{"id":657590,"date":"2025-12-27T09:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T09:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/657590\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T09:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T09:54:11","slug":"the-ashes-england-win-first-test-in-australia-since-2011-and-end-danger-of-whitewash-after-two-day-victory-at-mcg-sky-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/657590\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ashes: England win first Test in Australia since 2011 and end danger of whitewash after two-day victory at MCG &#8211; Sky Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxPcjVINGNXQUlVQlgtYVk1TDlHQ3E3cmhzYTBSTk9wZEdCQ2xBLUtHaEFKM3hkaHgxUlkyN0JUVVVNUEdmZG8ycGhVdUplYTFhaVo3S0F5a09CQzBvMmlfUUowcTVGVGw3Q0dLcFUyNmVkbld5S3ZXNVJ5MGdqU0lfRktwV25TOXZXWmxXMGdmemdreUwyeVhmem41cmlVWERrVVhwZTdUNUZfRVg2ZDBLSXMxbU9LWUowM1hNTGN0SGg5SVRZZE9TV2syUGk5dUp0UHA0MjdYYVhhY193bnlVV29ENk9Zck9iZWZuTzN2MGtuWEg2eDNEUEE2UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ashes: England win first Test in Australia since 2011 and end danger of whitewash after two-day victory at MCG<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZkFVX3lxTE81N3BDVldnVGRQd1JJeEVndjFoMnFkWWpWZTlRNTJzMWp0RUxzM291Z1YtSUhjN01Ma1R0SWNHUUZEVzl4V3EzSDdrRHZCZ0ZOMTA4Y1dzSGd6VVdIc1hFNUVwNnVmQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ashes 2025-26: England win staggering two-day Test against Australia in Melbourne<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiaEFVX3lxTE56LTI0ck9uNzd0MkhfQjUtMUNkaDYtYzhDc05ha1NibFJlcTZyaUxmVFJyRUlRSl9XRkpDSldkdnBHU04tMGRYalMzMWlzNW52dDJ1VDg3bzFGa2d4a3BJRG9SNDBRNWJI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;MCG pitch would get hell if produced elsewhere&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOUkRPODZQbzJtVnlTZmh3MmdRZExfY01CNi1FUWtrMndnX0dheVFQTHRJYUhuUHhVRVBOMWMxQ1dCX18td1NaS2xkZ29KNWFneERta1A5dDVJLUxwTGxvZkdueF94OUtYRHY4cldXMU8zU2RvSkJwaVd6UjJJaldRdGlFYjZnME5fZTlpWFlVdW5fekdTX3hMWkFfdmlwQ3RiZUpYM2xfOGFtcmRfWjZhSA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">England hold nerve to break Ashes drought in Australia with Boxing Day Test victory<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxOd3VkNE5CamViYklJajFEU0FGLXd3QWJWeDRQZDNpblNkZXVPM2JVVEtzdFlVd3BoY2RqVEF5dUpxZVc4czRDN2trbmNoNE9VUTdvYXQ2ajEtN1hTNG10VVE4Q2hzMEZBWDVfTlhxVjh1MGl3eVUxZWV1dVBUTnFQd0RyTkdSSWxBWnFjOG5KZV9kU2NYTDZxYmdKRjRNUkFkTTVOeUdMdGtVVGtQZEhmWGdaNnRFX0VqNWhEMWMwVzFIQVY1dXpz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Short Tests are bad for business&#8217; &#8211; CA CEO hints at intervening on pitches<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPNcricinfo<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ashes: England win first Test in Australia since 2011 and end danger of whitewash after two-day victory&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-657590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115790929255023373","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}