OPINION: MCG curators to walk balance beam between boredom and bedlam with Boxing Day Test pitch
Of course, the MCG does not have a single pitch, but a square from which one pitch will be prepared. No doubt the post-mortem into the dangerous surface for last weekend's game will reveal how much water and grass and how too-little rolling turned the most docile of Test strips into a spitting cobra.
The dangerous pitch also prompted a piece of commercial opportunism from the ambitious operators of Perth's new stadium, who were quick to suggest their venue might be more suitable for a Boxing Day Test.
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