The situation Aussie coach wants to avoid with pitches

Australia coach Andrew McDonald has warned against authorities becoming directly involved in pitch preparation, defending MCC curator Matt Page after the rapid-fire Boxing Day Test.

Cricket Australia is bracing for a loss of more than $10 million after the MCG match joined the first Test in Perth by ending inside two days.

It is the first time the same series has had multiple two-day Tests in 129 years.

CA chief executive Todd Greenberg has suggested the governing body could step in to avoid a repeat of this summer, saying "short Tests are bad for business".

Australia's curators have historically been given independence, with instructions only to give their local venues "unique characteristics" as part of their strategy.

"I don't want to get to a situation ... where we are asking for specific surfaces and tailor-made," McDonald said at the MCG on Monday.

"I don't think Australia will ever go there, and I don't think they've ever been there, to my knowledge."

McDonald defended Page against critics, praising his performance in turning the MCG around from one of the dullest pitches in Australia.

CA and the MCC are eagerly awaiting ICC match referee Jeff Crowe's verdict on the pitch, expected to be handed down on Monday.

Given Page has already acknowledged he left too much grass on the pitch, the pitch could be given a rare "unsatisfactory" rating.

That would see the MCG slapped with a demerit point by the ICC.

Page was poached from the WACA after the MCG pitch received a poor rating when only 24 wickets fell across five days in a dull 2017 draw.

There hasn't been a drawn Test at the MCG since then, when Alastair Cook batted for 10-and-a-half hours.

The curator has already received the full backing of MCC boss Stuart Fox, the pair fronting a packed press conference together on Sunday.

McDonald hailed Page as being "outstanding" at his job and conceded Australia's batters had to carry some blame for the match ending so quickly.

"We have bad Test matches as well," McDonald said.

"Sometimes these things can happen, but we support him in what he's done and really proud of the evolution of the MCG.

"We don't want to scare him off and get back to where we were.

"He's found a nice balance for a long period of time.

"We believe we're a better batting group than that, but what we did there says otherwise."

Australia star Travis Head, who top-scored in the match with 46, also felt sorry for Page.

"I feel for him, it's bloody tough," Head said on Sunday.