Brydon Coverdale

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

Centurion Johnson morphs into an allrounder

The Mitchell Johnson allrounder debate is over. His captain says he's an allrounder. He says he's an allrounder. The figures from this tour back them up

22-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Scoring at one run per hour

The Plays of the day from the fourth day of the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town

22-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Genial McGain's Test hopes fade

The hardest thing about watching Bryce McGain's Test dreams slip away amid a barrage of boundaries in Cape Town was that he doesn't have a mean bone in his body

21-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Sublime de Villiers repays Arthur's faith

AB de Villiers' contribution of 163 continued his brilliant series, which had been the intention when the coach Mickey Arthur declined to push him up to open

21-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

The battle of the ABs

The Plays of the day from the third day of the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town

21-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

A day of pain for McGain

Alternating between dropping short and pitching too full, it was a most uncharacteristic display from Bryce McGain whose greatest strength at domestic level is his control

20-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Defiant Prince returns with a bang

Ashwell Prince's return century was also an innings of defiance, not so much against a limp Australia attack but against the shabby way he had been handled by the selectors

20-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Bucknor's spot on, McGain's not

The Plays of the day from the second day of the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town

20-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

South Africa end trend of poor starts

South Africa ended their trend of making poor starts on the first couple of days in Tests this series which have left them with too large a recovery task

19-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Unbalanced Australia pay the price

There was just one problem for Australia - five spare bowlers, no extra batsmen - which meant there was no one to cover for an injured batsman

19-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

New faces, and familiar South African woes

The Plays of the day from the first day of the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town

19-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Australia have more to gain in dead rubber

Cricinfo previews the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town

18-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Heavy burden for captain Kallis

It's never very satisfying to be the second choice for a job but that's the position Jacques Kallis will find himself in when he captains South Africa in Thursday's third Test

18-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

128 and done

The world's most experienced Test umpire hangs up his boots after the Newlands Test

18-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale

Albie primed for Test debut

It happened to the Waugh brothers and now it looks like the same fate will befall the Morkels: one sibling making way for the other to make his Test debut

17-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Johnson's found the inswinger

The world is about to find out just how good Mitchell Johnson can be with the key weapon of swinging the ball in to right-handers

17-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

An open door for Prince

It will be a challenge for Ashwell Prince to adjust to the Test scene after four months out of the side

16-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Australia push for clean sweep

The Cape Town Test will not affect the series result but there are a host of players desperate to complete strong auditions ahead of the Ashes tour

16-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Patient McGain still waiting for his turn

It would have been easy for frustration to set in for the man who has been nominated as Australia's No. 1 spinner but Bryce McGain knows Australia's all-seam attack is being determined by conditions and that all he needs is patience

15-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Reluctant Katich happy for occasional spin

Simon Katich isn't super keen on bowling. Not often, anyway

14-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

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