With the series hanging in balance, the spotlight has been on the pitch at the MCG ahead of the Boxing Day Test match in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. While the series has seen the pace bowlers dominating the series with spinners only getting six wickets out of the total 93 wickets to fall so far in the series so far, the MCG pitch too is expected to support pace and bounce. Australian skipper Pat Cummins feels the MCG pitch is ‘nice and firm’. “The pitch looks really good. (It is) quite consistent to what it has been here for the last few years. (There is a) bit of grass coverage and it feels nice and firm. They’ve done a great job here for … probably the last five to six years with their pitches and I suspect (it will be) the same this year. (But we will see) how the heat changes it. We’ll get to the ground tomorrow and kind of assess it, but it looks like it is a good wicket,” said Cummins while …