The ICC has a four-tier pitch-rating system, with "unsatisfactory" in third place; the rating also means that the MCG will be handed a demerit point | ESPN.com ...

Australian captain Pat Cummins is set to miss the Boxing Day Test and be replaced by a bowler who hasn’t played a Test in ...

Dreams of another Ashes whitewash evaporated as the Boxing Day Test faceplanted to a two-day finish on an MCG pitch that will ...

Todd Murphy has won the battle to be Australia's spin replacement for Nathan Lyon as the hosts attempt to secure a 5-0 Ashes ...

England defeated Australia inside two days in the fourth Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to end the 15-year win drought down under. Meanwhile, Steve Smith has criticised the pitch on offer ...

Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon to miss the remainder of the Ashes series against England as Australia reveal a 15-player squad ...

Australia and England will face each other in the 4th Test of the Ashes series 2025/26-the Boxing Day Test as part of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground tradition. Played one day after Christmas, the ...

Cricket history was rewritten at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day as a staggering crowd of 93,442 spectators turned up for the fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England. This ...

As Christmas celebrations wind down, cricket ignites at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. England’s Ashes dream may be over, but the visitors are playing for pride and redemption. With a commanding 3–0 ...

Geoffrey Boycott attributed England's Boxing Day Test victory to superior fundamentals rather than luck, criticizing modern batting development. He argued that white-ball dominance and flat pitches ...

MCC boss Stuart Fox staunchly defends chief curator Matt Page after a wild Boxing Day Test finishes within two days.