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Test Tales: Celebrating 150 Years of International Test Cricket

The tales that shaped international Test cricket, from the ground where it all began.

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Location

Australian Sports Museum, Gate 3, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Opening Hours

Open daily 10:00am – 5:00pm

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Included in general admission ticket to the Australian Sports Museum

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Since international Test cricket was born at the MCG in 1877, the game has created moments that have defined nations. As the ground prepares for the 150th Anniversary Test, the Australian Sports Museum brings the sport's greatest stories to life with Test Tales.

Told through the words of great storytellers and lovers of the game, and drawing on archival research, historic objects and artworks, the exhibition explores men's and women's cricket from all Test-playing nations.

Tales of triumph, rivalry, respect and heartbreak, brought back to life at the ground where it all began.

Exhibition Highlights

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Journey back to the Bodyline series of 1932-33, when a controversial bowling tactic became a diplomatic incident between Australia and England.
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Discover the determination of the Afghanistan Women's XI, who took the field at Melbourne’s Junction Oval in 2025, after the Taliban's ban on women's sport forced them from the game at home.
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Encounter the objects that carry the past, including Hugh Massie's bat from the 1882 Oval Test, the match that gave rise to the Ashes tradition.
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Hear what these chapters meant, on and off the pitch, from Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara, Australian women's cricketer Alex Blackwell, historian Tom Holland and many others.
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The Australian Sports Museum and MCG Tours acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the Country on which we are privileged to be based. We pay our respect to their Elders and recognise their continuous living culture and profound connection to the land, waters and community. We extend this recognition to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who also visit the MCG.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website may contain images, voices or names of people who have passed away.

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