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The Ashes 2013-14

Nathan Lyon finds his voice

Nov 29, 2013: When he cleared his throat to lead "Under the Southern Cross" for the first time last week, Nathan Lyon did so as Australia's undisputed No. 1 spin bowler. The path there has been bumpy

Stuart MacGill

'Wake me when it's time to bowl'

May 24, 2012: The 41-year-old legspinner is still fascinated by his craft and knows he can still get the job done. As long as he doesn't actually have to watch too much cricket

A lucky man

Apr 3, 2012: Beau Casson played one Test for Australia before a heart condition put paid to his cricket career. Unfortunate? Quite the contrary, he says

Big Bash League 2011-12

Forty-somethings make Twenty20 their own

Jan 28, 2012: Two 40-year-olds have been among the key men in the BBL. And they haven't been alone in the tournament

IPL 2012

Only Swann commands highest reserve price

Jan 20, 2012: Graeme Swann, the England offspinner, is the only player in the preliminary list for the 2012 IPL auction to command the highest reserve price of US$400,000

Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers, BBL, Adelaide

Sixers' spin pushes Strikers towards exit

Jan 10, 2012: The Sydney Sixers cruised to an easy 64-run win over the hapless Adelaide Strikers to cement their place in the top four of the Big Bash League

Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat, Big Bash, SCG

Haddin, MacGill shine in Sixers win

Dec 16, 2011: It was the older players who dominated the opening night of the brand-new Big Bash League, on which the Sydney Sixers thumped the Brisbane Heat at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Australia news

MacGill confirms Big Bash League comeback

Dec 2, 2011: Stuart MacGill has confirmed he will come out of retirement to play for the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League

Big Bash League news

MacGill to duel Warne in BBL

Nov 14, 2011: Stuart MacGill is seeking an SCG showdown with his old spin rival Shane Warne, hatching a plan to play for the Sydney Sixers in their home match against the Melbourne Stars in the BBL

Australia news

We counted on MacGill to play on - Nielsen

Nov 3, 2011: Stuart MacGill threw Australian cricket's plan for life after Shane Warne into a state of confusion when he retired almost two years earlier than expected, the former coach Tim Nielsen has said

'It's a lot easier playing for your country than for your state'

Jan 17, 2011: Stuart MacGill, perhaps doomed to forever be thought of as the leggie who wasn't Warne, talks about missing the buzz of the game, helping the old enemy, and the infamous boot camp of 2006

Not quite in Warne's footsteps

Dec 13, 2010: Eleven Australian spinners who struggled to stand in the shadow of the Great One

The Ashes 2010-11

MacGill slams selection panel

Dec 11, 2010: Stuart MacGill, the former Australian Test legspinner, has slammed the decision of his country's selectors to call up Michael Beer

Australia in India 2009-10

MacGill says Holland must play in India

Oct 12, 2009: Stuart MacGill has warned the Australian selectors that taking away young players as understudies is "fraught with danger"

The Ashes 2009

Last spinner standing

Jun 17, 2009: Not since 1989 have Australia sent a slow bowler to England and expected so little

Australia v South Africa, 2nd Test, Melbourne

End the spin uncertainty

Dec 23, 2008: Australia's rotation of their spinners, which continued on Monday with Nathan Hauritz replacing Jason Krejza, must be stopped

India v Australia, 4th Test, Nagpur

Nielsen explains Ponting's tactics

Nov 11, 2008: Tim Nielsen, Australia's coach, has launched a lengthy defence of the fourth-day tactics that have landed Ricky Ponting in the firing line from a wide range of commentators and former players

India v Australia, 4th Test, Nagpur

Steve Waugh joins list of Ponting critics

Nov 11, 2008: Steve Waugh, the man who Ricky Ponting succeeded as Australia's Test captain, has said Ponting made a mistake by using part-time bowlers instead of his main strikers on the fourth day in Nagpur

Australian domestic season

MacGill still hoping to play for New South Wales

Oct 15, 2008: Stuart MacGill has said that he remains keen to play for New South Wales this season despite his absence from the opening state and club games of the summer

Australia in India 2008-09

McGain is our best spinner - Warne

Sep 13, 2008: Shane Warne has backed Bryce McGain as the best spinner in Australia and Stuart MacGill says McGain should also have toured the West Indies this year