The 150th match in Test history will be played between Australia and England in March 2026. Before this big match, the England team will play a practice match for its preparation. This match will be against Prime Minister’s XI (PM’s XI). For the first time in history, this match will be played at the Junction Oval ground in Melbourne instead of Canberra. This match, which will last for 3 days, will be played under floodlights from 4th to 6th March.
England team will prepare for day-night test match
New floodlights have recently been installed at the Junction Oval ground in Melbourne. The England team will prepare for the day-night test match starting from March 11 by playing this practice match. This match is being organized on the demand of England Cricket Board. In return, when the Australian team goes to England for the Ashes series in 2027, they will also get to play a practice match there. Let us tell you that the Ashes trophy will not be at stake in this historic 150th Test match.
Australia and England will get less time to prepare for the 150th Test
Both teams will get very little time to prepare for this historic Test match. On one hand, the Australian team will return directly to its country after completing its 5-Test series in India on March 3. Australia’s schedule is going to be very busy during this period as they have to play at least 20 Test matches in 11 months. On the other hand, the England team will also reach Australia directly after finishing the tour of Bangladesh. This will be England’s second tour of Australia in the 2026-27 season, because before this they will also go to Australia in November to play a series of 3 ODIs and 5 T20 matches.
Canberra has got hosting of two international matches
This time the match of ‘Prime Minister’s XI’ (PM’s XI) is not being held at Manuka Oval ground in Canberra, but the cricket fans there need not be disappointed. For them, Canberra has been given hosting of two big international matches in the season 2026-27. Under this, an exciting T-20 match will be played between the men’s teams of Australia and England on 2 December. After this, on March 6, an ODI match between the women’s teams of Australia and New Zealand will also be held on the same ground.
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