27 November and 3 December 1931.
The Gabba hosted its first rugby league Test match on 26 June 1909, when Australia defeated New Zealand 10–5. The Kangaroos continued to play Tests at this venue until 1956, and a ground record crowd of 47,800 people saw Australia play Great Britain in 1954. Between 1993 and 2005, The Gabba was redeveloped in six stages at a cost of A$128,000,000. The dimensions of the playing field are now 170.6 metres (east-west) by 149.9 metres (north-south) to accommodate the playing of Australian Football at elite level. The seating capacity of the ground is now 42,000. The first tied Test was played between the West Indies and Australia. The match was played at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, known as  The Gabba , in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, between 9 and 14 December 1960. (Redirected from Tied test). A tied Test refers to a rare result in Test cricket when the side batting second is bowled out for the second time, with scores level. Only two ties have occurred in the 2,000 Tests played since 1877. The first was in 1960 and the second in 1986. Test cricket was first played at the ground in November 1931, the first Test of the series between Australia and South Africa. In December 1960, Test cricket's first-ever Tied Test took place at the ground when Richie Benaud 's Australian team tied with Frank Worrell 's West Indian side. Between 1993 and 2005, The Gabba was redeveloped in six stages at a cost of A$128,000,000. The dimensions of the playing field are now 170.6 metres (east-west) by 149.9 metres (north-south) to accommodate the playing of Australian Football at elite level. The seating capacity of the ground is now 42,000. The Gabba shared first-class cricket matches with the Exhibition Ground until 1931. The first Sheffield Shield match at The Gabba was scheduled to be played between 31 January 1931 and 4 February 1931, but it was washed out without a ball being bowled. The first Test match at The Gabba was played between Australia and South Africa between 27 November and 3 December 1931. Over the years, The Gabba has hosted athletics, Australian rules football, baseball, concerts, cricket, cycling, rugby league, rugby union, soccer and pony and greyhound races Situated in the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba, the Brisbane Cricket Ground is famously called “The Gabba”. It is the home ground of the Queensland state cricket team. Established in 1895, it witnessed the first Test match only 36 years later. It was played between Australia and South Africa in 1931 and the first ODI was played in the year of the second ICC Cricket World Cup, between England and West Indies in1979. Perhaps the best memory of this ground would be the deciding run-out in a tied Test between Australia and West Indies in 1960-61.  The second tied Test was the first Test of a three Test series, played between Australia and India, at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras, in India between 18 and 22 September 1986. The conditions were said to be extremely hot and humid. (Redirected from Tied test). A tied Test refers to a rare result in Test cricket when the side batting second is bowled out for the second time, with scores level. Only two ties have occurred in the 2,000 Tests played since 1877. The first was in 1960 and the second in 1986. The first cricket Test match at The Gabba was played between Australia and South Africa between 27 November and 3 December 1931. And the first ODI was played in the year of the second cricket world cup, between England and West Indies on December 23, 1979. Between 1993 and 2005, The Gabba was redeveloped in six stages at a cost of $128,000,000 AUD. The dimensions of the playing field are now 170.6 metres (east-west) by 149.9 metres (north-south). The first Sheffield Shield match scheduled for The Gabba was to be played between 31 January 1931 and 4 February 1931. However, it was washed out without the captains' even bothering to toss a coin. @ARamseyCricket. Phillip Hughes funeral to be held in Macksville. The first Test between Australia and India that was scheduled to start in Brisbane next Thursday has been postponed until an unspecified date to allow the cricket world time to grieve over the death of Phillip Hughes.  The first Sheffield Shield match at The Gabba was scheduled to be played between 31 January 1931 and 4 February 1931, but it was washed out without a ball being bowled. The first Test match at The Gabba was played between Australia and South Africa between 27 November and 3 December 1931. Over the years, The Gabba has hosted athletics, Australian rules football, baseball, concerts, cricket, cycling, rugby league, rugby union, soccer and pony and greyhound races. Between 1993 and 2005, The Gabba was redeveloped in six stages at a cost of A$128,000,000. The dimensions of the playing field are now 170.6 metres (east-west) by 149.9 metres (north-south) to accommodate the playing of Australian Football at elite level. The seating capacity of the ground is now 42,000.
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