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Aus vs Ind: Aussie Cricketers To Spend Christmas With No Families, 1st Time In 40 Years

By IANS News December 24, 2020 • 12:02 PM View: 2412

For the first time in 40 years, Australia cricketers will spend Christmas and take the field for the Boxing Day Test on Saturday without their families. The Boxing Day Test, beginning on December 26 i.e. the day after Christmas, has been a regular fixture in Australian summer since 1980.

Prior to 1980, Tests on Boxing Day were played only on five occasions -- in 1950, 1952, 1968, 1974, and 1975. But since 1980, it has become an iconic Test with families joining the players.

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