A view of the fisheye lens exhibits a normal view of the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
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The a hundred and fiftieth anniversary check between Australia and England shall be held beneath lights on the Melbourne Cricket Floor from March 11-15, 2027.
Cricket Australia introduced on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) that the historic match would be the first day-night males’s check on the MCG.
The well-known stadium on the sting of downtown Melbourne hosted the primary cricket check in 1877 and the centenary check between Australia and England in 1977. Australia received by a 45-run margin in each of these matches.
“The a hundred and fiftieth anniversary check on the MCG shall be one of many nice cricket occasions, and enjoying beneath lights shall be a incredible option to have fun each our sport’s wealthy heritage and check cricket’s trendy evolution,” Cricket Australia chief govt Todd Greenberg stated. “It’ll additionally assist guarantee extra individuals are in a position to attend and watch what shall be a incredible event.
“The Centenary Take a look at created many iconic performances, together with David Hookes’ 5 consecutive boundaries off Tony Greig, Rick McCosker batting with a damaged jaw and Derek Randall’s defiant century, and I am positive the a hundred and fiftieth check will create its personal lifelong recollections.”
Australia is internet hosting the 2025-26 Ashes sequence towards England beginning in November.
The Australian males’s workforce, coming off a semifinal run on the Champions Trophy, is ready to defend its World Take a look at Championship title in a closing towards South Africa in England in June.
Australia has received 12 of the 13 day-night check matches — that are performed with a pink ball and have day and night time periods day by day — it has contested at residence since introducing the idea in 2015. Eight of these exams have been in Adelaide, and none has began later than Jan. 25. (AP) AM AM AM
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