# Australia and England set for day-night Test at MCG for 150th Ashes anniversary

The historic 150th anniversary Ashes Test at the MCG in 2027 will be staged as a day-night match.

Long locked in for 11 to 15 March,  Australia confirmed – exactly two years out – Australia’s one-off match against England would be the first men’s pink-ball Test at the venue.

It will be the latest a men’s Test has been staged in a summer since Australia hosted Pakistan in 1978-79.

CA insisted staging the Test as a day-night match would allow bigger crowds to attend, given it will be played in March, outside of the school holiday period.

It will be the second day-night Test at the MCG following Australia’s women’s crushing victory over England at the venue in February.

Pat Cummins’ team will host England next summer in a five-Test series as they seek to retain the urn they have held since 2017-18.
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