Melbourne, Dec. 28 -- The demons of the 2017-18 Ashes bore-draw was the chief factor in the Melbourne Cricket Club producing a Boxing Day pitch tilted too heavily towards favouring fast bowling, and which failed to get the fourth Ashes Test into a third day.
Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg has vowed that his organisation would undertake an end-of-season review of the management of Test wickets around the country as administrators grapple with balancing a preference for seam-friendly surfaces with the aggressive batting tactics teams are now using to combat them.
Greenberg expects the financial shortfall from this week's lost days of cricket to cost CA more than $10 million, conceding the deficit "stings" after forfeiting ...