The Boxing Day Test is very important in the world of cricket, but not many people know what the Boxing Day Test is and how it got its name as boxing. While it is a game of cricket, many people associate the Boxing Day Test with the game of boxing it can be an important day of the game of boxing and what does it have to do with Christmas?
Christmas is a Christian religious holiday that is celebrated every year on December 25 and December 25, the day after Christmas, on December 26 as Boxing Day. The Test match played every year from December 26 to December 30 at the historic Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia is called Boxing Test Day.
This name probably comes from the charity boxes placed in the church, these alms boxes were opened after December 25, ie on December 26 (Boxing Day) and distributed to the poor. Or, in the Victorian era, it also refers to the tradition of giving gifts or Christmas boxes to employees on December 26, Boxing Day.
In Australia, the weather is better for playing cricket in December, so every year on December 26, the Boxing Day Test is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which is considered a very big and traditional cricket match.
Since 1980, every year on 26 December, the Melbourne Cricket Ground of Australia has hosted a test match and this test match is called the Boxing Day Test. Similarly, this year on December 26, the test match between Australia and England Cricket team was held, which is called Boxing Day Test.
Not only cricket, football, horse racing and other major sporting events are also held on Boxing Day all over the world. In addition, people also love shopping, charity and outdoor activities.
The Pakistan cricket team has played 4 Boxing Day Tests so far, the first match played in 1983 ended in a draw, while Australia beat Pakistan in two matches in 2009. Pakistan last played a Test on Boxing Day 2016, a match Australia won.
Teams from other countries like India have also played Boxing Day Tests in the past decades, but this match is most associated with Australia.
