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England's Gus Atkinson, center, celebrates the wicket of Australia Usman Khawaja, left, during their Ashes cricket Test in Melbourne. (AP Photo)

England's Gus Atkinson ruled out of final Ashes Test with hamstring injury

December 29, 2025 5:24 pm

Down-in-the-dumps England have called up 27-year-old Matthew Potts to come into the team for the fifth Test which starts from January 4.

Aakash Chopra on MCG Test: "Match ended in Ahmedabad in two days, a BBC report said, 'death of Test cricket.' Here, they say it's actually not bad"

December 29, 2025 2:10 pm

"I am talking about the hypocrisy. The match ended in two days in Perth. The ICC rates it a very good surface," noted Chopra

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 29, 2025 2:40 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