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Test Cricket, Melbourne Cricket Ground. Australia V India. Test cricket is played on Boxing Day in many countries including Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, but it is the 5 day test matches that start on Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground that capture the imagination of the cricketing world. Few who were able to tune in to the live telecast of the 1976 test match could ever forget the great Dennis Lilley, the fastest and most dangerous bowler the game has ever produced barrelling in to the batsman with balls clocked at up to 104 mph (167 kph) to the chants of 100,000 passionate spectators screaming Lilley, Lilley, Kill! Kill! Kill! All the drama and excitement of test cricket is amplified by the atmosphere of the Boxing Day test match in Melbourne..