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England after their famous in 1982.

The Ashes are hyped as the ultimate cricket contest. In Australia, they’re anything but

These Ashes have proven the folly of so much pre-series hype. England need help to break a cycle of uncompetitive bouts in Australia.

  • Daniel Brettig

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The possibility of playing a day-night Boxing Day Test is still being discussed.

‘Devalues the future of cricket rights’: How two-day Tests may dent next broadcast deal

Games that wrap up long before they are scheduled to have a significant financial impact on stakeholders such as Channel Seven and the Big Bash League.

  • Daniel Brettig
Michael Neser celebrates Joe Root’s wicket at the MCG on Boxing Day.

Boxing Day Test debacle: Two days of mayhem

England celebrated their first Test win in Australia in close to 15 years as they chased down 175 runs for a four-wicket victory completed in two manic days.

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Inside the MCG net session to reprogram Marnus Labuschagne

As most of Australia’s squad took off what would have been the fourth day of the Boxing Day Test, the batter was required back on the tools in the MCG nets on Monday.

  • Andrew Wu
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Controversial MCG pitch given ‘unsatisfactory’ grade by ICC

The MCG’s seam-friendly Boxing Day Test pitch has been assessed as “unsatisfactory” by the International Cricket Council, breaking the venue’s streak of top ratings.

  • Andrew Wu and Daniel Brettig
Steve Smith inspects the Test pitch on Christmas Day.

‘This one’s going to sting’: The blunt phone call from cricket boss to the MCC amid Boxing Day disaster

The inside story of a two-day Test match, the commercial fiasco that followed, and the curator at the centre of it.

  • Daniel Brettig
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Steve Smith with fans outside the MCG on what should have been day three of the Boxing Day Test.

Were you not entertained? Satisfied? Making sense of a rogue Boxing Day Test

Much as many would like to wall off this Test, it might not be possible. Besides, some five-day Tests of yore should have been euthanised before their time.

  • Greg Baum
An inquisition on what should have been day three of the Boxing Day Test.

Two-day Test leaves $25 million revenue hole as MCC stands by curator

As Cricket Australia braces for a pitch fail from the International Cricket Council, its broadcast partners were on Sunday privately fuming as they count the cost of the second two-day Test of the Ashes summer.

  • Andrew Wu
Steve Smith is bowled by Josh Tongue on Boxing Day.

Why 10 millimetres of MCG grass made batting a nightmare in the Boxing Day Test

Why is everyone so worked up about the length of the grass, how does it make life difficult for batters, and what does it mean for the famous Melbourne stadium? 

  • Roy Ward
MCC chief executive Stuart Fox and MCG head curator Matthew Page front the media on Sunday.

Inside the 21-minute grilling of the MCG curator and his boss

When MCG curator Matt Page and MCC chief executive Stuart Fox emerged from gate two of the empty coliseum on Sunday, their slow walk towards dozens of journalists said it all.

  • Tom Decent

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