Sutherland Players in Boxing Day Tests
Sutherland District Cricket Club | December 26, 2024
Today, Sam Konstas will become the 15th player who has played for Sutherland to play in a Boxing Day Test match, either for Australia or the opposition. The following Boxing Day Test matches have featured at least one player who has been either a current Sutherland player or a previous or future Sutherland player:
1975 – 26-29 December
West Indies 224 (Roy Fredericks 59, Jeff Thomson 5-62, Dennis Lillee 4-56) & 312 (Clive Lloyd 102, Dennis Lillee 3-70, Rod Marsh 5ct) lost to Australia 485 (Gary Cosier 109, Rod Marsh 56, Greg Chappell 52, Andy Roberts 4-126, Bernard Julien 3-120) & 2/55 by 8 wickets.
Andy Roberts – 6 & 5 + 4-126 & 1-19.
1980 – 26-30 December
Australia 321 (Doug Walters 107, Kim Hughes 51, Jeremy Coney 3-28, Richard Hadlee 3-89) & 188 (Greg Chappell 78) drew with New Zealand 317 (Geoff Howarth 65, John Parker 56, Jeremy Coney 55*, Rodney Hogg 4-60, Len Pascoe 3-75, Jim Higgs 3-87) & 6/128.
John Dyson – 13 & 16.
Len Pascoe – 0 & 0* + 3-75 & 0-35.
1981 – 26-30 December
Australia 198 (Kim Hughes 100, Michael Holding 5-45, David Murray 5ct) & 222 (Allan Border 66, Bruce Laird 64, Michael Holding 6-62, Joel Garner 3-37) d. West Indies 201 (Larry Gomes 55, Dennis Lillee 7-83) & 161 (Bruce Yardley 4-38, Dennis Lillee 3-44) by 58 runs.
Andy Roberts – 18 & 10 + 1-40 & 0-31.
1982 – 26-29 December
England 284 (Chris Tavare 89, Allan Lamb 83, Rodney Hogg 4-69, Bruce Yardley 4-89) & 294 (Graeme Fowler 65, Geoff Lawson 4-66, Rodney Hogg 3-64, Jeff Thomson 3-74) d. Australia 287 (Kim Hughes 66, David Hookes 53, Rod Marsh 53, Bob Willis 3-38, Geoff Miller 3-44) & 288 (David Hookes 68, Allan Border 62*, Norman Cowans 6-77) by 3 runs.
John Dyson – 21 & 31.
1984 – 22-27 December (rest day 25 Dec)
West Indies 479 (Viv Richards 208, Larry Gomes 68, Malcolm Marshall 55, Richie Richardson 51, Geoff Lawson 3-108, Craig McDermott 3-118) & 5/186 dec (Desmond Haynes 63) drew with Australia 296 (Kepler Wessels 90, Andrew Hilditch 70, Malcolm Marshall 5-86) & 8/198 (Andrew Hilditch 113, Joel Garner 3-47).
Andrew Hilditch – 70 & 113.
Steve Rixon – 0 & 17 + 1ct.
1990 – 26-30 December
England 364 (David Gower 100, Alec Stewart 79, Wayne Larkins 64, Bruce Reid 6-97, Ian Healy 5ct) & 150 (Graham Gooch 58, Wayne Larkins 54, Bruce Reid 7-51) lost to Australia 306 (Allan Border 62, Mark Taylor 61, Angus Fraser 6-82, Jack Russell 5ct) & 2/197 (David Boon 94*, Geoff Marsh 79*) by 8 wickets.
Wayne Larkins – 64 & 54.
1995 – 26-30 December
Australia 6/500 dec (Steve Waugh 131*, David Boon 110, Ricky Ponting 71, Michael Slater 62, Mark Waugh 61) & 0/41 d. Sri Lanka 233 (Arjuna Ranatunga 51, Romesh Kaluwitherana 50, Glenn McGrath 5-40) & 307 (Asanka Gurusinha 143, Shane Warne 4-71) by 10 wickets.
Glenn McGrath – DNB + 5-40 & 2-92.
1996 – 26-28 December
Australia 219 (Greg Blewett 62, Steve Waugh 58, Curtly Ambrose 5-55, Carl Hooper 3ct) & 122 (Curtly Ambrose 4-17, Kenny Benjamin 3-34, Courtney Walsh 3-41) lost to West Indies 255 (Jimmy Adams 74*, Shivnarine Chanderpaul 58, Junior Murray 53, Glenn McGrath 5-50, Shane Warne 3-72) & 4/87 (Glenn McGrath 3-41) by 6 wickets.
