The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) pitch, used for the recent fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT), has received a 'Satisfactory' rating from the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Part sand hills, part swamp the SCG, one of the world’s premier grounds was used as a rubbish dump in the 1850s and it was only in 1924 that the ground got its modern name. In 1851, it was ...