On this day, March 15, 1877, the first cricket test match was played between Australia and England at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Tom Kendall had a great bowling performance for Australia and took 7 wickets for 55 runs in the second innings. In the first cricket test match (1877), Australia defeated Team England by 45 runs after four days of play.
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