Glenn McGrath – 0 & 5* + 5-50 & 3-41.
1997 – 26-30 December
Australia 309 (Ricky Ponting 105, Steve Waugh 96, Pat Symcox 4-69, Alan Donald 3-74) & 257 (Mark Taylor 59, Alan Donald 6-59, Shaun Pollock 3-56) drew with South Africa 186 (Gary Kirsten 83, Michael Kasprowicz 3-28, Shane Warne 3-64) & 7/273 (Jacques Kallis 101, Hanse Cronje 70, Shane Warne 3-97, Mark Taylor 3ct).
Glenn McGrath – 0 & 18* + 1-20 & 1-57.
1998 – 26-29 December (no play 26 Dec)
England 270 (Alec Stewart 107, Mark Ramprakash 63, Stuart MacGill 4-61, Glenn McGrath 3-64) & 244 (Graeme Hick 60, Alec Stewart 52, Nasser Hussain 50, Matthew Nicholson 3-56, Stuart MacGill 3-81, Michael Slater 4ct) d. Australia 340 (Steve Waugh 122*, Darren Gough 5-96, Alan Mulally 3-64) & 162 (Dean Headley 6-62) by 12 runs.
Stuart MacGill – 43 & 0 + 4-61 & 3-81.
Glenn McGrath – 0 & 0 + 3-64 & 2-56.
1999 – 26-30 December
Australia 405 (Michael Slater 91, Adam Gilchrist 78, Ricky Ponting 67, Javagal Srinath 4-130, Ajit Agarkar 3-76) & 5/208 dec (Adam Gilchrist 58, Mark Waugh 51*, Ajit Agarkar 3-51) d. India 238 (Sachin Tendulkar 116, Brett Lee 5-47, Glenn McGrath 3-39, Mark Waugh 4ct) & 195 (Sachin Tendulkar 52) by 180 runs.
Glenn McGrath – 1 + 3-39 & 0-22.
2000 – 26-29 December
Australia 364 (Steve Waugh 121, Mervyn Dillon 4-76, Ridley Jacobs 7ct) & 5/262 dec (Justin Langer 80, Mark Waugh 78*) d. West Indies 165 (Marlon Samuels 60*, Andy Bichel 5-60, Jason Gillespie 3-48) & 109 (Jason Gillespie 6-40, Colin Miller 3-40) by 352 runs.
Glenn McGrath – 11 + 0-15 & 0-10.
2001 – 26-29 December
South Africa 277 (Neil McKenzie 67, Andy Bichel 3-44, Brett Lee 3-77) & 219 (Jacques Kallis 99, Shane Warne 3-68) lost to Australia 487 (Matthew Hayden 138, Steve Waugh 90, Justin Langer 85, Damien Martyn 52, Shaun Pollock 3-84, Alan Donald 3-103) & 1/10 by 9 wickets.
Glenn McGrath – 0 + 2-70 & 2-43.
2002 – 26-30 December
Australia 6/551 dec (Justin Langer 250, Matthew Hayden 102, Steve Waugh 77, Martin Love 62*, Craig White 3-133) & 5/107 (Andy Caddick 3-51) d. England 270 (Craig White 85*, Jason Gillespie 4-75) & 387 (Michael Vaughan 145, Rob Key 52, Stuart MacGill 5-152, Jason Gillespie 3-71, Martin Love 3ct) by 5 wickets.
Stuart MacGill – DNB + 2-108 & 5-152.
Glenn McGrath – DNB + 1-41 & 1-44.
2003 – 26-30 December
India 366 (Virender Sehwag 195, Stuart MacGill 3-70) & 286 (Rahul Dravid 92, Saurav Ganguly 73, Brad Williams 4-53, Matthew Hayden 3ct) lost to Australia 558 (Ricky Ponting 257, Matthew Hayden 136, Anil Kumble 6-176, Ajit Agarkar 3-115) & 1/97 (Matthew Hayden 53*) by 9 wickets.
Stuart MacGill – 0 + 3-70 & 2-68.
2004 – 26-29 December
Pakistan 341 (Mohammad Yousuf 111, Younis Khan 87, Salman Butt 70, Jason Gillespie 3-77, Shane Warne 3-103) & 163 (Glenn McGrath 4-35, Shane Warne 3-66) lost to Australia 379 (Damien Martyn 142, Jason Gillespie 50*, Justin Langer 50, Shoaib Akhtar 5-109, Danish Kaneria 5-125) & 1/127 (Ricky Ponting 62*, Matthew Hayden 57*) by 9 wickets.
