{"id":867397,"date":"2026-08-25T03:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/867397\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T03:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:10:08","slug":"a-cricket-test-match-in-mackay-feels-like-a-black-eye-for-newcastle-newcastle-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/867397\/","title":{"rendered":"A cricket Test match in Mackay feels like a black eye for Newcastle &#8211; Newcastle Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxNYW5uU09Ud2JPZDNGME9pb2NmRVItTVU1NS1Ud0xjSnNxUmd1UWNaMVhlcGhqWEZzbVppUXY0S1RzOEdLbHgta096bVNEM25UemlRa1dzWGhMQU5GUjMxczFnRWNfeDhfYU83VmZ5YUxBcWZwbWIzQkJsbHp4YmlkNHVobndjN0ZvUnpLZnJSeGJnMGVlUE9ZQV94czFxa2NxdU5mUlZ5dTFrUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A cricket Test match in Mackay feels like a black eye for Newcastle<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newcastle Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A short and not-very-sweet Test debut for Mackay<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cricinfo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxOdTdpRGlwaHBhT0Vhd3hvc2hjVmRPQ0RfdDJIRFBpZ3ExOVNSdlFPR2pOM1dxRVRLaEFNbVNGSDJUd3pGX2YweVZSNlNiRHpRVXp2ZnJCbHFKd0ZHWXRWZG9ZakY4bUc3ckxjaXhhMnc1Z2tNbi1YNVkza1ZjaFcyR3J0WkxmQUp6TktNUG94eEdZRzQzQkdtUnFBN1AySjNmR2ZqYUp0a3pSYU0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mackay makes cricket history as day one of inaugural Test match sells out<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggJBVV95cUxQTTVOUnBQLXNyaktPa0pFeEpYNW1Xenc4dHhtTHdsWWFfTFB1VjdoZ2RKak5ham9MeUJOQWZXNWE5bkxlRUlJNEhiODAtUFNiQUNSR0QzQVlyNkJWWE5SNlJBUHFhOEJ0anBuZmZfNDNIYmlCMkNjX0phZHdWQ3plZ2xKaU5aalY0MmZRTGlGcThCMW91VDllZ3l0SVQxMXhKdTNrQk9jaTE5ekZLNkJsVk5vUTRwOHVKOXFUcy0tXzRqT29lZnQyclJwU1FiN3g2cXhYR05YZ0tBLXBCYjc1aXVNN0hJQW1wYkdKektlV3pJMWhSbnV5MFVfRHFkRjZ4Mnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">40+ pictures: Mackay\u2019s historic first Test sells out<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Courier Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Revealed: Olympic officials eye Mackay as 2032 games venue<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cricket Test match in Mackay feels like a black eye for Newcastle&nbsp;&nbsp;Newcastle HeraldA short and not-very-sweet Test&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-867397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}