The history of Boxing Day cricket tests in New Zealand
The Boxing Day cricket test will write a new chapter in New Zealand this summer. After previously being staged at Wellington’s Basin Reserve, then Christchurch’s Hagley Oval, the on-off fixture this year moves to Mt Maunganui’s Bay Oval, with the Black Caps taking on Pakistan in the first test of a two-match series. Ahead of its return to the calendar, Stuff looks back on the seven previous editions, which have thrown up no shortage of action. 1998 – New Zealand v India, Basin Reserve, Wellington India 208 (M Azharuddin 103no; S Doull 7-65) and 356 (S Tendulkar 113; D Nash 3-20) l...
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