Yet another Boxing Day is upon us, and yet another traditional Boxing Day Test match is underway at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground. An MCG Test which included 26th December as one of the days was first played in the 1950-51 Ashes, but it was only in 1980 that it became an annual […]
Read More Specials – Best of Boxing Day TestsAustralia had a 2-1 lead in the five-Test series against the West Indies coming into this Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the fourth of the series. The hosts had taken the first two matches at Brisbane and Sydney before West Indies pulled one back in the third Test at Adelaide. The match began on New Year’s Eve, 1951. […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – Australia v West Indies, Melbourne, 1951-52The West Indies were just beginning their dominance as the world’s champion team when they came to England for the 1980 Wisden Trophy. The result in this first of five Tests at Trent Bridge ultimately proved to be decisive, what with the series being played in the wettest summer in 26 years. England failed to maintain substantial […]
Read More FAMOUS TEST MATCHES – England v West Indies, Trent Bridge 1980This Test was the only one in the five-match series to end with a result. The West Indies had lost quite a bit of their aura of their golden period, but were nevertheless a strong force to reckon with, especially at home. India meanwhile were again looking to shed their ‘poor travellers’ tag, having […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – West Indies v India, Bridgetown, 1996-97The West Indies had endured a tough series in New Zealand at the start of the year, having lost both the Tests and all five one-dayers. Captain Brian Lara duly gave up the captaincy and took a sabbatical from the game, thus further weakening the brittle batting line-up. A year earlier, the Windies were swamped […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – West Indies v Pakistan, St. John’s, 2000
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