Brydon Coverdale

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

Hughes pulls out of Big Bash League

Australia's under-fire Test opener Phillip Hughes has withdrawn from the Big Bash League in order to focus on his form in the longer format

14-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Bracewell has 'done some special things' - Wright

The New Zealand coach John Wright has challenged Doug Bracewell to keep aiming high after he bowled his side to victory over Australia in Hobart

14-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Mickey Arthur backs Ponting, Hussey

Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey still have plenty to offer the Australian middle order and will play in the Boxing Day Test against India, according to coach Mickey Arthur

13-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Pattinson is Australia's find of the series

A review of the performance of the Australian players during the home Test series against New Zealand

13-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

It was just massive relief - Guptill

Martin Guptill, the New Zealand opener, has said the fight and heart his team showed on the fourth day of the Hobart Test will give them confidence for the future

13-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Warner silences his Test doubters

David Warner's career is only two Tests old but already he has achieved something that eluded Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer: he has carried his bat through an innings

13-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Hobart

Taylor 'stoked' with Bracewell burst

A seven-run win ended 18 years of hidings and draws; a generation of young New Zealand players and fans now know what it's like to beat Australia, it can be done

12-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the Bellerive Oval

Australia's senior men upstaged again

Australia's loss to New Zealand was a new low. And most worryingly for Michael Clarke, it was the senior men who let the side down - again

12-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the Bellerive Oval

Hughes has to find runs - Clarke

Michael Clarke has conceded that Phillip Hughes may need to go back to state cricket to regain his form after another failure in the second innings of Australia's loss to New Zealand in Hobart

12-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the Bellerive Oval

'We showed a lot of ticker today' - Taylor

A seven-run win ended 18 years of hidings and draws; a generation of young New Zealand players and fans now know what it's like to beat Australia, it can be done

12-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the Bellerive Oval

Martin and Guptill clean sweep Hughes

Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the second Test between Australia and New Zealand in Hobart

12-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the Bellerive Oval

Warner shows Test credentials

David Warner's innings on the third day in Hobart was an encouraging glimpse of what he can offer Australia's Test team

11-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the Bellerive Oval

Morning session will be crucial - Damien Wright

Damien Wright, the New Zealand bowling coach, has said that New Zealand have to bowl really well on the fourth morning if they are to have a chance of winning the Test

11-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the Bellerive Oval

Starc makes a mark, Hughes gets a break

Plays of the Day from the third day of the second Test between Australia and New Zealand in Hobart

11-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the Bellerive Oval

A day for the bowlers - Martin

Chris Martin believes Phillip Hughes will be under serious pressure when it comes time for Australia to begin their chase at Bellerive Oval

10-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the Bellerive Oval

Australia must learn to handle challenging pitches

Once is unlucky, twice a coincidence, three times a pattern. Five times in two years makes Australia's first-innings fiascos a fully-fledged habit

10-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the Bellerive Oval

The pointless finger and Clarke's lost wicket

Plays of the Day from the second day of the second Test between Australia and New Zealand in Hobart

10-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the Bellerive Oval

Dean Brownlie matches New Zealand legends

It is hard to believe, watching Dean Brownlie handle the Australian bowlers comfortably, that he could not find a place in Western Australia's side during his years of playing club cricket in Perth

09-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Hobart

Hughes faces fight to keep opener's slot

The axe may be hanging over Phillip Hughes after another Test failure, but he has been given a chance to save his spot ahead of the Boxing Day Test

09-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

We're quite happy with 150 - Brownlie

Rarely in Test cricket is a first-innings score of 150 enough. New Zealand have never won a Test having scored so few batting first

09-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Hobart

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