Australia vs england match announced to celebrate 150 years Test Cricket Mcg to Host AUS VS ENG 2027

Test history 150 years: A strange and historical Test match has been announced for the year 2027. Cricket Australia has announced that a day-evening pink ball match will be organized between Australia and England to commemorate 150 years of Mains Test cricket history. The match will be played in the year 2027 from 11-15 March. Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has been selected for the match, which has already hosted many historical cricket matches.

Why melbourne cricket ground

Australia vs England this special match will be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, an interesting story is hidden behind it. The first Test match in cricket history was played in 1877 on MCG only. At the same time, when the history of Test cricket was completed 100 years in 1977, a special match was still played on MCG. This time the difference will be that the entire Test match between Australia-England will not be a day-night Test match. This Test match of Australia and England will not be part of the World Test Championship schedule, but one of the 12 Tests of the season will be.

Who won the first test

The first Test match of history was played in the year 1877. In this match played from March 15-19, Australia scored 245 runs while playing first. Charles Bannarman alone played a brilliant innings of 165 runs for the Kangaroos in that clash. In response, England’s first innings was reduced to 196 runs. Australia scored 104 runs in the second innings with a lead of 49 runs, which led England to score 155 runs to win in the fourth innings. But in the fourth innings, England remained 45 runs away from the target.

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