Stokes: MCG pitch would unleash 'hell' elsewhere in the world

England captain says his feedback to match referee "won't be the best" after tourists seal victory in two days

Aussie players lose $8 million as MCG set to cop sanctions after debacle in fourth Ashes Test

The ICC is expected to come down hard, and the iconic Aussie venue could run the risk of a ban. Read more here.

Piers Morgan slams ‘pathetic’ Aussie act after MCG Test

Piers Morgan has blasted Aussie cricket officials over the sight of MCG pitch curator Matt Page facing media scrums following the shambolic Boxing Day Test.

MCG pitch howls drown out roars of record crowd

That was trumped by the 90,293 that watched India play Pakistan in the 2022 T20 World Cup. The MCG shook to its foundations when Babar Azam was trapped lbw by Arshdeep Singh. The roar when R Ashwin hit the winning runs could be heard kilometres away.

'MCG pitch would get hell if produced elsewhere'

Captain Ben Stokes says there would be "hell on" if the Melbourne pitch upon which his England team beat Australia inside two days had been produced in another part of the world.

MCG’s farcical pitch is all Sir Alastair Cook’s fault

As an early tea was taken on Boxing Day, England walked off the field patting each other’s backs and high-fiving.

The Ashes at The G: ‘Melbourne, Boxing Day, a coliseum with 100,000 in — it can get to players’

The 11th biggest and one of the most intimidating stadia in world sport hosts the Boxing Day Test in front of a sell-out crowd of 100,000

The MCG Sheffield Shield snub which could have helped prevent Boxing Day Test debacle

MCG decision-makers baulked at a late request to host another Sheffield Shield match before Boxing Day, denying curator Matt Page further opportunity to prepare a first-class pitch before what proved to be an Ashes debacle.
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