Brydon Coverdale

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

'We've turned into a tight-knit group' - Clarke

Australia's ageing and ailing Test squad has learnt that it didn't need botox jabs to conceal its fatigue after a disappointing 2008. What it required was a proper injection of youth

13-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Injured Siddle confident of playing third Test

Peter Siddle believes the eight-day break between Tests will give him enough time to recover from his heavy workload in Durban

12-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale

End of South Africa's innocence

South Africa's greatest strengths on their triumphant tour of Australia were unity and dignity. Those two qualities are disappearing fast

12-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

'It's not revenge, it's just very satisfying' - Ponting

Ricky Ponting believes that Australia's series win in South Africa proves that his side have not fallen as far as many critics suggested after their summer at home

11-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Kallis named captain after selectors change mind

Ashwell Prince's appointment as South Africa's Test captain has lasted less than 24 hours, with the selectors changing their minds and naming Jacques Kallis for the Cape Town Test

11-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Proud of how we bounced back - Ponting

Ricky Ponting has captained Australia to an Ashes clean sweep and two World Cup triumphs but never has he been prouder of his players than after they wrapped up their series victory in South Africa

10-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

Expectation had nothing to do with loss - Smith

The headwear gave them away. Ricky Ponting and Phillip Hughes sat together after Australia's win in Durban and the most obvious sign of the generational gap that divides them was the state of their baggy green caps

10-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

The 'Ponting Age' has truly begun

10-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

Prince returns as captain for third Test

Neil McKenzie's Test career is at the crossroads after he was dropped along with Morne Morkel for the third Test in Cape Town. Ashwell Prince will return to the side as captain to replace the injured Graeme Smith and Prince will also take Smith's role as

10-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

Some catchin, lovin, and joggin

Plays of the day for the fifth day of the second Test between South Africa and Australia in Durban

10-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

Amla confident of SA playing out final day

South Africa have good memories of a Jacques batting throughout the final day of a Test to salvage a draw against Australia. Three years ago in Perth it was Jacques Rudolph, in Kingsmead this time, they are up against Jacques Kallis

09-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

Australia miss full-time spinner

The lack of a full-time slow bowler to tie down an end for long chunks of the day while also probing for wickets could prove detrimental to an Australian attack full of young and heavily burdened bodies

09-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

A Sparrow, a sequel, and an A-grade AB

Plays of the day for the fourth day of the second Test between Australia and South Africa

09-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

South Africa face uphill battle

The situation is not pretty for South Africa. There are two days to play, they have a 506-run deficit, their captain Graeme Smith won't come out at the top of the innings as he nurses a fractured hand and rain is unlikely to save them

08-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

Australia have their 'Phil', and how

Don Bradman on Friday. George Headley on Sunday. It's a shame Test matches don't span three innings per team or Phillip Hughes could have tried to knock off Garfield Sobers on Tuesday

08-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

Asad twitches, Hughes sways

Brydon Coverdale presents the plays of the day from day three in Durban

08-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

Australia look to avoid a Melbourne

If Johannesburg began as the mirror image of Perth until a changed ending, the second Test in Durban is starting to resemble the corresponding match in Melbourne

07-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

Pace is back

Dale Steyn is the world's No. 1-ranked fast man and Mitchell Johnson is second on the list and on day two in Durban they showed that a fast-bowling community screaming out for new stars is in good hands

07-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

Slow death, and the mamba strikes

Brydon Coverdale presents the plays of the day from day two in Durban

07-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

Injured Smith unlikely for third Test

South Africa's captain Graeme Smith will almost certainly miss the third Test in Cape Town after suffering a fracture to his right hand during South Africa's first innings at Kingsmead

07-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Durban

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