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or those able to split their overs (and wallets) between Sky Sport and Spark Sport, Boxing Day heralds a sumptuous five-day feast of cricket, with three southern hemisphere test matches starting. New Zealand continues. At the home of Boxing Day tests, the MCG, Australia host India in the second of their four-test series . Then it’s South Africa v Sri Lanka . Still hungry? For fans of the game in its sugar-rush format, New Zealand’s men’s and women’s Super Smash T20 competitions start on Christmas Eve and Australia’s Big Bash has games most days on Sky Sport 3 from December 19.

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