England reeling after 20 wickets fall on opening day of Melbourne Test
Rob Smyth Fri, 26 December 2025 at 8:20 am UTC·59 min read When even Stuart Broad complains the pitch has helped bowlers too much then you know it has been a tough day for batting. “Test-match bowlers do not need this amount of movement to be threatening,” the former England player said on Australian radio with a hint of regret in his voice that he had a microphone in his hand and not a ball.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Broad was one of the turkeys who laboured through the Boxing Day Test of 2017-18 when only 24 wickets were taken in five days of dull cricket, so you can understand his envy. This time 20 fell on day one in front of a record MCG crowd that climbed to 94,199 on a...