The famous cricket cauldron of the Melbourne Cricket Ground echoed to the cheers of thousands of Kiwis, who poured across the Tasman to cheer on the Black Caps in their first Boxing Day test in 32 years. Otago’s Mark Adam joined more than 80,000 fans at the MCG, riding every body blow and smashed boundary in what was the biggest non-Ashes Boxing Day crowd since 1975. Cricket Australia said it was the sixth-largest Boxing Day crowd, the highest being the 91,112 that saw Australia take on England in 2013. The biggest cricket crowd I had been a part of before was just 16,000 people,’’ Mr Adam said. Kiwi fans roared as one when Burns’ stumps were rattled four balls into the day by the returning quick’s perfect swinging delivery.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 26, 2019 20:48 UTC