150th Anniversary Test 2027 (Australia v England, MCG, 11-15 March 2027) - public ticket ballot
CricketMelbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Club (MCG) with Cricket Australia
The public ticket ballot for 150th Anniversary Test 2027 ran 23 Dec 2025 to 6 Feb 2026.
Key facts
- Ballot window
- 23 Dec 2025 to 6 Feb 2026
- Results
- February 2026: the official MCG event page states the ballot concluded with entrants notified in February 2026 (month-level only, no official day published)
- Event dates
- 11 Mar 2027 to 15 Mar 2027 (first men's day-night Test at the MCG, commemorating 150 years since the first ever Test in 1877)
- Ballot type
- free-entry style registration ballot (worldwide); separate MCC (Melbourne) member access
- Entry cost
- Not explicitly stated on the official MCG announcement (registration-based ballot; ticket prices payable only on allocation)
- Eligibility
- 'Fans from all over the world can enter the ticket ballot'; Melbourne Cricket Club members have separate access entitlements to the Members' Reserve
- Ticket prices if you win
- Not announced in the ballot announcement
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Key dates
- Tue, 23 Dec 2025Ballot opensDone
- Fri, 6 Feb 2026Ballot closesDone
- 11 to 15 Mar 2027Event runsNext
Where it stands
As of 31 Aug 2026
As of 20 Jul 2026: the ballot is closed and settled, and a further public sale phase is live.
The MCG states that remaining Day 3 and Day 4 tickets went on public sale from 10:00 AEDT on Wednesday 11 Mar 2026 via Ticketek. Per cricket.com.au, more than 125,000 tickets sold across the first four days after the ballot, 68,289 of them to buyers outside Victoria, and the Days 1-3 public allocation is largely gone.
Days 3 and 4 remain the realistic buyable days. Tickets become available in the Ticketek app once suppression lifts early in 2027.
How to enter
The public ballot has closed (ran 23 Dec 2025 to 6 Feb 2026, entrants notified February 2026). The live route is now the public Ticketek sale at premier.ticketek.com.au, open since 11 Mar 2026, where Day 3 and Day 4 are the days still generally available.
Your odds
MCG capacity of roughly 100,000 per day gives materially better odds than English Ashes venues, but worldwide entry for a one-off anniversary event made demand exceptional
Good to know
Discovered while researching this cluster: an official cricket ticket ballot directly tied to the England-Australia rivalry, run for the MCG anniversary Test that precedes the England-hosted Ashes later in 2027
Quick answers
▸Is there a public ticket ballot for 150th Anniversary Test 2027 (Australia v England, MCG, 11-15 March 2027)?
Yes. It runs as a free-entry style registration ballot (worldwide); separate MCC (Melbourne) member access. 23 Dec 2025 to 6 Feb 2026.
▸How much does entering cost?
Not explicitly stated on the official MCG announcement (registration-based ballot; ticket prices payable only on allocation)
▸Who can enter?
'Fans from all over the world can enter the ticket ballot'; Melbourne Cricket Club members have separate access entitlements to the Members' Reserve
Sources · last verified 31 Aug 2026 · confidence: high
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