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Debutant Mohammed Siraj took care of Labuschagne, who was caught at leg slip for 48. Pujara comes in, under pressure, it has to be said after a disappointing first Test performance. 146kph. Ten days after being dismissed for 36 in Adelaide, India win the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne by 8 wickets to level the series 1-1. Shot! The first time a test match was played in Australia on the Boxing Day was in 1950 when the host nation pitted themselves against arch rivals England as part of the Ashes tour. DROPPED! Wow, that was quite something. 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BIG SHOUT! • 2002- Australia beat England by 5 wickets. Two steps and an off drive to dye for all the way along the deck for a four. Bumrah claimed Head in familiar fashion, with the left-hander nibbling outside his off stump and edging to gully for 38. He leaves the next ball that rises outside off. A bit of movement off the pitch and Tim Paine has a big smile on his face, while Steve Smith looks anguished. Ravi Jadeja eventually held the catch despite colliding with the onrushing Shubman Gill. Mullagh was leader of the 1868 Aboriginal tour to the UK India's Ajinkya Rahane holds his man of the match award after winning the second cricket test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Christmas Gifts – The 2020 Covid 19 Safe List for Everyone. Also, the Ashes series, which is played every four years, features a test beginning on the day. Live cricket coverage, live streaming, cricket highlights, live scores, breaking news, video, analysis and expert opinion. Gill slaps the ball away forward of square on the leg side from a short-ish ball by Starc. The Australians’ love for the Boxing Day Test goes beyond the fact that they love cricket. He's not on strike yet though, it's the debutant Shubman Gill. India vs Australia Boxing Day Test 2020: Ravi Ashwin Dismisses Steve Smith for His First Test Duck Since 2016 (Watch Video) 26 Dec, 2020 Veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin extended his dominance over Steve Smith in the Boxing-Day Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Bit too short there from Starc, as Pujara just lets that one fly through, hands and bat well out the way of the line. A wideish yorker from Starc is fended into the off side. • 2013- Australia beat England 8 wickets We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Player of the match in the iconic Boxing Day Test match between India and Australia will be presented with a Johnny Mullagh Medal. Alternative venues could be considered for Boxing Day Test – Given the rising COVID-19 cases in Victoria, Perth or Adelaide could host the clash between Australia and India. Wade is hobbling back off the field... Not sure why he came back on to be honest - but he's off again now. Gill did flinch towards it, but held himself back wisely. • The only One Day International match played on a Boxing Day was in the year 1989 between Australia and Sri Lanka. Oh no! Gill all at sea here, that ball raps him on the pads, going down leg though and any appeal is stifled... Great carry, 140kph from Cummins, the ball flies past the outside edge with a fair bit of movement off the seam. Australia is no exception to this tradition. Starc slogged a couple but was caught at fine leg, Nathan Lyon did likewise before being trapped LBW and Cummins was caught at midwicket, ending Australia's innings well before the close of play on Boxing Day. No run. The tickets for the Boxing Day Test, though, will be on sale to ACF members from December 10 at 3 p.m. AEDT. India vs Australia 2nd Test 2020 – After a dreadful defeat at the hands of Aussies in the opening Test match of the Border Gavaskar Test series, India are all set to face Australia for the Boxing Day Test match. It is not often that India dominates two consecutive days of a Test match in tough alien conditions in Australia. The Boxing Day Tests have a very rich history especially in Australia and since playing their first Boxing Day Test in 1985, the Men in Blue have been frequent visitors to the MCG. Oh my, Starc entices a little waft of the bat from Gill, pushing the ball at in excess of 140kph across the body. Solid defence from Pujara as one arrows into the stumps. It begins annually on Boxing Day (26 December) and is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Part of that is a hangover from Adelaide, but there's genuine threat being flung down with these deliveries. He'll have Pujara (6 from 22) in his sights. Oh dear. • 2011- Australia beat India by 122 runs Wade is back on the field and he stops that just before the boundary with a little bit of a tip toe. ;-). Or a set up? Since then, every year, Australia plays a Boxing Day Test against the team currently touring the country. Photograph: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP Geoff … That was close to the outside edge, a tentative waft from Gill as Cummins teases that outside edge. No, the throw is wayward and they'll get a run off the misfield. India has already lost the first Test match by eight wickets. Boxing Day is a public holiday. Nope, it was a no ball, so Hazlewood will have to get rid of his hat again and steam in again. Shane Warne takes his 700th Test wicket — Australia v England, 2006. It's the least they deserved after taking the honours on six of the seven days played. No run. Australia has