Why 10 millimetres of MCG grass made batting a nightmare in the Boxing Day Test

A few millimetres of grass on the MCG pitch may have contributed to a multi-million dollar loss for Cricket Australia following the two-day Ashes Test which ended on Saturday.How can such a small thing matter so much in a game of cricket?

Why did leaving 10mm of grass on the pitch cause Ashes chaos in Melbourne?

The surface at Melbourne's MCG has come in for heavy criticism after 20 wickets fell on day one of the Ashes Test

MCG curator Matt Page faces grilling after over decision to leave 10mm of grass on Boxing Day pitch

There was meant to be around 90,000 odd fans at the MCG on Sunday morning but instead there was a pack of journalists and a sheepish Melbourne Cricket Club curator. On a glorious Melbourne day, a monster crowd was replaced by monster questions as Matt Page was forced to explain himself following the Boxing Day Test that was over in just two days.

'Ball was just sitting in the grass': Steve Smith breaks down why no one could settle on MCG deck

Australian captain Steve Smith said excess grass on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) pitch made batting difficult during the fourth Ashes Test, whic.

'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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