The fifth and remaining Take a look at match of the continuing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 between Australia and India is not going to solely embrace thriller and pleasure of the perfect stage however it’ll even be remembered for a noble trigger. The brand new 12 months’s Take a look at on the Sydney Cricket Floor (SCG) will likely be a pink Take a look at match as Australian gamers show their pink caps within the workforce {photograph} on the SCG- a change from their conventional green-coloured Take a look at caps.
What’s the Pink Take a look at?
Pink Take a look at began within the 12 months 2009 when Australian legend Glenn McGrath’s spouse Jane McGrath handed away within the 12 months 2008 because of breast most cancers. McGrath had based the ‘Glenn McGrath Basis’ in 2005 to assist breast most cancers sufferers monetarily and lift consciousness concerning the illness. The muse partnered with Cricket Australia that 12 months to realize its targets and it has been a convention since then. In response to the inspiration’s web site, the Pink Take a look at has raised over $22 billion to assist most cancers sufferers and survivors.
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3 memorable Pink Take a look at matches Australia performed on the SCG
(3) Australia vs South Africa (2009)
The primary Pink Take a look at was memorable within the regard that it was the start of the partnership between Cricket Australia and the Glenn McGrath Basis. However past that, the match was action-packed with 5 days of elite Take a look at cricket motion between two of the best cricket taking part in nations on the globe. The South Africans arrived in Sydney after defeating the mighty Aussies in WACA and Melbourne clinching an invincible 2-0 lead within the 3-match Take a look at sequence.
The Australians began the match in a splendid trend including a complete of 445 runs of their first innings. An emphatic century from Michael Clarke was instrumental in serving to Australia attain a mammoth whole. South Africa in response had been bowled out for 327 runs giving the house facet a lead of 118 runs. Decided to set a good whole, the Aussies declared their innings at 257 runs for the lack of 4 wickets giving Proteas a goal of 376 runs. The South African captain Graeme Smith, who got here to bat at No.11 because of a damaged left arm confronted the tempo assault for 29 minutes with Makhaya Ntini however the offensive proved out to be too-much for the Proteas skipper and he gave his wicket away 5 minutes earlier than the top of day’s play to provide the house facet a comfort win within the sequence.
(2) Australia vs England (2011)
The Ashes encounter between Australia and England in Sydney is memorable within the sense that it’s the solely event until now that Australia has misplaced a Pink Take a look at out of the 15 fixtures it has performed until now. The English facet not solely gained the conflict towards the Australians however they humiliated the house facet. The Aussies scored 280 runs of their first innings. In response, the visiting facet crushed the Australian bowling line-up and made 644 runs batting for 177.5 overs. 3 centuries got here in from English batters together with a outstanding 189-run knock from Alastair Cook dinner which offered a powerful base and centuries from Matt Prior and Ian Bell which helped England attain the large whole. Australians in response, succumbed to the strain simply getting bowled out for a meagre 281 runs. England gained the match by an innings and 83 runs.
(1) Australia vs India (2021)
India’s 2020-21 tour of Australia was memorable in lots of regards. It’s now remembered for the well-known win at The Gabba. Nevertheless, India wouldn’t have clinched a historic sequence win had they not carried out outrageously to attract the Pink Take a look at at Sydney. Either side had locked horns and dominated the opposite as soon as earlier than their encounter in Sydney. Australia hoped that its tempo assault would show detrimental to the Indians. Nevertheless, the visiting facet had plans of their very own.
The Aussies had a powerful begin to the match with the bat scoring 338 runs and bowling India out for 244 to take a lead of 94 runs within the match. Of their second innings, the house facet additional consolidated their lead by declaring their innings on 312/6 giving Indians an enormous goal of 407 runs. The visiting facet, of their second innings, held on with the bat of their quest to save lots of their hopes of successful the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2020-21. Notably, Cheteshwar Pujara continued to bat for a complete of 277 minutes and confronted 176 balls on the ultimate day of the match to wear down the fixture in direction of a draw.