Glenn McGrath – 1 + 1-54 & 4-35.
2005 – 26-30 December
Australia 355 (Michael Hussey 122, Ricky Ponting 117, Matthew Hayden 65, Andre Nel 4-84, Shaun Pollock 3-67, Makhaya Ntini 3-70) & 7/321 dec (Matthew Hayden 137, Andrew Symonds 72, Jacques Kallis 3-58) d. South Africa 311 (Herschelle Gibbs 94, Abraham de Villiers 61, Andrew Symonds 3-50, Brett Lee 3-92) & 181 (Shaun Pollock 67*, Shane Warne 4-74, Glenn McGrath 3-44) by 184 runs.
Phil Jaques – 2 & 28.
Stuart MacGill – 4 + 1-41 & 1-28.
Glenn McGrath – 11* + 1-57 & 3-44.
2006 – 26-28 December
England 159 (Andrew Strauss 50, Shane Warne 5-39) & 161 (Stuart Clark 3-30) lost to Australia 419 (Andrew Symonds 156, Matthew Hayden 153, Sajid Mahmood 4-100, Andrew Flintoff 3-77, Chris Read 6ct) by an innings & 99 runs.
Stuart Clark – 8 + 2-27 & 3-30.
Glenn McGrath – 0 + 1-37 & 1-26.
2007 – 26-29 December
Australia 343 (Matthew Hayden 124, Phil Jaques 66, Anil Kumble 5-84, Zaheer Khan 4-94) & 7/351 dec (Michael Clarke 73, Phil Jaques 51, Harbhajan Singh 3-101) d. India 196 (Sachin Tendulkar 62, Stuart Clark 4-28, Brett Lee 4-46) & 161 (Mitchell Johnson 3-21).
Stuart Clark 21 + 4-28 & 1-20.
Phil Jaques – 66 & 51.
2009 – 26-30 December
Australia 5/454 dec (Simon Katich 98, Shane Watson 93, Michael Hussey 82, Nathan Hauritz 75, Ricky Ponting 57) & 8/225 dec (Shane Watson 120*, Mohammad Amir 5-79) d. Pakistan 258 (Misbah-ul-Haq 65*, Umar Akmal 51, Mitchell Johnson 3-36, Doug Bollinger 3-50) & 251 (Mohammad Yousuf 61, Nathan Hauritz 5-101, Mitchell Johnson 3-46) by 170 runs.
Shane Watson – 93 & 120* + 1-30.
2010 – 26-29 December
Australia 98 (Chris Tremlett 4-26, Jimmy Anderson 4-44, Matt Prior 6ct) & 258 (Brad Haddin 55*, Shane Watson 54, Tim Bresnan 4-58) lost to England 513 (Jonathan Trott 168*, Matt Prior 85, Alastair Cook 82, Andrew Strauss 69, Peter Siddle 6-75) by an innings & 157 runs.
Steve Smith – 6 & 38 + 0-71.
Shane Watson – 5 & 54 + 0-34.
Tim Bresnan – 4 + 2-25 & 4-58.
2012 – 26-28 December
Sri Lanka 156 (Kumar Sangakkara 58, Mitchell Johnson 4-63) & 103 lost to Australia 460 (Michael Clarke 106, Mitchell Johnson 92*, Shane Watson 83, David Warner 62, Dhammika Prasad 3-106, Shaminda Eranga 3-109, Mahela Jayawardene 3ct) by an innings and 201 runs.
Shane Watson – 83 + 0-3.
2013 – 26-29 December
England 255 (Kevin Pietersen 71, Mitchell Johnson 5-63) & 179 (Alastair Cook 51, Nathan Lyon 5-50, Mitchell Johnson 3-25) lost to Australia 204 (Brad Haddin 65, Chris Rogers 61, Jimmy Anderson 4-67, Stuart Broad 3-45) & 2/231 (Chris Rogers 116, Shane Watson 83*) by 8 wickets.
Steve Smith – 19.
Shane Watson – 10 & 83* + 1-11 & 0-13.
Tim Bresnan – 1 & 0 + 2-24 & 0-48.
2014 – 26-30 December
Australia 530 (Steve Smith 192, Ryan Harris 74, Chris Rogers 57, Brad Haddin 55, Shane Watson 52, Mohammed Shami 4-138, Umesh Yadav 3-130, Ravi Ashwin 3-134, Mahendra Dhoni 4ct/1st) & 9/318 dec (Shaun Marsh 99, Chris Rogers 69) drew with India 465 (Virat Kohli 169, Ajinkya Rahane 147, Murali Vijay 68, Ryan Harris 4-70, Mitchell Johnson 3-135) & 6/174 (Virat Kohli 54).