been roasted once against after India claimed the honours on day one, bouncing back after the Adelaide Test debacle. The first match will be a day-night contest, while the second game is a traditional Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), beginning December 26. More runs, just tucks the ball from his legs down to fine leg for another four runs. No run. Solid batting made turned into more expansive strokeplay, and Australia reached the first break having consolidated somewhat. • 2001- Australia beat South Africa by 9 wickets. Does well in the end to save one run - they ran three - although he is limping... Bouncer from Cummins, 143kph, and Pujara ducks under it. He even spent a few matches as wicketkeeper, taking four stumpings. The Australian bowling was good, but a lovely counter attack from 21-year-old Ranji Shield star from the Punjab, Shubman Gill, who looked every inch the Test match opener India has been looking for with an assured display punctuated by some nice shots to the boundary and some stoic defence, matched by that of Cheteshwar Pujara. A bit leg side but Pujara edges, then gets the hand off the bat pretty sharpish as if the ball jumped up at him. While KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj are expected to come in for Kohli and Shami, three more changes are possible in the XI. SHOT! The general public can buy tickets from the same time the following day (December 11). You ask for the goat and here he comes, Nathan Lyon to Gill. • 2007- Australia beat India by 337 runs. Starc sends one across the face of Pujara's bat - fizzing past the outside edge. Captain Ajinkya Rahane looks to bring India home on day four of the second Test against Australia at the MCG. What are the post-lockdown rules for Perth from 6pm tonight? AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). See how the day unfolded in our live blog. Well outside off stump next from Starc, a waste? Teams and details tba Christmas is over and it's Day 1 of the Vodafone Boxing Day Test. But that comfort did not last for long. Russell Jackson's wrap will be up and available for you to read at some point this evening, while myself and Dean will be back tomorrow morning to bring you all the action from day two. 1. SHOT! There is no better place to be than the MCG on Boxing Day to watch two of the best teams in world do battle. Most importantly, the holiday season and the traditional feelings attached to the match are also attracting factors. • 2008- South Africa beat Australia by 9 wickets. Australia vs India 2nd Test 2020: Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj to Make Debut in Boxing Day Test There's just a feel that every ball could bring a wicket at the moment. As you were, a stoic, solid defensive shot for no run. Hazlewood gets the ball to nip back again, Gill fends past bat pad, takes off but then stays where he is to face the final ball of the day. • 2018- India won by 137 runs Joe Burns continued his lean run by edging behind off the bowling of Bumrah for a duck, while partner Matt Wade's promising start came to a premature end when he went a little too hard at an Ashwin delivery, skying it to midwicket. With ball in hand Starc was far more effective though, trapping Mayank Agarwal in front at the end of a sensational first over. Full, wide of off stump and Pujara fends into the off side. Even before that, for many years, the match between Victoria and New South Wales cricket team included Boxing Day as one of the playing days. Cut away to the square cover boundary! Well pitched and well defended by Pujara to finish. Four runs. Man charged with drugging, tattooing women he held as sex slaves at two Brisbane properties, 'I want to live': Man who went to hospital 'to save his life' died after suicide attempt in waiting room toilets, Google opens paid-for Australia news platform aimed at undercutting content payment law, 'Psychological warfare': Why Myanmar's military and authoritarian regimes shut down the internet, Zendaya and John David Washington spar about art, race, relationships in low-budget Netflix drama, For Collingwood and the AFL, all the spin in the world can't hide the truth, Consumers to wait longer for banking royal commission clean-up. There's a tick over 20 minutes left of play today. — Trent Copeland (@copes9) December 29, 2020. That defensive shot is a work of art, just so compact, tidy. Public Holidays 2021 Australia Dates , Australian Public Holidays, School Holidays & Occasions Calendar. • 2015- Australia beat West Indies by 177 runs • 2005- Australia beat South Africa by 184 runs. Every year, the outdoor loving public flock to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to witness what is traditionally known as the Boxing Day Test, played between Australia and the current touring team. Pujara, up on his toes, fends away for a single into the off side. Australia is knocked over for just 195 on the first day of the Boxing Day Test, with India closing play at 1-36 and in a commanding position. Batting looked easier for a while after lunch, with both Head and Labuschagne approaching half-centuries with relative comfort. The Boxing Day Test has been held at the MCG since 1980, bar 1989 when a one-day international was staged. Beaten the outside edge! Matthew Wade has also left the field with what looks like an ankle injury, he twisted it after he chased that Gill boundary. 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