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A re-jigged batting line-up is on the cards for Australia in the fourth Ashes cricket test starting at the MCG on Boxing Day

A re-jigged batting line-up is on the cards for Australia in the fourth Ashes cricket test starting at the MCG on Boxing Day

24 December 2025

Steve Smith will return after missing the third test win with an inner-ear issue.

Regular opener Usman Khawaja batted in Smith's number four spot in Adelaide, but Australian coach Andrew McDonald says it's not as simple as Khawaja returning to the top of the order ...

Skipper Pat Cummins will miss the rest of the series having featured in the win in Adelaide, with Nathan Lyon also ruled out through injury.

Their places have been take by pace bowler Jhye Richardson and spinner Todd Murphy.

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