The "Boxing Day Test Match" is an annual Boxing Day tradition in Australia involving a cricket Test match between the Australian cricket team and the opposition national team touring Australia that summer. The match is always held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, and traditionally sees the largest crowds for the Australian Test summer. A total of 192,337 fans attended the five days of the 2005 Test against South Africa, including 71,190 on the first day, 26 December. [1] Boxing Day is a public holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on 26 December. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... The Australian cricket team, together with the English cricket team, is the joint oldest team in Test cricket having played its first Test match in 1877. ... MCG redirects here. ... Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ...

The 2006 Boxing Day test match will be played against England, forming part of the 2006-07 Ashes series. For other uses of this term, see The Ashes (disambiguation). ...

The Boxing Day cricket match is part of a series of test matches held in Australian capital cities. It has become a well established tradition, part of the national heritage, and it is not uncommon for the Prime Minister or other senior government members to attend the opening day. Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ...

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In New Zealand an annual Boxing Day Test Match was played at Basin Reserve in Wellington, involving the New Zealand cricket team as one of the competing sides. Over the past few years the Boxing day Test has been phased out for a one day international and Twenty20 matches involving New Zealand and the opposition national team touring New Zealand. For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke in Māori) is the capital of New Zealand, the countrys second largest urban area and the most populous national capital in Oceania. ... The New Zealand cricket team, also known as the Black Caps, played their first Test in 1930 vs England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth Test nation. ... A One-day International (ODI) cricket match is a one-day cricket match played between two international teams each representing a particular country. ... Warks v Worcs in the Twenty20 Cup, Edgbaston, 7 July 2006 Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in the United Kingdom for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2003. ...

In South Africa a Boxing Day Test is often played if another national team is touring to play the South African cricket team. India is going to play a Boxing day test match with South Africa this year, 2006. The South African cricket team, also known as The Proteas, is a national cricket team representing South Africa. ...

A Test series is always played in Australia during the Southern Hemisphere's summer, and so if either New Zealand or South Africa is competing against the Australian team, it will not host a Boxing Day Test.