Ashes - Australia vs England - BOXING DAY Test - Melbourne 26th Dec

[Rajiv]

:punter: I will score a century here :two_thumbs_up:

[Sir john]

hope for a draw

[Bradman99]

hope for a draw

Anything but an England win and we are set for a nailbiting decider.

[Gunner_Mania]

:punter: I will score a century here :two_thumbs_up:

if I play.

[Sachin=GOD]

England will win this.

[DomainK]

It was just a bad week for the good teams. Things will turn around soon.

[Bradman99]

Expected to break the record. Over 91000 expected

[99.94]

Expected to break the record. Over 91000 expected

Woo that would be a good slap in the face to those who say test cricket is dying. Come on, we can do it, biggest cricket crowd ever!

[Clarke]

Any chance we're gonna see a green top ?

[vaibhav_delhi]

Melbourne track is the slowest in australia if i am not wrong. Run scoring will be tough.

[Laaloo]

Any chance we're gonna see a green top ?

Look at all that GREEN :woot:

[Watson87]

Match is going to be Epic, both team are well balanced. Ponting needs to find his old form back.

[cowboysfan]

England will take a green top but if the pitch has bounce like WACA then they are toast.

[Pioneer]

Aussies gon' get this one

[Serani]

England will take a green top but if the pitch has bounce like WACA then they are toast.

It wont have bounce like the WACA, you cant just conjure up bounce from what is traditionally a slow track, will end up just being a greentop which england will be looking forward to.

[jibranpatel15]

Australia will struggle at MCG & SCG as we all know they haave no spinner in their team. i still say ENG favorite only bcoz of SWANN factor.

[Clarke]

They are actually playing on the replacement pitch, its gonna be a green top. I don't think that helps England. The victories at the Oval, Durban & Adelaide required Swann's contribution especially in the second innings and with the grass holding the pitch together, i do not see him as a trump card. On the contrary, England's leading wicket taker Finn is worn out and might be replaced by Bresnan. Anderson too is not fully fit. Australia are surely the favorites.

[Zelig]

MCG - Draw SCG - Swanny Cricket Ground This done!

[Zelig]

Spot him :hmmm:

[Chalks]

I've been a bit of a good luck charm for :punter: over the years. Whenever I go along to the G - for Test or ODI - he seems to score big. To be honest, I'm kinda hoping for the same here, even allowing for his injury.