All we want for Christmas is a Boxing Day Test to remember | Sam Perry

In Australia and New Zealand, the Boxing Day Test has two teams capable of producing the type of cricket befitting the stage and the occasion. But MCG pitch might have the final sayIn cricket’s darkness lies much of its charm. As a player, for example, moments of personal failure will outstrip success considerably. A batter might spend all week preparing meticulously, ‘ticking the boxes’ of nets, extra throwdowns, fitness, avoidance of alcohol, early to bed on Friday, only to b