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MCG, Ashes and Boxing Day

Boxing Day Ashes Test, day one: Utter madness as wickets fall fast on juicy MCG deck

Cricket Australia is desperately hoping a “shocker” MCG pitch flattens out after a madcap 20 wicket Boxing Day left the governing body staring at a fresh multi-million dollar hit.

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Stuart Broad slams MCG pitch after wickets tumble on first day of Boxing Day Test

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‘That wicket is a shocker’: former Ashes players question state of MCG pitch

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Former players slam 'unfair' MCG pitch as wickets tumble in fourth Ashes test

As 20 wickets fell on the first day of the fourth Ashes test on Friday, the carnage prompted sharp criticism from former England cricketers who questioned whether the pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Gr...

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A Boxing Day knockout at the MCG

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Ashes batters run for cover on manic day one in Melbourne

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England reeling as 20 wickets tumble on chaotic first day of fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne

Any sense that Australia's unassailable 3-0 lead would transform Melbourne's marquee fixture into a lame duck event was dispelled as 94,199 fans poured through the gates, the most this famous ground h...

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Australia all out for 152 as England take charge of 4th Ashes Test

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Ashes advantage England: Visitors take 4 Australian wickets after winning the toss at the MCG

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MCG pitch howls drown out roars of record crowd

That was trumped by the 90,293 that watched India play Pakistan in the 2022 T20 World Cup. The MCG shook to its foundations when Babar Azam was trapped lbw by Arshdeep Singh. The roar when R Ashwin hit the winning runs could be heard kilometres away.

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Why did leaving 10mm of grass on the pitch cause Ashes chaos in Melbourne?

The surface at Melbourne's MCG has come in for heavy criticism after 20 wickets fell on day one of the Ashes Test

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Scott Boland’s legend grows after more Boxing Day heroics at the MCG

The legend of Scott Boland at the MCG welcomed another chapter on Friday after the big quick’s starring role to start the Boxing Day Test.

Boxing Day blitz: Wild England collapse in 20-wicket carnage, Boland’s MCG masterclass

Brook’s luck ran out when hometown hero Scott Boland struck him on the knee roll, gone LBW for 41 from 34 balls, with the Victorian seamer knocking over Jamie Smith’s middle stump with an in-ducker shortly after.