Australia, England to play one-off match at MCG for 150th Test anniversary in 2027

Australia and Britain will play an oddball Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2027 to celebrate 150 years of Test cricket. The two groups highlighted in the very first Test at a similar scene back in 1877 and afterward in 1977, played the century Test to check 100 years of the configuration, which was won by Australia. Cricket Australia and the state legislatures likewise affirmed that the yearly Boxing Day Test and the New Year's Test have been secured to be facilitated at the typical settings, MCG and the SCG, up until 2030-31. The other critical declaration was that of giving Perth the privileges to have the initial Trial of the late spring for the following three years. That would mean the Remains will launch at a scene other than the Gabba in Brisbane without precedent for over forty years. The Adelaide Oval will have the December Christmas Test for the following seven years in one or the other day or the day-night design. Despite the fact that the following Cinders Test in Adelaide in 2025-26 is planned to be a day game, the setting has facilitated pink-ball Tests lately. "We are really glad to affirm long haul facilitating privileges which give conviction around the areas of some phenomenal cricket throughout the following seven years," CA President Scratch Hockley said. "We are sure this timetable guarantees the best cricket will be played in the best settings at the ideal opportunities the nation over, including a phenomenal blend of famous Test matches, new blockbusters, for example, the West Test and Christmas Test and energizing day-night installations. "The 150th commemoration Test match at the MCG in Walk 2027 will be a superb festival of the zenith configuration of the game at one of the world's extraordinary brandishing fields and we can hardly stand by to have Britain on that event."