Brydon Coverdale

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

Clarke confident Australia still in the game

Michael Clarke believes Australia will have done well if they can scrape to 250 on the second day in Cape Town

09-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale at Newlands

Clarke's finest innings

Michael Clarke's century at Newlands should remove any doubts about whether he is the man to lead Australia

09-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale at Newlands

A needless delay and a torrid welcome

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the first day of the first Test between South Africa and Australia, in Cape Town

09-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale and Firdose Moonda at Newlands

Australia seek coach before home summer

Australia could realistically have a permanent head coach before the start of the home summer, according to Cricket Australia's new general manager of team performance, Pat Howard

09-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Biggest challenge yet for Clarke

On Australia's last tour of South Africa, Ricky Ponting seemed to have started building a successful team. Now it's Michael Clarke's turn.

08-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Cummins could debut - Clarke

Michael Clarke, the Australia captain, has not ruled out a debut for teenage fast bowler Pat Cummins in Wednesday's first Test in Cape Town

08-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Johnson v Smith resumes

As South Africa and Australia prepare to do battle, ESPNcricinfo runs the rule over some of the key match-ups that will help decide the two-Test series

08-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

When Lawry's Australians paid it forward

Forty years ago, Australia's cricketers undertook back-to-back Test tours, just like now. If it wasn't for the shabby treatment they received back then, their modern counterparts might not have had it as good as they do

08-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale

I don't see a finish line yet - Ponting

Ricky Ponting says he's been batting well in the nets but that hasn't translated into runs in the middle yet

07-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Australia better prepared for first Test - Hussey

Michael Hussey believes Australia will have the advantage in the first Test against a South African side whose key men have not played a first-class match in ten months

07-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Phillip Hughes gears for rematch with South African quicks

Australian opening batsman Phillip Hughes is confident he has the game to again handle Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel nearly three years after he took them to pieces the first time

06-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

'I tell people my career was pretty similar to Warne's'

Lindsay Kline took the third, and to date last, hat-trick to be bowled in South Africa. He looks back at those three eventful balls

06-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Quiet Lyon ready for stern test

Nathan Lyon says he is ready to take on the responsibility of being the first-choice spinner

05-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale

The new third man

In Sri Lanka, Shaun Marsh joined an elite list by batting at No. 3 for Australia. Now he is ready to consolidate that position

04-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Watson braces for South African pace

The series is only two Tests long but it could still have a meaningful impact on Watson's future role in the team

04-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Potchefstroom

'One of the more dangerous wickets I've played on'

Shane Watson has described the Potchefstroom pitch as "dangerous" and "disappointing" after the Australians won their tour match against South Africa A inside three days

03-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Potchefstroom

Johnson sets up win for Australians

Australia won their tour match in Potchefstroom with four sessions to spare but Michael Clarke's men ticked most of the boxes they wanted to tick ahead of next week's first Test

03-Nov-2011•The Report by Brydon Coverdale in Potchefstroom

Variable bounce giving Australians work-out - Marsh

Shaun Marsh is confident that Australia will be well-prepared for the threat of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel after they faced a barrage of fast, hostile bowling in the tour match in Potchefstroom

02-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Potchefstroom

Australians ahead despite Petersen hundred

Alviro Petersen steered South Africa A to a comfortable lead but a pair of wickets late in the day gave Australians hope of victory

02-Nov-2011•The Report by Brydon Coverdale in Potchefstroom

Not the Johnson of '09, but a fine imitation

To watch Mitchell Johnson zip the ball through at pace on a bouncy Potchefstroom pitch, to see him curve the ball just enough to trouble the batsmen, it was impossible not to think back to his tour of South Africa in early 2009

01-Nov-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Potchefstroom

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