The 2024 Boxing Day Test witnessed a record-breaking attendance and a thrilling evening of cricket. Marnus Labuschagne's overly enthusiastic appeals, including a particularly dubious one against Yashasvi Jaiswal, entertained the crowd. The match also saw a DRS controversy and the emergence of Travis Head as a key player.
The 2024 Boxing Day Test goes down as the best-attended cricket game ever in Australia, with tens of thousands watching a drama-filled evening featuring DRS controversy and Travis Head oddity. Marnus Labuschagne has been no stranger to the most audacious appeals throughout his career but his shout from the first few overs of India's run chase might take the case.
Mitchell Starc, in the second over of an excellent opening spell, bowled one wide outside Yashasvi Jaiswal's off stump, and the left-hander shouldered arms as the ball flew by nowhere near Jaiswal or his bat. Yet, as he tends to do, Marnus heard something, not only appealing but charging up towards the pitch with both arms in the air pleading for the umpire's finger to be raised. 'Marnus. Stay at third slip, don't speak, don't appeal,' former Australian coach Darren Lehmann said. Labuschagne would not be deterred though, continuing to appeal when balls passed miles away from the bat a few overs later, earning a rebuke from the left-armer himself. Starc outstretched his arms to show Marnus saying, 'He f***ing missed it by that far' while shaking his head. As the fans streamed in and the crowd numbers ticked over 350,534, it set a new record for attendance at a Test in Australia, eventually reaching 373,691. It broke the high-water mark that had lasted since the final Ashes Test at the MCG in 1937 when the fans turned out to see Don Bradman's Australian team thump England by an innings and 200 runs. The MCG crowd is still some distance off the all-time record for a Test though — 465,000 turning out in Kolkata to watch India take on Pakistan in 1999. The ball tracking predicted the ball would hit a lot of leg stump, but not enough to overturn the decsion. As India came out to bat after lunch, Yashasvi Jaiswal loomed as the key for both his side and Australia. Australia pleaded and begged for the wicket, but umpire Joel Wilson was unmove
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