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MCG, Boxing Day and Ashes

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The MCG pitch, a two-day Ashes Test, millions of dollars lost and a curator in a ‘state of shock’
Well, he left three extra millimetres of grass on a cricket pitch.

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MCG curator 'shocked' after Boxing Day Ashes Test ends in two days, all eyes now on Sydney pitch
 · 2h · on MSN
MCG curator admits Boxing Day pitch error after 36 wickets fall in 2 days
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MCG pitch slammed as ‘shambles’ and ‘disrespectful to Test cricket’
Kevin Pietersen led the criticism of the Melbourne Cricket Ground wicket, describing it as “disrespectful to the greatest form of the game”.

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Why did leaving 10mm of grass on the pitch cause Ashes chaos in Melbourne?
 · 1d
England survive Melbourne mayhem to claim drought-breaking win
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Australia vs England Highlights 4th Ashes Test Day 1: Australia Take Narrow Lead As 20 Wickets Fall On Boxing Day
Earlier, Josh Tongue claimed a career-best 5-45 as England bowled Australia out after winning the toss and bowling.

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Ashes LIVE: Ben Stokes admits his pride after 'difficult few days' as England snap long wait to win a Test in Australia
Kashmir Observer · 1d
20 Wickets Fall On A Record-Breaking Day 1 Of The Fourth Ashes Test
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MCG curator in 'state of shock' at two-day Test

Melbourne Cricket Ground head curator Matthew Page says he was in a “state of shock” during England’s two-day defeat of Australia in the Boxing Day Test.
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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
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MCG curator concedes pitch went ‘too far’ in favouring bowlers amid criticism over short Boxing Day Test

Curator says he was in a ‘state of shock’ while watching the match unfold
1don MSN

'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.
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'Shocked' MCG curator takes blame as Cricket Australia set to lose over $10 million due to two-day finish

Matt Page, the chief curator at the Melbourne Cricket Ground since 2017, remains in a ‘state of shock’ after the fourth Ashes Test at the ground ended in just two days.
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Oscar Piastri jeered in fourth Test incident at MCG

Oscar Piastri appeared to be taunted by the Barmy Army as he walked around the MCG with England closing in on victory in the fourth Ashes Test on Saturday.
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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
Australian Associated Press on MSN
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MCG curator Matt Page admits Boxing Day Test pitch 'favoured the bowlers too much'

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

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