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Sunil Gavaskar's sarcastic comments on MCG pitch: 'Might drop the word ‘very’ from the ‘very good’ that Madugalle gave for the Perth pitch'

December 29, 2025 9:49 am

Gavaskar also slammed the double standards of the match referees, saying that if the batters manage to score more runs, pitches are rated poor, and if the bowlers pick wickets, they are good. “

MCG curator in ‘state of shock’ after Ashes Test ends in two days

December 28, 2025 2:31 pm

This was the second two-day finish of a Test match in this Ashes series with the opener in Perth also being short-lived

The pitch had too much grass on it and failed the standard expected for a five-day Test: Geoffrey Boycott

December 28, 2025 12:27 pm

"That is not good enough and the curator should be held to account by his bosses," said Boycott

2025 Reimagined: What if...Bazballers didn't go chasing the ball in Perth

December 28, 2025 9:20 am

Game turned in a matter of three overs as Duckett, Pope, Harry Brook and Joe Root were dismissed in quick succession

5468 days: England end losing streak in Australia as Ben Stokes' side win Boxing Day Test by 4-wickets

December 27, 2025 12:40 pm

The boxing day test ended rather disappointingly for the fans as the wicket was an unfair one for the batters

England's Jamie Smith, left, is bowled by Australia's Scott Boland, right, during their Ashes cricket Test match at MCG on December 26. (AP Photo)

'Not off the cards’: Cricket Australia on MCG hosting day-night Boxing Day Test

December 26, 2025 9:57 pm

The Melbourne Cricket Ground has never hosted a men’s day-night Test and will host its first day-night pink ball test in the form of the 150th Anniversary Test between Australia and England in 2027

Pat Cummins took six wickets in the lone Test that he played in the Ashes. (AP Photo)

Ashes | ‘Cummins was almost going to go pick up his spikes’: Brett Lee on how Australian captain would've felt on seeing lively MCG pitch

December 26, 2025 7:44 pm

England pacer Josh Tongue took five wickets during Australia’s first innings as the hosts were bundled out for a total of 152. Australian pacer Michael Neser took 4 for 45 during his spell of 10 overs during the England innings.

Michael Vaughan on Ben Duckett: 'I am not going to point the finger at a group of young people who have had a few beers on a couple of days off'

December 25, 2025 10:09 am

"Duckett should not be reprimanded at all on the evidence we have seen, and neither should the other players, because it is a wider issue," wrote Michael Vaughan

Glenn McGrath on on-field bond between opposing plauyers

Glenn McGrath on why he wants match referee to fine opposing players who grow too pally on field

December 24, 2025 10:08 pm

With the Ashes well and truly in the bag with the Australians leading 3-0 in the 5-match series, McGrath said that he finds the on-field camaraderie between the two opposing sets of players a little off putting.

Steve Smith opens up about vertigo struggles

Ashes | ‘I couldn’t track the ball. Felt dizzy…’: Steve Smith reveals struggles with vertigo prior to Adelaide Test

December 24, 2025 7:38 pm

In 2022, Smith had suffered a concussion in a fielding mishap during the Second T20I against Sri Lanka at Sydney and had also talked about repeat of the debilitating vertigo symptoms.