Cricket-Australia head to Sydney with New Year cheer after MCG magic
Hindustan TimesBy Ian Ransom Cricket-Australia head to Sydney with New Year cheer after MCG magic MELBOURNE, - Australia head to the New Year's test in Sydney full of cheer after a brilliant finish at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and with confidence that pace veteran Mitchell Starc will be fit to bowl in the series finale. Australia snatched a 184-run win in the fourth test at the MCG on Monday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series, with their bowlers taking seven wickets in an extraordinary final session on day five. Teen debutant Sam Konstas made a thrilling first innings 60 and fellow opener Usman Khawaja shrugged off a lean run with a half-century but selectors have a big decision to make around struggling all-rounder Mitchell Marsh. Australia will hope to finish off with another win, though, given it will secure the champions a second successive place in the World Test Championship final next year.