Ashes Shocker: Melbourne Test Ends in 2 Days, Unique Pacer Record Set!

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News18•27-12-2025, 18:02
Ashes Shocker: Melbourne Test Ends in 2 Days, Unique Pacer Record Set!
- •The 4th Test of Ashes 2025-26 between Australia and England concluded in just two days in Melbourne.
- •A unique record was set: for the first time in Australian Test history, a match finished without any spinner bowling, with all 9 bowlers being pacers.
- •The dangerous Melbourne pitch saw no batsman score a half-century; Josh Tongue was Player of the Match with 7 wickets.
- •This was the fourth shortest Ashes Test in terms of balls (852 balls), leading to Australia losing 600,000,000 Rupees.
- •England secured their first Test win on Australian soil in 15 years, though Australia had already retained the Ashes.
Why It Matters: Melbourne Ashes Test made history with an all-pacer match and a swift two-day finish.
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