It's Boxing Day Test match at the MCG, and all eyes are on Australia's second-ever Indigenous male to play Test cricket, Scott Boland.

A key member of the team departs, sending shockwaves through the media. Australia returns to Pakistan for the first time in 24 years. For Pakistan-born batter Usman Khawaja, an emotional homecoming brings another opportunity to make history.

The players are put to the ultimate test in Sri Lanka, a country in the midst of intense political and economic turmoil. A mercurial player dusts off his Baggy Green after years in the wilderness, and a young prodigy comes of age in harsh conditions.

Shrouded in scandal, Captain Tim Paine resigns, and Pat Cummins steps up as the new Captain as the team faces off against archrival England.