Steve Smith – 192 & 14 + 0-1 & 0-10.
Shane Watson – 52 & 17 + 1-65 & 0-14.
2015 – 26-29 December
Australia 3/551 dec (Usman Khawaja 144, Steve Smith 134*, Joe Burns 128, Adam Voges 106*) & 3/179 dec (Steve Smith 70*, Usman Khawaja 56) d. West Indies 271 (Darren Bravo 81, Carlos Brathwaite 59, Nathan Lyon 4-66, James Pattinson 4-72) & 282 (Jason Holder 68, Denesh Ramdin 59, Mitchell Marsh 4-61, Nathan Lyon 3-85) by 177 runs.
Steve Smith – 134* & 70* + 0-21 & 0-5.
2016 – 26-30 December
Pakistan 443 (Azhar Ali 205, Sohail Khan 65, Asad Shafiq 50, Josh Hazlewood 3-50, Jackson Bird 3-113, Steve Smith 3ct) & 163 (Mitchell Starc 4-36) lost to Australia 8/624 dec (Steve Smith 165*, David Warner 144, Usman Khawaja 97, Mitchell Starc 84, Peter Handscomb 54, Sohail Khan 3-131, Yasir Shah 3-207) by an innings & 18 runs.
Nic Maddinson – 22 + 0-18.
Steve Smith – 165* + 0-9.
2017 – 26-30 December
Australia 327 (David Warner 103, Steve Smith 76, Shaun Marsh 61, Stuart Broad 4-51, Jimmy Anderson 3-61) & 4-263 dec (Steve Smith 102*, David Warner 86) drew with England 491 (Alastair Cook 244*, Joe Root 61, Stuart Broad 56, Pat Cummins 4-147, Josh Hazlewood 3-95, Nathan Lyon 3-109).
Steve Smith 76 & 102* + 0-11.
2019 – 26-29 December
Australia 467 (Travis Head 114, Steve Smith 85, Tim Paine 79, Marnus Labuschagne 63, Neil Wagner 4-83, Tim Southee 3-103) & 5/168 dec (Neil Wagner 3-50) d. New Zealand 148 (Tom Latham 50, Pat Cummins 5-28, James Pattinson 3-34, Tim Paine 5ct) & 240 (Tom Blundell 121, Nathan Lyon 4-81, James Pattinson 3-35) by 247 runs.
Steve Smith – 85 & 7.
2020 – 26-29 December
Australia 195 (Jasprit Bumrah 4-56, Ravi Ashwin 3-35) & 200 (Mohammad Siraj 3-37) lost to India 326 (Ajinkya Rahane 112, Ravindra Jadeja 57, Nathan Lyon 3-72, Mitchell Starc 3-78) & 2/70 by 8 wickets.
Steve Smith – 0 & 8.
2021 – 26-28 December
England 185 (Joe Root 50, Pat Cummins 3-36, Nathan Lyon 3-36) & 68 (Scott Boland 6-7, Mitchell Starc 3-29) lost to Australia 267 (Marcus Harris 76, Jimmy Anderson 4-33, Joe Root 3ct) by an innings & 14 runs.
Steve Smith – 16.
2022 – 26-29 December
South Africa 189 (Marco Jansen 59, Kyle Verreynne 52, Cameron Green 5-29) & 204 (Temba Bavuma 65, Nathan Lyon 3-58) lost to Australia 8/575 dec (David Warner 200, Alex Carey 111, Steve Smith 85, Travis Head 51, Cameron Green 51, Anrich Nortje 3-92) by an innings & 182 runs.
Steve Smith – 85 + DNB & 1-9.
2023 – 26-29 December
Australia 318 (Marnus Labuschagne 63, Aamer Jamal 3-64, Salman Agha 3ct) & 262 (Mitchell Marsh 96, Alex Carey 53, Steve Smith 50, Mir Hamza 4-32, Shaheen Afridi 4-76) d. Pakistan 264 (Abdullah Shafique 62, Shan Masood 54, Pat Cummins 5-48, Nathan Lyon 4-73) & 237 (Shan Masood 60, Salman Agha 50, Pat Cummins 5-49, Mitchell Starc 4-55) by 79 runs.
Steve Smith – 26 & 50.
