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The name of Melbourne Cricket Ground has been recorded in history. Australia vs England 4th Ashes Test has ended in just 2 days. England won the Melbourne Test by 4 wickets, no team could touch the 200-run mark in all four innings of the match. This was the fourth shortest Test match in terms of balls in Test cricket history, which ended in only 852 balls.
The fourth Ashes Test is surrounded by criticism. 94,199 people had come to watch this match, but within 2 days their hopes were dashed. The pitch of the Melbourne ground is also under question and veteran England cricketer Kevin Pietersen, citing India, said that Australia should also be strongly criticized due to the poor pitch.
If this had happened in India, there would have been an uproar.
Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen tweeted after the first day’s play of the fourth Ashes Test. In fact, 20 wickets had fallen on the first day of the match, while on the second day, 16 wickets had fallen before England won by four wickets. The match ended in only 142 overs of play.
Kevin Pietersen said, “When wickets keep falling on the first day of a Test match, then India gets criticized a lot. I hope that Australia also has to become a victim of the same kind of criticism. It would be fair.”
India ALWAYS gets hammered when wickets fall like crazy on day 1 of a Test and so I hope that Australia gets the same scrutiny!
Fair is fair!— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) December 26, 2025
Not a single fifty in the entire match
It is also an interesting fact that not a single half-century was seen in all four innings of the Melbourne Test. The highest individual score in the match was 46 runs, which was scored by Travis Head in Australia’s second innings. Apart from him, only Harry Brook and Jacob Bethel were able to cross the 40-run mark in the entire match.
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