Cricket Australia confirms Boxing Day Test at MCG

Cricket Australia (CA) has announced the summer schedule for the eagerly awaited Border-Gavaskar trophy between India and Australia.

CA says the traditional Boxing Day Test will be played in Melbourne at the MCG, as a morale-lifter for the Victorian capital, which has been hit so hard by COVID-19.

The Test series will open with a day-night Test in Adelaide on December 17.

The SCG will host the third Test on January 7, while Brisbane, which was originally set to host the opening Test of the series, will now host the fourth at the Gabba on January 15.

India is due to arrive in Sydney on November 12 and will quarantine at a hotel for two weeks at Sydney’s Olympic Park, where the team can also train.

Australia’s cricketers who are currently playing in the Indian Premier League, including Steve Smith and David Warner, will also go into quarantine.

“Australia and India represent one of the great rivalries in world sport and we are delighted to welcome Virat Kohli’s outstanding squad to Australian shores this summer,” Cricket Australia’s interim boss Nick Hockley said.

“In relation to the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, we are working with the Victorian Government and the Melbourne Cricket Club on plans to safely host spectators at the iconic event, with details to be confirmed in due course.”

Once out of quarantine, the Indians will play Australia in three One-Day Internationals on November 27 and 29 at the SCG and December 2 at Canberra’s Manuka Oval.

The two teams will then play a T20 International at Manuka on December 4, before returning to Sydney for another two T20s at the SCG on December 6 and 8.

The Border-Gavaskar series picks up at the end of the T20s following a tour match against Australia A at the SCG from December 11-13.

India won the last Border-Gavaskar series to be played on Australian shores 2-1 in 2018/19 season.

The series was Tim Paine’s first as skipper and did not feature Steve Smith or David Warner, who were banned for their part in the ball tampering scandal.

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