Brydon Coverdale

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

Starc, Johnson in contention for Adelaide

The left-armers Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson could come into consideration for the Adelaide Test, despite Australia's strong performance in the draw at the Gabba

14-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale

Clarke's positivity rubs off on Australia

Michael Clarke has instilled into his own side that it is possible to win from any situation. The attacking mindset was personified by James Pattinson's fiery spell, for example

13-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

No-balls or no calls?

Bowlers might find it frustrating when umpires check for a no-ball after a batsman is dismissed, but they have nobody to blame but themselves

13-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

Clarke perfects blueprint for the captain's innings

Match-altering, lead-from-the-front innings have become Australia captain Michael Clarke's trademark over the past year

12-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

Ed Cowan proves he belongs

At the Gabba, Australia opener Ed Cowan not only staved off Test cricket's best bowling attack, he flourished against them

12-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

Cowan's nervous lunch, and Taylor's gaffe

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the fourth day at the Gabba

12-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale and Firdose Moonda

Ritchie dumped from Adelaide Test gig

Greg Ritchie has been dumped from a planned speaking engagement at the annual Adelaide Test match dinner after his offensive comments at the Gabba

12-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

Top-order concerns remain for Australia

Australia have grown familiar to being three down for not many in Tests of late

11-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale at the Gabba

Steyn gets bounced, Kleinveldt gets reprieved

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the third day at the Gabba

11-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale and Firdose Moonda

Greg Ritchie in trouble over racist remarks

Cricket Australia has conceded it is not appropriate for Greg Ritchie to speak at its cricket venues, after he admitted to using racially offensive and anti-Muslim language during a speech at the Gabba

11-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale at the Gabba

Khawaja piles on the pressure

While Rob Quiney sat and watched the rain in Brisbane, Usman Khawaja was emphatically pushing his Test case in Hobart

10-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale at the Gabba

Bowlers forget the McDermott mantra

Australia's bowlers were guilty of bowling short on a slower Gabba pitch and their new bowling coach's key task would be to remind them the methods that brought them success last year

09-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale at the Gabba

Petersen's reverse sweep, Amla's new name

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the first day at the Gabba

09-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale and Firdose Moonda

Entertainment guaranteed with Test mace on the line

South Africa and Australia have consistently produced high quality, exciting Test cricket when playing each other recently. Will the battle for the title of world's best throw up another classic series?

08-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

Australia's captain without a deputy

The absence of the official vice-captain, Shane Watson, due to injury has left Australia without a second-in-command for the first Test against South Africa

08-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale

Quiney part of buffer zone for middle order

Michael Clarke has defended his decision to thrust the Test debutant Rob Quiney into No.3 against South Africa's powerful pace attack

08-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale

Clarke considers all-pace attack

Mitchell Starc and Ben Hilfenhaus may both be included in a four-man pace attack at the Gabba as the pitch maintained its green tinge on Thursday

08-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale

Leaked dossier reveals Australia's tactics

Australia will target Hashim Amla with verbal aggression and engage him in a "psychological war", according to a dossier of team game-plans published in News Ltd newspapers in Australia

07-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

Brisbane curator defends Shield pitches

The Gabba curator Kevin Mitchell Jr has defended the pitches used in Sheffield Shield matches around Australia after criticism that too many of them have become green seamers in recent years

07-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

Curator backs Gabba pitch to turn

Nathan Lyon enjoyed bowling on the Gabba pitch against New Zealand last year and he should again find some turn and bounce, according to the curator Kevin Mitchell Jr

07-Nov-2012•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

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