Ashes 2025-26 - Aaron Finch - To happen twice in four Tests is very disappointing
Aaron Finch discusses the flow-on effect of the second two-day Ashes Test, and the pitch conditions in Melbourne
26/12Result
4th Test, England tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-27 2025
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![Australia]( "Australia")
152 & 132 -
![England]( "England")
110 & 178/6 (32.2 ov)
Player of the Match
26/12Result
4th Test, England tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-27 2025
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![Australia]( "Australia")
152 & 132 -
![England]( "England")
110 & 178/6 (32.2 ov)
Player of the Match
Alex Malcolm - 'Decision-making' with bat where England went wrong
Alex Malcolm explains the difference between England and Australia's batting performances after the tourists secured a consolation win
Andrew Miller fears for future of Tests after Englands rubbish win
Andrew Miller reacts to England recovering some pride with victory in the fourth Ashes Test
Ashes 4th Test - MCG curator comes under scrutiny after two-day finish
Alex Malcolm and Matt Roller provide the updates and the analysis from the MCG on what was supposed to be day three of the Boxing Day Test
Stokes: Winning Boxing Day Test a 'special feeling'
Ben Stokes reflects on England's Boxing Day victory to register their first Test win in Australia in 15 years.
Steven Smith questions spin role after Boxing Day Test defeat
Steven Smith reacts to Australia's defeat to England by four wickets in two-day Test at the MC
Match Coverage
All Match NewsWhat's the highest Test partnership between people who were born on the same day?
And how many Test series have featured two or more Tests that finished in two days?
Switch Hit: MCG so... weird
England won a Test in Australia for the first time in 15 years, to much head-scratching. Alan Gardner was joined by Andrew Miller and Alex Malcolm to assess another two-day finish
Bethell late than never, but No. 3 is his to lose now
At the MCG, after the Ashes had been lost, it was evident that England should have made the big call to start the series with Jacob Bethell at No. 3 instead of Ollie Pope
Memo to Australia and England: honour the format that has elevated you
The MCG Test offered a sorry spectacle, courtesy batters who could not dig down - unlike their Ashes predecessors
ICC rates MCG Boxing Day Test pitch 'unsatisfactory'
The ICC has a four-tier pitch-rating system, with "unsatisfactory" in third place; the rating also means that the MCG will be handed a demerit point
