Dec 26th, every year, is an important day for cricket buffs in that the Melbourne Cricket Ground would be host to a test match between Australia and some other team. Over the years this has come to be known as the Boxing Day test. With the advent of the Indian Premier League and the T20 Champions League, focus has shifted to other cricket matches as well. Tomorrow, alongside the Australia vs South Africa test match, the four Ranji Trophy quarter final matches kick off simultaneously at four different venues. Also Australia’s domestic T20 tournament, the KFC T20 Big Bash starts and will go on for one month. All eyes will be on last year’s champions, the Victoria Bushrangers , and the runners-up, the Western Australia Warriors, as the two teams start from scratch to regain their places for the 2009 T20 Champions League. Not to forget, the international T20 match between the New Zealand and the West Indies. These two teams will play another T20-I on 28th and later, in January, Australia and South Africa play two. Looks like the possibility of a tournament with 3 tests, 3 ODIs and 3 T20s doesn’t seem too far.
Can’t hope for a better fare for the Holiday season.
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