Mackay makes cricket history as day one of inaugural Test match sells out
- Barry Jansen mortgaged his house to help buy land for a cricket arena and didn't tell his wife for five years.
- More than 40 years later, history is being made on the same field as the Queensland city of Mackay hosts its first international Test cricket match.
- Mr Jansen said in the late 1980s the cricket association wanted to expand but needed financial backing.
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- Barry Jansen mortgaged his house to help buy land for a cricket arena and didn't tell his wife for five years.
- More than 40 years later, history is being made on the same field as the Queensland city of Mackay hosts its first international Test cricket match.
- Mr Jansen said in the late 1980s the cricket association wanted to expand but needed financial backing.
Sources: ABC Australia