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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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'Won't criticise MCG pitch,' says R Ashwin as 4th Ashes Test ends in 2 days. Gives reason

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Curator 'shocked' by Melbourne pitch performance in Ashes

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‘State of shock’: MCG curator learns fate after Boxing Day Test farce

MCG head curator Matt Page has fronted up to face reporters after the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne descended into a farce.

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‘Career on the line’: Australia urged to make mass team changes for SCG Ashes Test

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Veteran curator Tony Hemming weighs in on Boxing Day Test pitch disaster

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MCG curator concedes pitch went ‘too far’ in favouring bowlers amid criticism over short Boxing Day Test

Cricket Australia is bracing for a heavy financial loss from the match, only a month after the Ashes opener in Perth also ended with three days to spare.

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MCG curator in 'state of shock' at two-day Test

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Ricky Ponting rues two-day Boxing Day Test after England avoid series whitewash against Australia

Dreadful pitch turned fourth Ashes Test into glorified T20

English Test wins in Australia have become so rare that any victory is something to be proud of and Ben Stokes’s team deserve a lot of credit this week.

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'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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MCG pitch would unleash 'hell' elsewhere: Ben Stokes delivers 'brutal' verdict after two-day Test

England captain Ben Stokes delivered what he described as a “brutally honest” verdict on the much-criticised MCG pitch, where the fourth Test of the ongoing Ashes series ended inside two days. Despite England sealing a historic win,

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'That pitch has too much life for Test cricket' - MCG surface under scanner

A spicy, green-tinged MCG pitch came under significant scrutiny after a 20-wicket Boxing Day blockbuster in which both Australia and England were bowled out cheaply.Matt Page, the MCG curator, said ahead of the fourth Ashes Test that he hoped to replicate the pitch he had prepared for last year's Border-Gavaskar Trophy fixture,

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Ashes: 'Unfair for the batters' - Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan slams Melbourne pitch after day 1 of 4th test

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has strongly criticised the pitch used for the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, saying it was too difficult for batters. The match saw an unusual amount of action on Day 1,