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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

MCG pitch has come under scrutiny after 20 wicket fell on day 1. (PHOTO: AP)

Stuart Broad criticise Melbourne pitch after 20 wickets fall on Day 1: 'Great Test match pitches don't jag all over the place'

December 26, 2025 6:40 pm

After winning the toss, England opted to bowl first and bundled out Australia for just 152, where pacer Josh Tongue shone with the ball, registering a five-wicket haul.

England's Jamie Smith is bowled by Australia's Scott Boland during the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne. (PHOTO: AP)

‘Unfair for the batters’: Michael Vaughan slams Melbourne pitch after 20 wickets fall on Day 1 of Boxing Day Test match

December 26, 2025 5:37 pm

Michael Vaughan said that the strip used for the match was “unfair” for the batters, where 20 wickets fell on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test match.

Melbourne Cricket Ground will host the Australia vs England 150th Test anniversary day-night Test. (Photo: Cricket Australia)

Australia vs England 150th anniversary Test to be played under lights at iconic MCG

March 11, 2025 10:36 am

The match, commemorating the first ever Test, played between Australia and England in Melbourne in 1877, will be the first men's day-night Test at the venue, and follows the successful women's Ashes day-night Test at the MCG this summer.

Sunil Gavaskar slammed Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for their poor display in Melbourne on Monday. (File/AP)

'Virat Kohli's foot is going straight down the pitch, not towards the ball': Sunil Gavaskar on batter's outside off-stump woes

December 30, 2024 7:30 pm

Gavaskar lambasted Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's no-show in Monday's chase in Melbourne and affirmed that the top-order, barring Yashasvi Jaiswal, was to blame for the defeat that put the Aussies up ahead at 2-1 in the series.

Yashasvi Jaiswal's innings with 200 left of the target, and 27 overs to survive, ended controversially when he went for a doomed pull, and gloved it to Alex Carey off Pat Cummins. (AP)

Why did Snicko technology not see what the third umpire did in the Yashasvi Jaiswal dismissal?

December 31, 2024 8:10 am

Pat Cummins though convinced that Yashasvi Jaiswal had deflected it, said nobody quite trusted the snicko tech; alternative Hot Spot has been dumped this series.

The Australian team wanted the win more than Indian sought the draw. Or rather they were more mentally alert and disciplined than the Indians. (AP)

How the Australian noose broke India's doomed resistance as Pant and Jaiswal were taken out surgically, under menacing MCG stands

December 31, 2024 8:08 am

After India captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli failed to put up a strong fight, home skipper Pat Cummins with chirpy Konstas and enforcer Boland, were ruthless in claiming the last 7 wickets in the final session for a famous Aussie win.