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SHOCKING: Like ringo you need us aussies bold mcg spin call | Mind Blowing Facts

England's Josh Tongue enjoyed taking five of the record 20 wickets to fall on day one at the MCG. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Depending on your perspective, a record day of Boxing Day wicket carnage was either a function of good bowling, or a "shocker" of a greentop MCG pitch.

The 20 wickets are the most taken on any day of a Test match in Australia since 1951, when 22 fell on the opening day of the Adelaide Oval Test against West Indies.

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