Impromptu cricket matches in parks, driveways and backyards are Australia Day institutions.
But a new tradition has begun in Melbourne with the staging of the inaugural 'Australia Day Cup' between the city's Sri Lankan and Greek communities.
Hundreds from Melbourne's Greek and Sri Lankan communities attended the game, feasting on curry insteand of barbeques and singing three national anthems, not two.
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Spiros Goustis is spending the Summer playing club cricket in Australia and he took the new ball for the Greek Australians.
He took some stick early as the Sri Lankans scored freely
Athula Samarasekera has taken guard against some of the world's best bowlers, and early on looked like taking the Greek attack apart.
But Goustis, who's from the Greek Island of Korfu found a way through the Sri Lankan's defence, giving him his first 'test' wicket and a cricketing moment he'll never forget.
Despite some lusty hitting from the Greek team, the Sri Lankan Australians' 141 was enough to take the inaugural Cup.
