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King Charles and Queen Camilla have been invited to Australia for the match to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Test cricket. West Indian cricket great Viv Richards (pictured with them this week) is also on the guest list.

King Charles on the invite list for Test cricket’s MCG celebration

King Charles and Test cricket royalty from across the globe have been invited to the MCG to celebrate 150 years of Test cricket, along with the sport’s most revered trophy – the priceless Ashes urn.

  • Greg Dundas

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Hugh Marks intervenes in mid-Test feud between Cricket Australia and ABC

Marks, the managing director of the national broadcaster, rang CA boss Todd Greenberg to complain after the ABC was denied access to an Australian player for a post-stumps interview on Tuesday.

  • Tom Decent
Peter Taylor during his Test debut at the SCG in 1987.

‘It’s sad’: Peter Taylor laments first SCG Test spin snub in 138 years

The former Australian spin bowler and selector says Test cricket in Australia is all the poorer for the decline of slow bowling opportunities on grassy pitches, on the day the home side snubbed specialist spin at the SCG for the first time since 1888.

  • Daniel Brettig
England after their famous in 1982.

The Ashes are hyped as the ultimate cricket contest. In Australia, they’re anything but

These Ashes have proven the folly of so much pre-series hype. England need help to break a cycle of uncompetitive bouts in Australia.

  • Daniel Brettig
The possibility of playing a day-night Boxing Day Test is still being discussed.

‘Devalues the future of cricket rights’: How two-day Tests may dent next broadcast deal

Games that wrap up long before they are scheduled to have a significant financial impact on stakeholders such as Channel Seven and the Big Bash League.

  • Daniel Brettig
Steve Smith inspects the Test pitch on Christmas Day.

‘This one’s going to sting’: The blunt phone call from cricket boss to the MCC amid Boxing Day disaster

The inside story of a two-day Test match, the commercial fiasco that followed, and the curator at the centre of it.

  • Daniel Brettig
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An inquisition on what should have been day three of the Boxing Day Test.

Two-day Test leaves $25 million revenue hole as MCC stands by curator

As Cricket Australia braces for a pitch fail from the International Cricket Council, its broadcast partners were on Sunday privately fuming as they count the cost of the second two-day Test of the Ashes summer.

  • Andrew Wu
Mitchell Starc was among the wickets again as the batsmen struggled on a lively MCG wicket.

‘He would be nervous’: Pressure mounts on SCG curator after MCG debacle

Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg says the spotlight is on the SCG pitch ahead of the Ashes finale.

  • Tom Decent
Brydon Carse appeals for a wicket.

MCG’s rating record in peril as Stokes slams Boxing Day pitch

England captain Ben Stokes has slammed the MCG pitch as Cricket Australia chief Todd Greenberg flagged the governing body could take a more direct influence over pitch preparation after the Boxing Day Test finished inside two days.

  • Andrew Wu
Pat Cummins and Travis Head declined $10 million offers to play year-round franchise cricket.

Cummins and Head were offered $10m to play franchise cricket. Cricket Australia admits it’s a ‘concern’

CA chief Todd Greenberg says he fears the next generation of players will find it difficult to turn down big-money offers to play fulltime franchise cricket overseas, harming the national teams.

  • Tom Decent