Australia goes into Fourth Ashes against England
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Follow the ball-by-ball commentary as well as the live scorecard from Melbourne where the fourth Ashes Test match is taking place
Here’s how to watch the 4th Test match on TV and live stream. The Sporting News takes you through all the information you need to follow the game.
It was carnage out in the middle of the MCG on Boxing Day, but what took place in the stands also raised eyebrows.
Tim David hurt his hamstring playing in Australia's domestic Big Bash competition and is facing a race to prove his fitness prior to the start of the T20 World Cup.
Hazel Pritchard's letters — stored for decades in a family trunk — are another piece in the jigsaw, helping researchers rebuild the early story of women's cricket. They reveal a gifted, determined young woman who experienced the character-building skills of cricket.
The MCG held a women’s day-night Test match in January 2025 and will play host to the 150th Anniversary Test between Australia and England under lights in March 2027. The first Boxing Day Test at Melbourne’s colosseum was played in 1950 and the stadium has reached a deal with the Victorian government to continue its tradition until at least 2030.
West Australian pace ace Jhye Richardson will play his first Test in four years, set to make up a four-man Australian pace attack in the Boxing Day Test on Friday.
ENGLAND’S lingering hopes of regaining the Ashes urn ended this morning – and Australia rubbed their noses in it by donning matching shirts slamming Bazball. Despite resistance from