- Updates from the series opener at the MCG
- Start time in Melbourne is 2:30pm AEDT
- Any thoughts? Get in touch with Angus on email
Wiradjuri elder Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin is delivering a gentle and generous Welcome to Country to the teams and a small but vibrant MCG crowd. Melbourne is smack bang in the middle of its Spring racing carnival and many locals have taken today off work the Melbourne Cup, “the race that stops a nation”. Famously, American author Mark Twain, attended the Cup in 1895, and wrote: “The grandstands make a brilliant and wonderful spectacle, a delirium of colour, a vision of beauty. The champagne flows, everybody is vivacious, excited, happy.”
That means we’ll have to wait for the fireworks from young master Fraser-McGurk and we’ll have to content ourselves with the greatest fast bowling cartel in the cricket world. Players are taking the field at the MCG and we’ll have the first ball soon.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2024/nov/04/australia-vs-pakistan-cricket-live-updates-odi-one-day-scores-results-start-time-squads-mcg-melbourne
Author : Angus Fontaine (now) and Rob Smyth (later)
Publish date : 2024-11-04 03:27:16
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