MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Melbourne Cricket Ground staff have admitted that the pitch prepared for the Boxing Day test was skewed too heavily in favor of bowlers, as an attempt to avoid a dull draw ...

Cricket history was rewritten at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day as a staggering crowd of 93,442 spectators turned up for the fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England. This ...

Australia captain Steve Smith struggles to deal with the bounce at the MCG Gareth Copley/Getty Images The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. The guilty man ...

The two-day Boxing Day Test debacle cost Australian cricket an estimated $25m and will even hit players in the pocket. The second two-day finish of this Ashes series – the first came in Perth – is ...

MELBOURNE, Dec 26 (Reuters) - After a four-wicket haul in front of a record Melbourne Cricket Ground and Australia's top score on a tough pitch, little wonder Michael Neser found day one of his maiden ...

The opening day of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground produced one of the most dramatic passages of Test cricket in recent memory, as all 20 wickets fell within a single day. From the ...

Josh Tongue raises the ball after his five-wicket haul, before Scott Boland and Australia roar back Robert Cianflone/Getty Images; Graham Denholm - CA/Cricket Australia via Getty Images The Athletic ...

After the two-day Ashes Test raised eyebrows over the MCG pitch, Queensland and Victoria are on track for another swift finish after 17 wickets on day one of their Sheffield Shield clash.