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During the service of the late spinner, his father, brother and three children gave moving speeches in front of thousands of people in attendance at the MCG, where Warne produced some of his milestone moments - including taking his 700th wicket in test cricket in 2006.

Notably, the MCG was the stage of the legspinner's famous Ashes hat-trick in 1994 and the 700th Test wicket on Boxing Day in 2006, his final series before he retired from international cricket.

The report added that Warne's state funeral could clash with the start of the AFL (Australian Football League) season, but adjustments will be made "to ensure the cricket great is honoured".

The Great Southern Stand at the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) will also be renamed in honour of Warne with Victoria's minister for tourism and sport, Martin Pakula, making the announcement on Saturday morning after consulting with Victoria premier Daniel Andrews, MCC Trust chairman Steve Bracks and MCC CEO Stuart Fox.

Melbourne: Both India and Australia will aim to take a lead in the four-match Test series, currently leveled 1-1, when they square-off in the much awaited Boxing Day clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), starting here from Wednesday. While India on Tuesday dropped both its openers — Lokesh Rahul and Murali Vijay, Australia made […]

Melbourne: With the four-Test series between India and Australia currently locked at 1-1, India Test Vice Captain Ajinkya Rahane on Monday urged his team’s batsmen to step up and support the bowling unit in the third Test starting at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Wednesday. “The batsmen definitely need to step up. When […]

Melbourne: Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) pitch, which hosted the fourth Ashes Test match between Australia and England, has been rated as ‘poor’, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Tuesday. The decision was taken under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process. ICC Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle submitted his report to the world’s cricket governing […]

A gigantic crowd of almost 85,000 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) cheered Australia to victory as they beat arch-rivals England by 111 runs in the World Cup opener here today

Gurugram: The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has slapped a fine of Rs 500 on Virat Kohli after his domestic help was found washing the India captain’s car with drinking water. Kohli’s Gurugram residence in DLF Phase-1 has half a dozen cars and ABP News reported that the 30-year-old’s neighbours lodged a complaint, stating that […]

Melbourne: Mohammed Siraj became the first debutant for India in seven years to pick five wickets in a Test match when he finished the second Test match against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a haul of five wickets for 77 runs in 36.3 overs. Siraj got the wicket of Cameron Green in both […]