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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barney Ronay at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

England’s MCG triumph is a genuine coup – and a picture of what might have been

Harry Brook lashes a ball to the boundary as England recorded a first win on Australian soil since 2011
Harry Brook lashes a ball to the boundary as England recorded a first win on Australian soil since 2011. Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images

Na-na na-na na-na na na na, Duckett’s on the piss. On the piss. Duckett’s on the piss.

Don’t take me home, please don’t take me home. And while we’re here, stand up, stand up, please do stand up if you love a two-day Test on a pitch as green and ridged as an under-ripe roasting potato. For an hour in mid-afternoon on day two at the MCG England’s top order finally did the thing. The clocks stopped. Dogs miaowed. Birds flew backwards across the sky. And Test cricket turned into darts.

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