Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan criticised the pitch on Day 2 of the fourth Ashes 2025-26 Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. "This pitch is a joke...This is selling the game short...The players, broadcasters and, more importantly, the fans…26 wickets in 98 overs," he wrote on X. Australia and England were dismissed for 152 and 110 in their first innings, respectively.