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No fewer than 36 wickets fell during two chaotic days in the fourth Ashes test, leaving the captains of both Australia and England unimpressed with the Melbourne Cricket Ground pitch.
England completed a four-wicket win late on day two for their first test victory in the country in 15 years but skipper Ben Stokes was scathing of the surface, even after his batters chased down 175 runs for victory.
Stokes told reporters his feedback to the match referee would not be the "best" for a pitch that had a centimetre of grass left by the curator on the morning of day one.
"When you go out there and you're faced with conditions, you've got to crack on and deal with it," Stokes told reporters.
"But being brutally honest, that's not really what y
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