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"I wouldn't want to bat on it every week": Joe Root on spicy MCG track aft
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
England's hard-fought consolation win against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground came on a surface that offered plenty for the bowlers and ensured the Test was wrapped up inside two days. Reflecting on the challenging conditions, Joe Root admitted the pitch was far from ideal for batt
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MCG chief curator "in state of shock" as he breaks silence at two-day Test
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Melbourne Boxing Day Test for the Ashes, while wholesome for England as they ended their 18-Test winless streak in Australia, was criticised from various experts, ex-cricketers not only from Australia and England, but also world cricket for ending within a span of just two days, with a m
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"Offered little too much": Steve Smith on MCG pitch after defeat in Boxing
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Australia's stand-in captain Steve Smith reflected on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) pitch that saw the Boxing Day Ashes Test between Australia and England get over in just two days, with 36 wickets falling. He called the pitch a "tricky one" and said that it offered a bit too much to
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"He's done a pretty good job every time he's had the opportunity to play f
Updated : 5 months ago IST
"He gets above the perpendicular, shapes the ball back into you with that angle, and draws you into playing, I suppose - similar to Scotty (Scott) Boland in a way. (They have) similar release points and angles they create. He's a good bowler, bowled really nicely in this game, and he's done
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"If we had managed that extra 50-60...": Aussie skipper Smith laments lack
Updated : 5 months ago IST
On a grass-heavy bowling heaven, both England and Australian bowlers looted wickets like for fun, but it was England who ended their win drought in Aussie land, with the generation next of England, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Josh Tongue and Brydon Carse giving their super seniors, skipper B
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Ashes, 4th Test: Aussies lose six wickets, England smell opportunity of sn
Updated : 5 months ago IST
At the end of the first session, Australia was 98/6 in 25 overs, with Steve Smith (16*) and Cameron Green (6*). They lead by 140 runs and are left with just four wickets, within which they have to set something challenging for England in what has been an absolute heaven for bowlers so far. H
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Gujarat bowler Vishal Jayswal gets signed match ball from Virat Kohli afte
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Gujarat's left-arm spinner Vishal Jayswal got a signed match ball from the star India batter Virat Kohli after the Delhi vs Gujarat Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) 2025-26 clash on Friday at Bengaluru's BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1.
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Kohli, Pant, Shorey, Padikkal, Krunal Pandya shine as big names light up V
Updated : 5 months ago IST
In the Delhi vs Gujarat match at Bengaluru, Delhi secured a narrow 7-run victory. Sent in to bat first, Delhi posted a competitive total of 254/9 in their 50 overs, anchored by veteran star Virat Kohli, who smashed a quick-fire 77 off 61 balls (including 13 fours and a six), and captain Rish
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Josh Tongue backs England's batting approach after 110-run collapse on Box
Updated : 5 months ago IST
England pacer Josh Tongue enjoyed his outing on Day 1 of the fourth Ashes Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), as he became the first England bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Boxing Day Test. However, England's batting remained their weak point in the series as
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"There's a ball coming with your name on it": Ex-Aussie, England legends o
Updated : 5 months ago IST
In the spirit of Christmas, the MCG pitch gifted bowlers from England and Australia alike with easy wickets as for the first time since 22 wickets fell during Australia-West Indies Test at Adelaide during 1951/52 season, 20 wickets crumbled on first day of action, with England pacer Josh Ton
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Vijay Hazare Trophy: Virat, Pant fifties, Rinku's ton highlights so far
Updated : 5 months ago IST
In Delhi's clash, after Gujarat opted to field first, India's stalwarts Virat (77 in 61 balls, with 13 fours and a six) and skipper Rishabh Pant (70 in 79 balls, with eight fours and two sixes) played entertaining knocks, as Delhi posted 254/9 in 50 overs. Vishal B Jayswal (4/42) was Gujarat
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Josh Tongue becomes first English bowler to take Test fifer in MCG in 21st
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Tongue produced the aggression, ruthlessness and venom that England fans had been waiting for. Having already lost the Ashes Test series and extending their wait for their first triumph in Australia since 2010/11, England and particularly Tongue, came to MCG for the prestigious fixture with
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