the test match series that aussies had won this year and the fourth test match(why was it called the boxing day(the days of the test match) or the boxing test match?
2007-01-02 03:46:44 · 12 answers · asked by srinivas s 1 in Sports ➔ Cricket
The day after Christmas is boxing day. Since the 4th test match started on that day. Its being referred to as the boxing day test match.
2007-01-02 03:51:32 · answer #1 · answered by Bala 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Boxing Day is a British and Commonwealth term for the day after Christmas, the 26th of December.
The "Boxing Day Test Match" is a traditional cricket Test match hosted in Australia involving Australian cricket team and the opposition national team touring Australia that summer.
In 1950 the first ever Australian Boxing Day Test Match was hosted at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against England and 60,486 cricket fans flooded to see Australia win a thriller by just 28 runs.
1952 saw the second ever Australian Boxing Day Test Match hosted at the Melbourne Cricket Ground this time against South Africa.
It wasn't until 1968 that another International Test Match was scheduled on Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Periodically the Australian Cricket Team played on Boxing Day in other nations, It wasn't until 1980 that the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Australian Cricket Team secured the 26th December Boxing Day on the International Cricket calender for a Test Match. Making an Melbourne Cricket Ground hosted International Cricket Test Match an annual tradition.
2007-01-02 12:42:47 · answer #2 · answered by d3admantalking 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It was called the Boxing test match because it began on Boxing Day, the day after Christmas Day.
2007-01-06 11:19:35 · answer #3 · answered by Noble 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was called the Boxing test match because it began on Boxing Day, the day after Christmas Day.
Boxing Day is so named because of the old tradition of distributing money and other gifts to the less fortunate from the Christmas box collections, the day after Christmas.
2007-01-02 11:57:33 · answer #4 · answered by Gonrecht 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because When 2 years back on the same day Tsunami occur in south Nations & also Test match win an innings to australia
2007-01-02 12:01:32 · answer #5 · answered by mscbeig 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
26th December is called as Boxing Day. Hence the cricket match that starts on that day is called Boxing Day Test Match.
For more details about the Boxing Day, please check the following links:
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/boxingday1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day
2007-01-02 23:07:37 · answer #6 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it started on Boxing Day (December 26th)
2007-01-03 10:49:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
every english tour of australia has the 4th test played in melbourne at the MCG on boxing day, the day after Xmas. its a long standing tradition and the crowd normally exceeds 80,000
2007-01-02 12:02:01 · answer #8 · answered by johnnie_099 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it started on 26th December
2007-01-02 11:55:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz it was played on 26th december dear & its called as Boxing day.
2007-01-05 15:29:53 · answer #10 · answered by tameem s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