What does the term boxing day mean in Cricket?

The Boxing Day Test match is a cricket Test match in Melbourne, Victoria, Australiainvolving the Australian cricket team and an opposing national team which is touringAustralia that summer. read more

The Boxing Day Test match is a cricket Test match in Melbourne, Victoria, Australiainvolving the Australian cricket team and an opposing national team which is touringAustralia that summer. It begins annually onBoxing Day (26 December) and is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). read more

Boxing Day is primarily a British tradition, and the UK has exported it to Australia, Canada and New Zealand (in each of which it has become primarily a shopping and sporting day). The term is little used in the US, and 26 December is not usually a federal holiday, though it is this year because Christmas Day falls on a Sunday. read more

Boxing Day is on 26 December, although the attached bank holiday or public holiday may take place either on that day or two days later. In the liturgical calendar of Western Christianity, Boxing Day is the second day of Christmastide, and also Saint Stephen's Day. read more