When Australia and India took the field for the second test here Tuesday, the Sydney Cricket Ground joined an exclusive club of only three venues to host 100 test matches.
Only the 'home' of cricket, Lords in London, and the Melbourne Cricket Ground have hosted more, but the SCG can claim to have hosted its fair share of the game's most celebrated moments since its creation in the mid 19th century.
The story of the SCG began in the 1840s when a colonel of the local military barracks made the decision to transform nearby land into a cricket ground, but it wasn't until 1882 that the SCG hosted its first test. Australia, 19 years before officially becoming a unified nation, recorded a five-wicket victory over colonial master England.
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