Brydon Coverdale

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

Bird's numbers proving hard to ignore

Jackson Bird just keeps taking wickets. Eleven at 16.18 in his only two Tests. Nine at 24.00 for Australia A and the Australians in England this yea

27-Jul-2013•Brydon Coverdale in Hove

Taylor and Bird make Test auditions

If the second day in Hove was a Test audition, Jackson Bird and James Taylor would be expecting call-backs

27-Jul-2013•Brydon Coverdale in Hove

Changing roles 'mentally frustrating' - Hughes

After adding another half-century against Sussex, Phillip Hughes admitted it was not ideal being shunted up and down the order for Australia

26-Jul-2013•Brydon Coverdale in Hove

Top-order Australians fail to convert

A quick glance at the scorecard tells only half the story of Australia's first day against Sussex. At stumps they were 354 for 5, which in a Test match would have set them up soundly

26-Jul-2013•Brydon Coverdale in Hove

I needed to be dropped - Warner

David Warner has admitted he needed the "kick up the bum" of being suspended and ultimately dropped from Australia's Test side after his punch at Joe Root in a Birmingham pub

25-Jul-2013•Brydon Coverdale in Hove

Forget Tests, BBL is where it's at

Despite the disappointment at Lord's overnight, Cricket Australia had its eyes on the main game on Monday morning: a longer BBL in the upcoming home Ashes summer

22-Jul-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Sins of omission are no sins at all

There is no "good samaritan law" requiring players to help umpires make their decisions, and punishing them for keeping quiet is absurd

13-Jul-2013•Brydon Coverdale

'I'm going to enjoy watching the young guys have a crack'

Chris Martin looks back on a 13-year career career: from shouldering the New Zealand attack to match-winning spells against South Africa, and his endearing batting skills

03-Jul-2013•Interview by Brydon Coverdale

Chris Martin retires from all forms

Chris Martin, the New Zealand fast bowler, has announced retirement from all forms of cricket

02-Jul-2013•Brydon Coverdale

New CEO wants NSW to play tough

Andrew Jones, the new CEO of Cricket New South Wales, wants the state's teams to adopt a tough approach on-field

02-Jul-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Fawad Ahmed granted Australian citizenship

The legspinner Fawad Ahmed's application for Australian citizenship has officially been approved, clearing the way for a possible call-up to the Test squad for the Ashes.

02-Jul-2013•Brydon Coverdale

FICA to refer ICC vote to ethics officer

FICA claims it has evidence of captains being pressured by their boards to change their votes during the vote for player representatives on the ICC cricket committee

27-Jun-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Players 'too scared' under Arthur - Ponting

Ricky Ponting believes Australia's new coach Darren Lehmann will bring calm to the squad and instil the players with confidence after they appeared "too scared" under Mickey Arthur

27-Jun-2013•Brydon Coverdale

'No rotations for Ashes' - Sutherland

Australia's fast bowlers will not be rotated during the Investec Ashes series but the much-debated rotation policy will live on in one-day cricket, according to the Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland

25-Jun-2013•Brydon Coverdale

'A communicator who brings everyone together'

The Queensland wicketkeeper Chris Hartley spoke to ESPNcricinfo to discuss Darren Lehmann's mentoring style and the successful approach he used at Queensland over the past two years

24-Jun-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Arthur's exit highlights deeper problem

Mickey Arthur's sacking, with just two weeks before the Ashes, is indicative of the current plight of the Australian team

24-Jun-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Lehmann appointed Australia coach until 2015

Darren Lehmann has been appointed Australia's new head coach until the end of the 2015 World Cup after Mickey Arthur was sacked over what Cricket Australia called failures of discipline, consistency of behaviour and accountability

24-Jun-2013•Brydon Coverdale and Daniel Brettig

Mickey Arthur sacked as Australia's coach

Mickey Arthur has been sacked as Australia's head coach less than three weeks before the start of the Ashes

24-Jun-2013•Brydon Coverdale

An irrevocable loss to Australian cricket

Ricky Ponting's retirement deprives Australian cricket of an invaluable, intangible resource: 21 years of experience at state level

21-Jun-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Ahmed bill passes Australian Senate

Fawad Ahmed is expected to be eligible for the full Ashes series after the Australian Senate passed a bill that would allow his citizenship to be fast-tracked

20-Jun-2013•Brydon Coverdale

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