- A famous ground made a joke about X on Christmas Day
- Some cricket fans didn’t get the joke and lashed out
The MCG’s hilarious Christmas Day message has left some cricket fans outraged after they failed to see the funny side of the famous pitch’s jocular way of scoring on December 25.
On Wednesday, the official MCG account on , the start of the Boxing Day test.
However, some people were offended and called the message “woke” because it didn’t use the term “Merry Christmas.”
‘Why do you say that other than to provoke people? Nobody says Happy New Year’s Eve, or Happy Birthday, or Happy Easter. “You waketards do nothing but continually prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, what truly horrible people you are,” wrote Omaha_Segmenter.
That prompted a scathing response from the MCG account, which responded with: “Are you familiar with the sport of cricket, Omaha?”
Another commenter wrote: ‘What’s wrong with people in Melbourne not being able to say “Merry Christmas”?’
The MCG’s hilarious Christmas Day message was a treat for many cricket fans, but some were left outraged after mistakenly thinking it was political correctness gone mad.
A commenter who criticized the famous ground for not using the word ‘Christmas’ in the post got a hilarious response from the MCG account on X (pictured).
The Boxing Day Test is a national sporting treasure, and the crowd record could be broken on the first day of this year’s highly anticipated clash with India (pictured, the MCG during the Boxing Day Test in 2017).
The stadium account replied: “We are a cricket ground.” We’ll let you take care of the rest.
Dozens of Australians criticized anti-woke commentators for missing the joke and ‘complaining’ about what they incorrectly saw as another example of political correctness gone mad.
‘The amount of people who get out of shape because of this is a bit ridiculous. Cricket fans tell this joke every year. It means nothing, the classic dad joke, harmless fun. “If this kind of thing offends you, I think it’s best to leave social media,” one wrote.
“I’ve never watched cricket in my life and I still get deeply embarrassing things in these responses,” added another.
Nowadays people complain about anything. Last time I checked, tomorrow is Boxing Day,” a third commented.
Other responses along the same lines included: ‘Deliberately targeting the less-thinking among us with an intelligent, topical post at this time of year?’ The chef’s kiss’; ‘The people in the comments who get angry are EXACTLY the same people who call people snowflakes for getting angry about other things’; ‘Gee. There are some very simple people in the answers to this. I hate cricket and even I know what it is about. Imbeciles; and, ‘OMG, the amount of people, especially Australians, who don’t get this actually baffles me, like EAT OOOOONNN GUYS.’
Australian captain Pat Cummins is pictured running at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with his son Alfie on Christmas Day.
Tests have started on Boxing Day at the MCG since 1974, and the post-Christmas match was formally consecrated by the Australian Cricket Board in 1980.
The match has become a national institution and this year’s clash between India and Australia is one of the most anticipated Boxing Day clashes in history.
The series is tied at one win apiece after the visitors destroyed the home team in the first Test at Perth, only to suffer a heavy defeat in the second Test at Adelaide Oval.
There is a good chance the Boxing Day crowd record of 91,112, which was set in 2013, will be broken on Thursday, despite the forecast for extremely hot weather in Melbourne, with temperatures forecast to reach 40 degrees .
Cricket Australia’s head of cricket, James Allsopp, said his organization would ensure appropriate messaging was used for attendees.
“The most important thing is to make sure we encourage everyone to take the right precautions,” he said, advising fans heading to the MCG to bring hats, sunscreen and stay hydrated.
“For players, there will probably be additional drinks breaks if temperatures are going to be as expected.”