The Boxing Day Test
● Cricket · Boxing Day Test · MCG, Melbourne
Boxing Day at
the ’G.
The biggest day on the cricket calendar. Around ninety thousand people, one great arena, Australia against New Zealand. Flights, hotels, transfers, premium seats and hospitality, all handled.
One call. You're in the best seats in the house.
This is what we do. You pick the match, tell us the people and the rough budget, and we build the whole trip around it. You walk in, the day's already yours.
The biggest day
in world cricket.
The MCG holds 100,024, the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere. On Boxing Day it fills, and the roar when the first ball is bowled is like nothing else in the game.
The 2025 Boxing Day Test drew 94,199 through the gates in a single day, a world record for Test cricket. In 2026 it's Australia against New Zealand, the Chappell-Hadlee rivalry, on the grandest stage of all.
Our team.
Enemy turf.
This is the one that matters. The Black Caps, the first team to win the World Test Championship, walking out at the home of Australian cricket with ninety thousand in the stands. You want to be in the away end for that.
A side in form and a trans-Tasman rivalry with real history. We put you trackside for it, host you the whole way, and get you home. All you bring is the black cap.
Your Boxing Day, your way
Every premium experience at the MCG, wrapped with the travel to match. We confirm your final price in NZD on enquiry and handle the booking end to end.
The First XI
The best table at the ground. A glass-fronted, air-conditioned dining room with a straight-on view of the square.
- Chef-designed three-course menu plus canapes
- Premium drinks: beer, wine, barista coffee, spirits from the first break
- Private air-conditioned dining room, white-linen tables
- Reserved balcony seating, straight-on view of the square
- Reception host and cricket-personality appearances
- Return flights to Melbourne
- Melbourne accommodation across the Test
- Airport and daily ground transfers
- Your HPT host on the ground all match
Premium hospitality · price on application · package priced in NZD on enquiry
Register your interest →Signature Dining
A pitch-facing dining room and reserved seats right outside it. Two courses, and the game at your feet.
- Two-course plated menu plus canapes
- Beverage package: beer, sommelier-selected wines, coffee
- Pitch-facing dining room, lower-bowl view
- Reserved pitch-facing seats just outside the room
- Reception host and cricket-personality appearances
- Return flights to Melbourne
- Melbourne accommodation across the Test
- Airport and daily ground transfers
- Your HPT host looking after the details
Premium dining · price on application · package priced in NZD on enquiry
Enquire to book →The Lounge
The high-energy one. An all-day grazing menu, a city-bar atmosphere and reserved seats in the bowl.
- All-day grazing menu and a feature food station
- Beverage package: beer, wine, soft drinks, coffee
- Reserved in-bowl seating, Legends Room level
- Indoor bar tables and outdoor seating
- Reception host and all-day concierge
- Return flights to Melbourne
- Melbourne accommodation across the Test
- Airport and daily ground transfers
- Your HPT host from first call to home
Social hospitality · price on application · package priced in NZD on enquiry
Enquire to book →Getting you to the ground
The ground sits in Yarra Park, a short walk or tram from the middle of Melbourne. Your stay, your transfers and your timing are ours to organise.
The venue
The Melbourne Cricket Ground in Yarra Park, a few minutes from the CBD by tram or on foot. Your seats and hospitality are matched to your package.
Where you stay
We base you in central Melbourne or Southbank, walking distance or a short transfer from the ground, and matched to your package.
Getting around
Trams to the door, or a stroll across the park. We run your airport and daily ground transfers so you never touch a timetable.
On the day
Play starts at 10:30am and runs to early evening across up to five days. Pick your days, we do the rest.
What you're walking into
The whole summer, we can get you there
The Boxing Day Test is the jewel, but the whole Australian cricket summer is ours to host, Perth and Adelaide through the MCG and the SCG, and the 2027 Ashes in England. Tell us the match and we come to you the moment tickets and hospitality open.
Dates for the 2026-27 series are indicative and confirmed with Cricket Australia on release. Register your interest and we'll be first to call.
Register your interest
Tell us which match you're eyeing and who's coming. We'll hold your place and be first to call when tickets and hospitality open, so you're in before it sells out.
