Cricket Australia vs Pakistan, Boxing Day Test, live scores, weather update,

This year’s Boxing Day Test has arrived with an unchanged Australia XI to take on Pakistan at the MCG, with the tourists making one change for the second match of the series.

Grey skies loom over Melbourne on Tuesday with the weather forcast predicting some rain for the Victorian capital on day one (scroll down for full BOM forecast), however

Also clouding the match is Usman Khawaja’s battle with the ICC who, for the second-consecutive Test, banned the Australian batter from displaying a message on his shoes.

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Having been banned from having ‘All lives are equal’ on his shoes in Perth, the ICC also stood in over plans to display a dove logo to raise awareness of humanitarian issues.

“Merry Christmas everybody. Sometimes you just gotta laugh. Cya at Boxing Day! #inconsistent #doublestandards,” Khawaja’s response was via Instagram.

Australia captain Pat Cummins defended Khawaja during his Christmas Day press conference, saying there was no difference between the batter’s request and Marnus Labuschagne displaying an eagle on his bat, which symbolises a religious message.

“Not really, no – I don’t know the ins and outs of the application, but I think it is pretty vanilla, a dove,” Cummins said when asked if he saw any difference.

“We really support Uzzy, I think he’s standing up for what he believes and I think he’s doing it really respectfully.

“All lives are equal and I don’t think that’s very offensive, and I’d say the same about the dove. That’s Uzzy.

“He can hold his head high the way he’s gone about it, but there’s rules in place, so I believe the ICC have said they’re not going to approve that. They make up the rules and you’ve got to accept it.”

WEATHER UPDATES

As of 7am, the Bureau forecast an 80 per cent chance of between one and 10mm of rain in the Melbourne area on Boxing Day.

The forecast reads: “High chance of showers, most likely during the afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms likely, mainly during the afternoon and evening and possibly severe. Winds southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h.”

TEAMS

Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (capt), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

Pakistan XII (XI to be finalised on Tuesday): Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (capt), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan, Agha Salman, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hasan Ali, Mir Hamza, Aamer Jamal, Sajid Khan

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