Poor pitch rating a wake-up call for MCG: Smith

By Chris Barrett
Updated January 3 2018 - 7:03pm, first published 4:56pm

Steve Smith has endorsed the International Cricket Council's branding of the MCG's Boxing Day Test pitch as poor, describing the unwanted, Australian-first rating as a wake-up call for the modern-day sporting colosseum.

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