Brett's stag · Melbourne · 26–27 Dec 2026

Brett's last innings

Day one at the MCG for the Boxing Day Test. Day two is bowls in Brunswick, a crawl through Fitzroy, and a finish at the casino.

--Days
--Hrs
--Mins
The Stag Brett giving a thumbs up
Brett
Role
Captain, final tour
Bats
Right-handed, thumbs up
Bowls
Right-arm saucers
Status
Retiring from the single life
Scorecard · The Single Life · 1st innings
BatterDismissalRB4s6sSR
Brett (c)c & b ZOeeh5260019.23
Extras0
Totalall out, 31 years5

Fall of wicket 1-5 (Brett). Faced 26 years as a single man, then scored 5 in a relationship before ZOeeh held a return catch.

Base camp · Brett & the slip cordon

Little Drifter

167 Franklin St, Melbourne VIC 3000 · near Queen Victoria Market and Melbourne Central

Staying: Brett, Nish, Moo, Skilly and Willsy. Everyone else is staying at home.

Sat 26 → Mon 28 Dec
Day 1 · Saturday 26 December

Boxing Day Test

  1. TBC
    Breakfast

    Cafe near the MCG. Venue and time to be confirmed.

  2. 10:30am
    First ball

    Walk over to the MCG and head in for day 1.

Australia v New Zealand

Third Test of the four-match trans-Tasman series. Day 1 of 5.

Venue
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Brunswick St, East Melbourne VIC 3002
First ball
10:30am AEDT (check your ticket)
Getting there
Train to Jolimont or Richmond, or tram 70/75 to the MCG stops
Panorama of a packed MCG during the 2024 Boxing Day Test
The MCG on Boxing Day 2024. Photo: Electricmaster, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Day 1 XI

13 confirmed · 10 playing, 3 waterboys
  • Brett C
  • ZOeeh
  • D-Nice
  • CJ
  • Louis
  • Reece
  • Kez
  • ODub
  • Willsy
  • Teesh
  • Nish Waterboy
  • Skilly Waterboy
  • Moo Waterboy
Day 2 · Sunday 27 December

Brunswick → Fitzroy → Crown

Dress
code

Golf & cricket attire

Day 2 only. Turn up at the Bowls Club dressed for the fairway or the crease, and stay in it all day. Day 1 at the MCG is normal clothes.

  • Cricket whites
  • Cable-knit sweater vests
  • Argyle
  • Loud golf polos
  • Plus fours
  • Visors & bucket hats
  • Wide-brim sunhats
  • Zinc

Flat soles or bare feet only on the bowling green. Leave the golf spikes and cricket boots at home.

Day 2 XI

10 confirmed
  • Brett C
  • Nish
  • Moo
  • Louis
  • Skilly
  • Kez
  • ODub
  • Willsy
  • Teesh
  • CJ
0 of 9 stops

Tap a stop number to tick it off on your phone. Times after 2pm are a suggested pace, roughly an hour a pub, leaving Fitzroy about 7pm for karaoke at 7:30pm. It's a Sunday, so some venues close earlier than usual.

    Practice green · while you wait for the 26th

    Putting contest

    Pick your name, then drag back from the ball and let go. The further you pull, the harder you hit it. Watch the break. Every holed putt goes on the board.

    Putting as nobody yet
    Hole 1Break: straightPutts this hole: 0
    Pick your name, then drag back from the ball and let go.