India, Dec. 27 -- For the second time in just four Ashes tests, pitch curators in Australia are getting plenty of criticism for the surfaces they have prepared for this series. With both the Perth Test and now the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne seeing a total mismatch between bat and ball, another match is set to find a result too quick for the liking of many.

Pundits have already questioned the MCG pitch after a first day of play that saw both teams bowled out cheaply, with a combined 20 wickets taken before 10 more followed as Australia were bowled out again in the first half of Day 2.

A different sphere of criticism has emerged from the Indian subcontinent, where experts and pundits are accustomed to addressing questions of unsporting ...