Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Umpire trapped in lift delays play in Melbourne Test

Play was briefly held up in the second Australia v Pakistan test on Thursday after third umpire Richard Illingworth got stuck in a lift at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

MCG gets official ICC warning for 'poor' pitch

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) receives an official warning after the pitch for the fourth Ashes test was rated 'poor' by the International Cricket Council (ICC) earlier this month.

MCG: The home of legends

“Right over here is William Harold Bill Ponsford, an Australian cricketer who is the only player to twice break the world record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket; Ponsford and Brian Lara are the only cricketers to twice score 400 runs in an innings,” an old man recited these words to a group of visitors as if he was reading from a book of verse.

December 28, 2023
December 28, 2023

Umpire trapped in lift delays play in Melbourne Test

Play was briefly held up in the second Australia v Pakistan test on Thursday after third umpire Richard Illingworth got stuck in a lift at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

January 12, 2018
January 12, 2018

MCG gets official ICC warning for 'poor' pitch

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) receives an official warning after the pitch for the fourth Ashes test was rated 'poor' by the International Cricket Council (ICC) earlier this month.

February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015

MCG: The home of legends

“Right over here is William Harold Bill Ponsford, an Australian cricketer who is the only player to twice break the world record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket; Ponsford and Brian Lara are the only cricketers to twice score 400 runs in an innings,” an old man recited these words to a group of visitors as if he was reading from a book of verse.

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