In Australia and New Zealand, the Boxing Day Test has two teams capable of producing the type of cricket befitting the stage and the occasion. But MCG pitch might have the final say
In cricket’s darkness lies much of its charm. As a player, for example, moments of personal failure will outstrip success considerably. A batter might spend all week preparing meticulously, ‘ticking the boxes’ of nets, extra throwdowns, fitness, avoidance of alcohol, early to bed on Friday, only to be sent in on a wet wicket and soon after adjudged leg before after ‘smashing it’ into the front pad. Hours of thorough preparation again thwarted by a bad toss and an umpire with cataracts.
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