Australia strategy to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first-ever Test match by playing England in a one-off match at the verysame location in March2027 The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) played host to a match from 15 to 19 March 1877, with Australia winning by 45 runs, before England won the 2nd match at the verysame place to tie the series 1-1. The 100th anniversary of the inaugural Test was likewise significant with a Test inbetween Australia and England at the MCG in 1977, with Australia onceagain winning by 45 runs. Cricket Australia (CA) likewise exposed the MCG will continue to host the conventional Boxing Day Test while the New Year’s Test will stay at the Sydney Cricket Ground – both through to 2030-31. CA verified that the Adelaide Oval will host the December ‘Christmas Test’ in either day-night or day format and the ‘West Test’ in Perth, Western Australia, will be Australia’s opener for the next 3 years. That suggests the next males’s Ashes in 2025-26 will start at a place other than the Gabba in Brisbane for the veryfirst time because 1982-83, and it will be the veryfirst Ashes Test played at Perth’s Optus Stadium. Later in the series, Brisbane is set to host a day-nighter rather than Adelaide, which hasactually hosted 7 of the 12 pink-ball Tests in Australia. “The 150th anniversary Test match at the MCG in March 2027 will be a terrific event of the peak format of the videogame at one of the world’s terrific sporting arenas and we can’t wait to host England on that celebration,” stated CA’s primary
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