
  3. ^ A maximum of 30,000 people were allowed to attend each day due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]

References

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  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wales, Sean (9 December 2019). "'You get told about Bradman but not our mob': Test medal to honour Indigenous cricketing icon". ABC News. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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  10. ^ OFFICIAL CROWD FIGURE: 53,389 #AUSvWI twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 29 Dec 2015
  11. ^ Official attendance today: 40,516. #AUSvWI #MCG twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 29 Dec 2015
  12. ^ Official attendance today: 26,003. #AUSvWI #MCG twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 29 Dec 2015
  13. ^ Today's attendance for Day 4 of the Boxing Day Test is 7,161 #AUSvWI twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 29 Dec 2015
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